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England and Wales’ canal network will receive an additional £6.5 million in government funding to enhance resilience against extreme weather and maintenance costs. This adds to the existing £52.6 million annual funding for the Canal and River Trust (CRT). The investment aims to extend the life of critical assets such as embankments and reservoirs, supporting…
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Today (Saturday 31st January 2026) Great Western Railway’s battery train (Class 230) began public service. Initially it will operate Saturdays only with a view to increased coverage during the week as the year progresses. I attended the first day’s operation in the early morning with the 08.15, 08.45 and 09.15 trips from West Ealing to…
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Which of the two major canal breach sites of 2025 will it be that gets to see its repairs finished first. The answer is doubtless Whitchurch. That on the Bridgewater, well in my view its going to be finished sometime in 2027. For most of 2026 however, the two will be running concurrently thus it…
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The small and somewhat cramped accommodation on platform one at Paddington station has been replaced by a new a bigger unit right on the Lawn itself. The new Assisted Travel Lounge is sited near platform nine and it was formerly separate shop units (including a Whistlestop store) that were merged and refurbished to create this…
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The latest news re Llangollen canal and Whitchurch breach (21st January) is several boats have been moved off the canal. A number of Youtubers have filmed these going ons. One of those is Pacemaker which has gone away for inspection and work. The hull didn’t look too bad, and that because having painted a number…
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The two boats Sefton and Ganymede have been refloated. Actually they were refloated for a short while last night, however the short pound they were in was soon drained again just to be sure there was nothing untoward happening. Today the boats were refloated once again. The fact the water was drained might possibly have…
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What will happen over the weekend? Not much unless the contractors are being paid extra to undertake certain works – which could include the completion of the secondary cofferdam, the inspection and towing of the two retrieved narrowboats. Possibly other sundry work here and there, as well as taking all the winching equipment away and…
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Narrowboat Pacemaker was removed from the New Mills breach site at Whitchurch, Shropshire, today! It is now entirely safe. A series of pulleys was used for this operation due to the very tight site constraints. No doubt pulleys (as I said yesterday) will be a feature during these boat rescue operations. I didn’t expect it…
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The Llang0.0llen Canal hasn’t been forgotten! There has been minimal progress. Many had thought the boat winching that had been discussed would occur last week but one issue then was Storm Goretti which no doubt deferred things. As several videos reported last week workers were on site to inspect both Sefton and Ganymede in order…
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Kieran & Lottie Photography who began documenting the Whitchurch canal breach a few days ago and have come up with a new video daily, published their latest one from this morning (7th January 2026) and the scenes show workers digging at the ground about N/B Sefton also there’s no doubt they took a look inside…
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