Electrification equipment in the Severn Tunnel has started to deteriorate in the structure's damp conditions, a UK transport minister has admitted. Engineers have fitted out the Victorian railway ...

The main ticket item is the construction of a new rail crossing ... Currently, trains pass under the river via the Severn tunnel, which was built almost 140 years ago using picks, shovels, drills ...

Rail services are set to be disrupted when the Severn Tunnel is closed for essential track maintenance. The tunnel, which connects Monmouthshire and Gloucestershire, will be shut from 9-18 June ...