Alex Bestwick
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Cancelling HS2 contracts will cost hundreds of millions
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Paying off contracts previously awarded for cancelled HS2 sections will cost hundreds of millions of pounds, Transport Secretary Mark Harper has indicated.
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Issue 311
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A visit to a British heritage railway is a great day out for all the family! With Heritage Railway magazine, you can keep up to date with essential railway news, days out and lots more! You won’t want to miss issue 311 of Heritage Railway magazine.
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Northern leg of HS2 cancelled
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Rishi Sunak has confirmed that the northern leg of HS2 will not go ahead.
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Train named to honour rail guard who helped end racist recruitment policy
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Avanti West Coast has named one of its trains after a railway worker who overturned a racist recruitment policy.
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Flying Scotsman to have full mechanical inspection after crash
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Flying Scotsman will undergo a full mechanical inspection following a low speed crash.
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ScotRail to scrap peak fares in six month trial
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ScotRail passengers will pay off-peak fares on peak time trains in a six-month trial aiming to encourage train travel.
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Unions call for emergency summit to discuss HS2
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Unions are calling for an emergency summit to discuss HS2 as speculation about the high-speed railway line’s future continues.
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From the archive: Kings Cross Works
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Originally published in The Railway Magazine, December 1978.
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County Durham station now believed to be the world’s oldest railway station
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A County Durham railway station has been found to be older than first thought and is now believed to be the world’s oldest railway station, new research has discovered.
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‘Insane’ 11-hour Avanti West Coast journey goes viral
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A rail passenger has described his “insane” 11-hour journey from Preston in Lancashire to Edinburgh which ended at 3.30am after a “ridiculous” taxi ride.
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