Alex Bestwick
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Australian heritage steam line shares weather advice
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Expertise from the other side of the world is helping British heritage railways to revise their hot weather plans following a long, hot summer.
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Train drivers at another three firms vote for strike action in pay dispute
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Train drivers at another three companies have voted overwhelmingly for strike action in a dispute over pay.
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Newly uncovered remains of Victorian railway depot on display in Edinburgh this weekend
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Housing developers in Edinburgh have unearthed the remains of the St Margaret’s Locomotive Engine turntable, which members of the public can view this Saturday.
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The Ludgershall branch in the diesel era
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David Lindsell returns with final instalment of his three-part series covering the history of the Ludgershall branch. This covers other special trains, engineering trains and maintenance specials, redundant stock storage, and preservation, along with a report on a depot visit that took place in 1998.
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The Brontës by rail
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Bob Gwynne, associate curator at the National Railway Museum, describes how the lives of the famous literary family the Brontës was intertwined with the pioneering days of the railway network, with their journeys providing a touchstone of what rail travel was like in those early days.
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The Railway Children Return to Oakworth!
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Over the August Bank Holiday Weekend, the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway will celebrate the Railway Children. Children dressed as wartime evacuees travel for free!
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Eurostar announces new boss to continue operator’s Covid recovery
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Cross-Channel train operator Eurostar has appointed a new chief executive as it continues its recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
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Woman dies after crash leaves Range Rover on Tube train track
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A London Underground line has been part suspended after a fatal crash in which a Range Rover ended up on a railway track.
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Majority of Tube line services suspended due to worker strikes
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A strike by London Underground workers is disrupting travel across the capital.
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Rail dispute could be prolonged ‘indefinitely’, warns RMT chief
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A union leader has warned the rail dispute could be prolonged “indefinitely” as the latest strike by thousands of workers caused travel chaos.
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