Rail services on routes operated by Northern Rail are to be brought under government control, the Transport Secretary has announced.
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London Liverpool Street station to help passengers with hidden disabilities
London Liverpool Street will now offer passengers with hidden disabilities a discreet way to ask for extra help while making their journeys.
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£500m promised by Government to restore historic rail lines
The Government is going ahead with plans to reverse historical rail cuts, despite critics warning its £500 million budget is not sufficient.
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Holocaust Memorial Day: 75 years since liberation of Auschwitz camp
The darkest episode in the history of world railways undoubtedly centres around the role they were forced to play in the transport of civilians to Nazi death camps during the Second World War.
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World War One memorial relocated to Bangor railway station
The relocation of a memorial to 16 railway workers who died serving in World War One was formally re-dedicated at Bangor railway station on 24 January.
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Your Gallery | LNER A4 No. 60009 Union of South Africa
Kelvin has sent in this brilliant photo of LNER A4 No. 60009 Union of South Africa.
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Rediscovered letter reveals Great Western Railway burned Charles Dickens’ Christmas turkey
A real-life Ghost of Christmas Past resurfaced at the National Railway Museum at York at Christmas.
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UK railway news round-up
After warnings for the bosses of HS2 from the Wildlife Trusts last time out, this week a leaked government review has revealed HS2 could cost up to £106bn.
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South Western Railway workers vote to continue strikes in guards dispute
Workers on South Western Railway have voted to continue taking strike action in the long-running dispute over guards on trains.
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Great Central Railway to restore Thornbury Castle
Unrestored Collett ‘Castle’ No. 7027 Thornbury Castle is to be restored for operation at the Great Central Railway (GCR) following its sale to a private buyer by Jonathan Jones-Pratt.
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