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Bring live train information to your home with a UK Departure Board!
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Available in 3 sizes to display real time information for your local station or indeed any station – train, tram, bus or tube in the UK. Each board is designed and built in Britain with the ability to perform real station announcements. We use a variety of data sources to accurately show what is scheduled…
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PTG Tours: Escorted holidays by rail in 2025
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Celebrating 27 years in 2025 this well-established UK based company offer “general interest rail, nature and culture” and a separate programme of “enthusiast” holidays from the UK using rail travel as a theme. Comfort, enjoyment, leisurely days and friendship are the secrets of their success. They specialise in countries and areas not covered by other…
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How a former railway tunnel became the world’s longest indoor vehicle test track
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Nick Pigott visits a former Great Central Railway tunnel that has been repurposed as the world’s longest indoor vehicle test track.
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West Somerset Railway to run special trains to Minehead Station Christmas Market
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West Somerset Railway will run special steam trains to the annual Christmas Market at Minehead Railway Station on both market days, Saturday November 30th and Sunday December 1st.
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Christmas Gift Guide 2024
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Christmas is just around the corner, meaning it’s time to start present hunting again! Fortunately, we’ve made your life a little bit simpler with our exclusive Christmas Gift Guide! Check out some of these fantastic Railway picks, we’re sure there’s something for everyone…
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Battery-powered Class 230 trials
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Trials using a battery-powered Class 230 on the Greenford branch are under way. Richard Clinnick reports from the formal launch of the project and speaks to those involved in the project.
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Varamis Rail’s plans for high-speed electric freight
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Varamis Rail aims to serve London terminals with a network of electric freight services. Richard Clinnick talks to Phil Read, the man behind the plans.
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‘People only see opportunities in the UK, not the world’ | The future of High Speed Trains
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High Speed Trains exported to Central America and West Africa certainly caught the attention last year. Richard Clinnick meets Robert Coleman, the Chairman of Romic Consulting Limited, the company behind these deals, and looks at the potentially interesting future awaiting HSTs (and other fleets).
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Eastern promise for ERS
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Richard Clinnick visits a small team in Great Yarmouth with a large fleet of coaches and even bigger business plans.
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How the writer of new BBC thriller ‘Nightsleeper’ made a fictional train feel real
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BAFTA-winning writer of new BBC series Nightsleeper Nick Leather talks to Alex Bestwick about designing a fictional rail service, playing with train sets at work, and getting the real voices of familiar rail station announcements involved.
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