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Grant Shapps calls for crackdown on graffiti across UK railway
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Rail bosses have been told to do more to crack down on graffiti on the UK’s rail network.
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GTR and Porterbrook announce £55 million fleet modernisation programme
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Enhancements range from real-time passenger information screens and USB/power points to high-tech on-board operation systems.
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Network Rail publish decarbonisation strategy by 2050
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Network Rail has outlined its vision to decarbonise thousands of miles of rail lines across the UK by 2050.
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Get your name in The North Yorkshire Moors Railway and the Esk Valley Line
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Get your name in the limited edition copy of The North Yorkshire Moors Railway and the Esk Valley Line.
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Your Gallery: 6Z99 Llangennech cranes through Bath
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Our follower Duncan has sent in these photos of No. 66419 and No. 66418 seen passing Newton Meadows near Bath with the 6Z99 919 Eastleigh Yard to Llangennech – taken in late August following a fire on August 27.
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UK railway news round-up
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This week, Grand Central scraps plans for a North West route between Blackpool and London due to COVID-19. Plus, a report into the Stonehaven derailment raises questions over the UK railway’s response to climate change.
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GTR spreads messages of support on World Suicide Prevention Day
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To mark World Suicide Prevention Day, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has unveiled a moving art project to raise awareness of its support to those who may be feeling vulnerable.
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Stonehaven report: Climate change impact on railways ‘accelerating’
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A report into the Stonehaven derailment has found that the impact of severe weather events due to climate change is “accelerating faster than our assumptions”.
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Grand Central’s North West route between Blackpool & London abandoned
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Grand Central has permanently abandoned plans for the North West route train service between Blackpool and London after COVID-19 rendered plans ‘unfeasible’.
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Transport Secretary opens rail’s largest electric vehicle charging hub
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Govia Thameslink Railway welcome Transport Secretary Grant Shapps to open rail’s largest dedicated EV charging hub at Hatfield station.