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Check before you travel: 20,000 staff to work on 380 rail projects over Christmas
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Passengers “will benefit from a better, more reliable railway in 2020” according to Network Rail – with upgrades taking place over Christmas and New Year.
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Avanti West Coast promises ‘big change’ for commuters
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A “big change” in the quality of train carriages on the West Coast Main Line has been promised by a parent company of new operator Avanti West Coast.
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UK railway news round-up
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It’s been a busy week on the UK’s railways as the election race heats up. Labour and the Conservatives clash over the Tory pledge to spend £4.2 billion on a local public transport fund.
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Hitachi to build 23 trains for Avanti West Coast in £350m contract
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Hitachi has been awarded a £350 million contract to build 23 new trains for Avanti West Coast, the manufacturer has announced.
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A Cumbrian Coast ‘Jubilee’
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STANIER ‘Jubilee’ 4-6-0 No. 45690 Leander winds its way southbound along the Lakeland coast at St Bees with the return leg of the Railway Touring Company’s ‘Cumbrian Coast Express on September 28. The BR black-liveried ‘Jub’ had left Carlisle at 13.32 and stuck to within four minutes of the timetable through Workington and Whitehaven, being just…
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Rare outing for Middleton’s tiny Hunslet
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FORMER brewery 4wD Courage (Hunslet 1786 of 1935) made a rare outing during the Middleton Railway’s Work’s Outing gala on September 14-15. The locomotive was operated on the rarely used Balm Road branch. Here, it leads a demonstration goods train over Moor Road level crossing on the first day of the event. A wide variety…
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Forget socks, Classic Magazines has a gift for everyone!
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At Classic Magazines we’ve made your Christmas shopping simple and straightforward, with plenty of ideas for family and friends in our festive gift guide.
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The Railway Magazine Archive: 120 years of rail history…
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The Railway Magazine’s entire archive has been scanned to give subscribers access to more than 120 years of Britain’s best-selling rail title.
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LNER to say goodbye to Inter-City 125 High Speed Train
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LNER will celebrate more than four decades of service from the iconic Inter-City 125 trains on the East Coast route with a special farewell tour this month.
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Former Bodmin DMU enters service on Weardale Railway
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CLASS 108 DMU Nos. M52054 and M50980 ran its first revenue-earning service on the Weardale Railway during the October 4-6 railcar weekend. The vehicles have received much attention since arrival from the Bodmin & Wenford Railway in March 2018. The railway hosted the Railcar Association’s 24th annual convention at Stanhope station during the event. The Class 108 is seen…
