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Three new railway titles available on Mortons Books
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Three new railway titles are now available to buy on the Mortons Books website – Railwaymen of the Welsh Valleys 1914-1967 Vol 2; More Memories of a Didcot Apprentice; and Stratford Depot Locomotives in the Eighties and Nineties
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UK rail strikes start today
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The national UK rail strikes have begun today, Tuesday, June 21. We speak to Graeme Pickering, Senior Correspondent, The Railway Magazine; and round-up some of the latest reports from today’s strike action.
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Rail strikes to go ahead after last-ditch talks fail
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The rail strikes are to go ahead after last-ditch talks failed to resolve a bitter dispute over pay, jobs and conditions.
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New TV series to feature York’s National Railway Museum
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The National Railway Museum is set to feature in a new TV series produced by Whitworth Media appearing on More4 this summer. Called “Cleaning Britain’s Greatest Treasures”, the programme will follow the museum’s conservation team as they clean and maintain the NER / LNER Dynamometer Car and Queen Victoria’s famous LNWR saloon carriage. Narrated by…
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Industrial action will cause cancellations to LNER trains and busy services
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Over 40,000 staff members from Network Rail and thirteen train operators intend on walking out, over three days next week – Tuesday 21st June, Thursday 23rd June and Saturday 25th June.
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Severn Valley Railway launches customised Monopoly and Top Trumps
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The classic games have been adapted to feature iconic locations and locomotives associated with the leading heritage railway.
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Transport for London and FirstGroup to admit safety failings over tram crash
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Transport for London (TfL) and FirstGroup-owned Tram Operations Limited (TOL) have indicated they will plead guilty to health and safety failings over the 2016 Croydon tram crash.
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More rail workers to be balloted for action over pay disputes
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Train drivers are to strike over pay and more rail workers are to be balloted for industrial action in growing disputes in the industry which threaten huge travel disruption in the coming weeks.
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Great Central Railway goes digital with its ticketing system
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Nutickets, an event technology company, has partnered with Great Central Railway (GCR), Britain’s only double track mainline heritage railway.
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Elizabeth II’s purple reign!
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The SVR’s jubilee celebrations opened in style with the public renaming of locomotive No. 34027 as Elizabeth II – with unmissable purple livery.
