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Nottingham tram network suspended in serious incident
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Police have put in place multiple road closures in Nottingham as officers deal with an ongoing serious incident.
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Key rail route reopens after 10-week closure to repair viaduct
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One of Britain’s most important railway lines has reopened after being closed for 10 weeks due to an unsafe viaduct.
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Watchdog rules rail infrastructure deal could leave passengers worse off
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The UK’s competition watchdog has provisionally ruled that Hitachi’s proposed purchase of Thales’s rail infrastructure could drive up prices and reduce service quality for passengers.
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Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway celebrate two milestones in one
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The heritage railway will be doubling-up with a celebration of two important milestones next week.
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Darjeeling Tours Ltd
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The forthcoming season sees our popular ‘Indian Magic’ tour, covering all three of India’s Hill Railways, running as usual, and following the success of our Darjeeling Mail tour last October, recreating the 1940’s Raj era train between Kolkata and Darjeeling in the hills, this tour is being repeated with several improvements. We also have a…
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App to help blind passengers to use railway stations gets Government funding
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An app being developed to help visually impaired railway passengers is among the transport technology projects receiving new Government funding.
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Eurostar runs final direct Disneyland Paris service while Amsterdam route faces suspension
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Eurostar has ended its direct service to Disneyland Paris, while its Amsterdam link faces being suspended for nearly a year.
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From the archive: Cannon Street Station 1866-1966
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Originally published in two parts in The Railway Magazine – August and September 1966
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Manchester station upgrades announced but long-term extra platforms plan axed
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A £72 million package to improve railway services in Greater Manchester has been announced, but a long-term project to add extra platforms to the city’s busiest station has been scrapped.
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How does the SVR keeps its steam locomotives in good shape? Now’s your chance to find out
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Inside the motive power depot at Bridgnorth, SVR engineers maintain, overhaul and restore the railway’s steam locomotives. Usually, it all happens behind closed doors, but on selected weekends in June and July, that’s set to change.
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