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Orient Express to halt UK section due to Brexit checks
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The UK leg of the Orient Express will be dropped after 41 years due to delays caused by Brexit border controls.
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Mayors call for TransPennine Express “fresh start”, ask government not to renew FirstGroup’s contract
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TransPennine Express (TPE) needs a “fresh start” after nearly a quarter of trains were cancelled between February and March, mayors in the north of England have said.
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Book of the Week: Diesel Dawn 7
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Our latest book of the week is the upcoming Diesel Dawn 7 – pre-order today! DIESEL DAWN 7 – WESTERN REGION CLASS 14 Diesel Hydraulic 0-6-0s D9500-D9555 By John Jennison These locomotives enjoyed striking ‘continental’ good looks with, strangely, more than a nod to preceding steam design; for this they were regarded fondly by enthusiasts…
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Watercress Line welcomes Castle to spring gala
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Visitors to the Watercress Line’s Spring Steam Gala will have the opportunity to get up close to a very special locomotive.
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New show steams onto screens this spring
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A new four-part television show, Britain By Steam, will broadcast on Channel 5 this spring.
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Rail workers begin voting on continuing industrial action
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Railway workers start voting on Thursday on whether to continue taking industrial action in the long-running dispute over jobs, pay and conditions.
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Train cleaners to strike in dispute over pay
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Cleaners working on trains across the country are to stage a 48-hour strike in a long-running dispute over pay.
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Chasing the Castle sets
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GWR is withdrawing its popular Castle HST fleet this year. Rail Express provides the diagrams the remaining sets will operate until May for those wishing to ride on, view or photograph the trains
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Full circle for last British Rail train to Wareham passenger returning as driver
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A Swanage Railway volunteer who travelled on the last British Rail train from Swanage to Wareham as a child in 1972 will be the conductor driver on the first Swanage Railway passenger train into Wareham using the heritage line’s 1950s diesel train.
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Trackside fire disrupts London Paddington services
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A trackside electrical fire has caused large-scale disruption to rail services to and from London Paddington.
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