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No plan to detect track fault that caused train derailment – report
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Network Rail failed to devise a plan to detect the track failure which led to a train derailment despite previous incidents, investigators said.
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Stubborn cat causes delays to London to Manchester service
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A cat had a lucky escape at London Euston station after it was spotted on the roof of an Avanti West Coast train which was about to speed to Manchester.
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Network Rail invest millions into Chiltern main line improvements
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Almost 2.5km of railway track is being replaced along the Chiltern main line as the rail industry works to build back better after the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Network Rail appoint new managing director of Wales & Western
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Network Rail has appointed Michelle Handforth as the new managing director for the Wales & Western region.
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Severn Valley Railway Spring Steam Up to go ahead as planned
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The Severn Valley Railway (SVR) has announced that its Spring Steam Up event will go ahead in April, although the railway will not be able to open in time for Easter as originally planned.
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Hull Trains announces restart date but also redundancies
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Hull Trains has said it will restart a limited timetable from April 12, but added it was having to make just over a quarter of its workforce (26%) redundant.
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Rail fares increased across UK despite low demand for travel
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Rail passengers in England and Wales have been hit by above inflation fare rises despite the collapse in demand.
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Bring back Somerset & Dorset Railway!
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Great praise should be given to Alan and Christine Hammond who wrote ten books chronicling the times and lives of the passengers and railway employees of the Somerset & Dorset railway (S&D) in its last years.
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Rail minister announces plan to accelerate major rail projects
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Britain’s rail industry has been urged to pioneer “radical” new ways of working to fast-track major projects.
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Network Rail chair claims weekend engineering works could end
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Weekend rail closures could be scrapped if demand for leisure travel surges when lockdown restrictions ease.
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