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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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PM under fire for claiming Transport for North budget not cut by 40%
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing calls to set the record straight after claiming there has not been a 40% cut to Transport for the North’s budget.
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HS2 bosses insist project will not be a ‘rich man’s railway’
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HS2 will not be a “rich man’s business class railway”, according to the boss of the firm developing the project.
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