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Virgin celebrates over 20 years at the helm of West Coast rail franchise
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20 years on Virgin Trains has transformed travel but for the first 10 years it was a tumultuous ride.
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Election 2019: What are party promises on Britain’s railways?
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In a week of promises and revelations, we take a closer look at what the Labour, Lib Dems and Tory manifesto spending promises mean for Britain’s railways.
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Issue 261 on sale!
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At last – a major milestone sees Corwen return on line after 51 years! Issue 261 of Heritage Railway magazine has got the lot.
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Rail workers’ 27-day strike set to go ahead
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A near month-long strike by rail workers is set to go ahead after talks failed to resolve a long-running dispute over guards on trains.
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Eurostar marks 25th anniversary with first ‘plastic-free’ train
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Eurostar is operating a train with no single-use plastics to mark the 25th anniversary and will plant a tree for every service it runs.
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HS2 should go ahead despite costs hike, says review
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A recommendation that HS2 should continue to be built in full despite soaring costs has been welcomed by political leaders in the North.
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Hitachi Class 802 enters service with TransPennine Express
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By Tony Miles THE first of 19 five-car Hitachi Class 802 bi-mode trains entered passenger service with TransPennine Express on September 28. They had received clearance from ORR late the previous evening. Set 802201 operated the 06.03 Newcastle-Liverpool Lime Street and 09.25 return as a one-off working ahead of regular service introduction later in October. …
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Euston’s landmark towers vanish as HS2 redevelopment work continues
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PREPARATORY work is continuing at London Euston despite ongoing uncertainty over whether High Speed 2 trains will ever serve the station. Contractors are quickly demolishing the two early-1970s tower blocks in front of the station, clearing the land for the redevelopment and expansion. Four floors have already been removed from Grant Thornton House and One…
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Class 195 roll-out continues – but ‘Pacers’ will run into 2020
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DELIVERIES of new DMUs and EMUs to Northern by CAF are running late, although the company introduced a further nine Class 195s over the Calder Valley line between Leeds and Chester via Manchester and Warrington in October. It takes the number of ‘195s’ in traffic to 29, exactly half the order. Northern has said because…
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Crossrail: Line will not open until 2021 as costs rise
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Crossrail will not open next year and its cost has increased by up to £650 million, the firm building London’s new east-west railway has admitted.
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