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Commuters still asked to wear masks despite law change
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Legal measures requiring masks and Covid passes in England have been dropped, but commuters in some settings will still be asked to wear face coverings.
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Swan rescued from tracks after blocking trains
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An injured swan had to be rescued after it made its way on to the tracks at a station in west London, causing hours of delays.
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London Transport Museum reveals exhibition to celebrate Caribbean contribution to transport history
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A new exhibition Legacies: London Transport’s Caribbean Workforce will open at London Transport Museum, Covent Garden on 11 February where visitors will learn about the huge contribution that people of Caribbean heritage have made to transport history and present-day London.
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Fifty years ago: New trains for the Northern and Piccadilly lines
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From the January 1972 edition of The Railway Magazine Authority has been given to London Transport by the Greater London Council to place orders for 121 new Underground trains of a total cost of nearly £39m. The order should qualify for a Government infrastructure grant of 75 per cent., with the remaining 25 per cent.…
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Show some ambition, Burnham tells government over HS2 plans
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Andy Burnham has called on the Government to “show ambition for the North” as he panned current plans in the HS2 bill laid in Parliament on Monday.
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Protesters plan ‘national day of action’ over HS2 rail expansion
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Environmental activists are planning a “national day of action” to protest against the expansion of the HS2 high-speed railway.
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Grant Shapps: We aim to silence ‘endless torrent’ of train announcements
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The “endless torrent” of announcements on trains will be scrapped, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has said.
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Crossrail ‘on track’ to begin passenger services in first half of 2022
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Passenger services on London’s delayed Crossrail project are on track to begin by June, Transport for London (TfL) has announced.
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Puffing Billy – the world’s oldest surviving steam locomotive
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It is not often the name of a railway locomotive becomes adopted as an everyday saying in the English language, but many believe that happened in the case of the world’s oldest surviving steam locomotive. Heritage Railway editor Robin Jones has the story.
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