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  • Over a million lorries to be taken off the roads by HS2

    Over a million lorries to be taken off the roads by HS2

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    The first rail freight delivery of aggregate has arrived at HS2’s Washwood Heath site in Birmingham, signalling the start of the major project to take up to 1.5 million lorries off the roads to cut carbon emissions.

  • Great Central Railway launches emergency appeal

    Great Central Railway launches emergency appeal

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    The Great Central Railway has launched an emergency appeal to be able to continue with planned essential works – amid COVID-19 uncertainty.

  • PREVIEW: September edition of Rail Express magazine

    PREVIEW: September edition of Rail Express magazine

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    Tours and heritage lines return, plus we explore the Tyne & Wear Metro as it notches up four decades!

  • PREVIEW: Issue 270 of Heritage Railway magazine

    PREVIEW: Issue 270 of Heritage Railway magazine

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    Steam is back for the summer! Inside our brand new issue of Heritage Railway magazine, we take a look at railways restarting in time for the high season after months of closures.

  • Stonehaven derailment: Network Rail launches two new task forces

    Stonehaven derailment: Network Rail launches two new task forces

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    Network Rail has launched two independent task forces in response to the Stonehaven crash.

  • UK’s first fully wrapped Pride train staffed by all LGBTQ+ crew launches

    UK’s first fully wrapped Pride train staffed by all LGBTQ+ crew launches

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    Avanti West Coast has launched the UK’s first fully wrapped Pride train entirely staffed by an LGBTQ+ crew for its first official service on August 25. After COVID-19 forced the cancellation of Pride events across the country, which Avanti West Coast had planned to support, the intercity rail operator has completely wrapped one of its…

  • HS2 reveals design for Amersham vent shaft headhouse

    HS2 reveals design for Amersham vent shaft headhouse

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    HS2 have released images of the design for the Amersham vent shaft to provide ventilation and emergency access to the line’s Chiltern tunnel.

  • Remembering Richard Hardy

    Remembering Richard Hardy

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    Richard Hardy, who died on February 18 2018, aged 94, was one of the last remaining professional links with the ‘Big Four’ and a railwayman who commanded as much respect in the preservation era as he did during his illustrious career with the LNER and British Railways. Known affectionately in his autumn years as ‘the…

  • UK railway news roundup

    UK railway news roundup

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    The rail industry across the UK fell silent to remember the three men who died in the Stonehaven derailment last week. Plus, there’s confusion over potential rail fare rises.

  • Images reveal scale of flood damage on Edinburgh to Glasgow line

    Images reveal scale of flood damage on Edinburgh to Glasgow line

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    It could take months to reinstate the Edinburgh to Glasgow line as the scale of flood damage is revealed.


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