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  • October 2023

    October 2023

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    Grab the brand-new October issue of Railways Illustrated magazine for the best coverage of today’s railway scene.

  • UK train firms fund thousands of food parcels for Ukrainian rail workers

    UK train firms fund thousands of food parcels for Ukrainian rail workers

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    Thousands of food parcels for Ukrainian railway workers and their families have been paid for by UK train companies.

  • English rail fares could rise by 8% next year

    English rail fares could rise by 8% next year

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    English rail fares will rise by up to 8% in 2024 if the Government uses the same formula as this year, new figures show.

  • Network Rail fined £6.7m over fatal rail crash

    Network Rail fined £6.7m over fatal rail crash

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    Network Rail has been fined £6.7 million after admitting health and safety failings over a rail crash that claimed three lives in 2020.

  • Bachmann reveals plethora of models in summer announcement

    Bachmann reveals plethora of models in summer announcement

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    On August 2, Bachmann’s quarterly announcement and release schedule revealed an exciting mix of models across the manufacturer’s ranges and scales, due both imminently and over the coming months. With plenty to choose from, here are some of the highlights…

  • From the archive: The pace quickens

    From the archive: The pace quickens

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    An update on the progress of the Channel Tunnel by P. W. B. Semmens MA, C.Chem, FRSC, MBCS, MCIT from November 1990

  • Brighton’s Electric Railway – The seaside line that sparked a transport revolution

    Brighton’s Electric Railway – The seaside line that sparked a transport revolution

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    To the untrained eye, Brighton’s Volk’s Electric Railway may appear to be just another seaside tramway, a relic from the resort’s Victorian heyday. However, it is no less than Britain’s first electric railway, and the oldest in the world to be still running, and therefore of paramount international importance. Magnus Volk did not invent the…

  • Network Rail admits health and safety failings over fatal crash

    Network Rail admits health and safety failings over fatal crash

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    Network Rail has admitted health and safety failings over a rail crash that claimed three lives.

  • Network Rail due in court over fatal crash

    Network Rail due in court over fatal crash

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    Network Rail is due in court over a train crash which claimed three lives in 2020.

  • Great Beeching Survivors

    Great Beeching Survivors

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    While banner-waving protestors who gathered outside stations on the last day of services on their local line may have felt that they were wasting their breath against a Government ‘one size fits all’ policy, that the consultation procedures were purely academic, and that the Labour government which pledged to reverse the cuts re-engaged on that…


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