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  • Crossrail gets £825 million more Government funding

    Crossrail gets £825 million more Government funding

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    London’s delayed and over-budget Crossrail project has been given £825 million more Government funding.

  • Digital signalling roll-out set to bring more reliable journeys

    Digital signalling roll-out set to bring more reliable journeys

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    The roll-out of digital signalling – set to improve safety and slash delays – has been accelerated through £1.2 million of new government funding announced by Rail Minister Chris Heaton-Harris.

  • Transport Secretary opens rail’s largest electric vehicle charging hub

    Transport Secretary opens rail’s largest electric vehicle charging hub

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    Govia Thameslink Railway welcome Transport Secretary Grant Shapps to open rail’s largest dedicated EV charging hub at Hatfield station.

  • Remembering the ‘Clay Tigers’

    Remembering the ‘Clay Tigers’

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    With the release of the Kernow model, David Ratcliffe profiles a career that spanned two decades.

  • FIRST SHOTTS LINE ELECTRIC

    FIRST SHOTTS LINE ELECTRIC

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    Freightliner locos No. 86638 and 86627 were the first electric traction to use the newly electrified line between Glasgow and Edinburgh via Shotts when they performed test runs on February 24. First No. 86638 ran light engine both ways between Holytown and Midcalder Junctions, calling at all stations, then the pair ‘top and tailed’ a…

  • Throwback to LBSCR becoming wired for power

    Throwback to LBSCR becoming wired for power

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    As early as 1903, the London Brighton and South Coast Railway (LBSCR) began to electrify local routes.

  • Ryde Pier tram formally gifted to IoWSR

    Ryde Pier tram formally gifted to IoWSR

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    A UNIQUE Pollard & Sons electric tram was formally handed over to the Isle of Wight Steam Railway (IoWSR) on October 18 by Coun Dave Stewart, leader of Isle of Wight Council. The tram had once operated back and forth along Ryde Pier on the Isle of Wight. The single-deck standard gauge car is understood…

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