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Colleagues visiting every London station to fundraise for boy with cancer
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Colleagues are visiting every London Tube and railway station to raise money for a train-obsessed four-year-old boy to receive life-saving cancer treatment abroad.
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Elizabeth line’s Bond Street station to open next month
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Bond Street station on London’s Elizabeth line will open on Monday October 24, Transport for London has announced.
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British Transport Police to boost officer numbers in run up to the Queen’s funeral
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British Transport Police is boosting the number of officers at main railway stations in the run-up to the Queen’s funeral, the force has said.
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End of the line for direct Eurostar trains to Disneyland Paris
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Eurostar is to axe its direct train service between London and Disneyland Paris from June next year.
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Waterloo is still busiest station – British Steel Redcar least used
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LONDON Waterloo station remains the country’s busiest station for the 15th consecutive year, even though the total number of passenger entries and exits fell by five million to 94.4 million. The figures for 2017/8 have been revealed by the Office of Rail and Road. Some of the reduction in use has been attributed to the…
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Last run for Parliamentary service
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A DAILY parliamentary service from London Paddington to South Ruislip ceased operation on December 7,a casualty of developing parts of West London for the HS2 line. More than 190 people travelled on the last train compared to the usual handful of passengers. Operation of the Chiltern Railways service was used to maintain route knowledge for drivers to…
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Vivarail 230s break cover for daytime tests!
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UNIT testing/driver training of three Vivarail Class 230 DMU sets on the London Northwestern’s Marston Vale line has taken place under the cover of darkness – despite the planned introduction in December being deferred until the New Year. However, sporadic daylight runs began on November 13, and unit No. 230003 is seen passing Ridgmont with 5T52,…
