THE Railway Touring Company’s regular summer operations are over for another year, but there is a tempting selection of railtours for the autumn and winter
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Tag: Midland Main Line
Asset Monitoring: Looking after the rail infrastructure
Many RM readers will have seen the yellow Network Rail trains around the country, but what do they do and why are they operated? Andrew
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300 passengers stranded on HST after landslide causes ‘major incident’
AROUND 300 passengers became stranded on an East Midlands Trains HST for hours after a diverted train was engulfed in a landslide, and a rescue
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Straighter and faster for Midland Main Line at Market Harborough
Market Harborough station reopened to passengers on June 3 after a six-day blockade to connect the newly realigned station to the Midland Main Line (MML).
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Electrification back on the agenda as costs could be slashed by up to half
The cost of electrifying UK railways could be slashed by between a third and one-half of recent schemes.
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October steam tours pay tribute to Nigel and Dennis
TWO steam-hauled main line tours on October 20-21 had the sombre task of paying tribute to well-known railway figures who passed away recently.Railway Touring Company’s
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Derby remodelling completed on time
INDUSTRY leaders are hailing the 79-day Derby blockade as a great success after the remodelled station was handed back on schedule on October 8. In
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