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18-year-olds encouraged to consider careers as train drivers
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The Department for Transport is encouraging eighteen-year-olds leaving school to consider a career as a train driver amid a shortage of people taking the job.
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Investigation into Lewes train derailment finds track defect
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A rail track defect existed in the area where a train derailed in East Sussex last week, injuring 30 people, investigators said.
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Virgin Trains granted track access for new Channel Tunnel routes from 2030
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Virgin Trains has been given track access for new services between London and Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam in 2030, in a step forward for its plans to rival Eurostar.
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Second train derailment in 24 hours
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A second train has derailed less than 24 hours after two passengers were seriously injured when a Southern Rail service came off the tracks in East Sussex.
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Two seriously injured in train derailment not in life-threatening condition
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Two passengers injured when a Southern Rail train derailed received “severe” but not life-threatening injuries, police have said.
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Study finds that train driver is most sought after job in UK
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A new international study has found that train driver is the most searched for job role in the UK.
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Fire-hit site next to Glasgow Central could be back in use later this year
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The site of a building which was destroyed by the fire next to Glasgow Central railway station could be put back into use on a temporary basis later this year.
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Major disruption to rail services due to hot weather
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Train passengers are suffering major disruption as operators slash services in response to an extreme weather alert.
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Eight remain in critical condition after train crash
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Eight people remain in a critical condition after a train crash near Bedford that killed one person.
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Tributes pour in for train driver killed in crash as experts work to reopen line
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Tributes have poured in for a train driver who was killed in a crash near Bedford as crews continued work to reopen the railway line. Shaun Burton, 60, died when the East Midlands Railway (EMR) train he was driving collided into the back of another on the same line shortly after 5pm on Friday. His…
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