Rail Express

  • Eurostar launches ‘Press For Champagne’ button

    Eurostar launches ‘Press For Champagne’ button

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    Eurostar is trialling a “press for champagne” button to mark 100 days until its 25th anniversary.

  • Manchester’s mayor pushes for local control

    Manchester’s mayor pushes for local control

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    Tram-train routes proposed as Burnham calls for London-style control over local railways.

  • Azuma officially launches at York in special ceremony

    Azuma officially launches at York in special ceremony

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    David Horne, Managing Director of LNER, officially launched the Azuma trains, ahead of services commencing north to Edinburgh on August 1.

  • District Line 150

    District Line 150

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    Christopher Westcott looks back over the complicated history of London Underground’s District Line, which is celebrating 150 years of operation.

  • JULY ISSUE ON SALE NOW!

    JULY ISSUE ON SALE NOW!

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    HS2 unveiled! Azumas start work! Crowds flock to Crewe! The latest issue of Rail Express is packed with modern traction news, nostalgia and modelling.

  • 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.

  • June issue of Rail Express magazine out now!

    June issue of Rail Express magazine out now!

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    Southern Legacy! The ‘Silver Queens’! Long Rock Open Day! The latest issue of Rail Express is packed with modern traction news, nostalgia and modelling.

  • Strangers in town

    Strangers in town

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    A prominent feature of the privatised railway is the rich variety of liveries and colours applied by individual train operators, often at great expense, to its rolling stock.

  • Freight Focus: Fragrant world of the ‘Binliner’

    Freight Focus: Fragrant world of the ‘Binliner’

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    David Ratcliffe reviews the fragrant world of the ‘Binliner’ workings.

  • Future proofing the National Collection

    Future proofing the National Collection

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    How does the National Railway Museum view its diesel and electric vehicles? Paul Bickerdyke finds out.

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