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  • From the archive: Budapest’s secret steam – Hungary’s hidden time capsule

    From the archive: Budapest’s secret steam – Hungary’s hidden time capsule

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    Out of public view in Budapest’s Istvántelek railway works is an extraordinary collection of historic steam locomotives and rolling stock.

  • New Stock Focus: CAF – Class 195 DMUs and 331 EMUs

    New Stock Focus: CAF – Class 195 DMUs and 331 EMUs

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    Passengers using Northern services have endured a torrid time, travelling in trains which are overcrowded and past their ‘best by’ date. On July 1, the first of a fleet of 101 Class 195 and 331 trains was introduced, which is expected to start and alleviate some of the problems. Chris Milner samples both trains. FOR…

  • FirstGroup replaces Virgin to run West Coast route

    FirstGroup replaces Virgin to run West Coast route

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    FirstGroup, along with Italian firm Trenitalia, will operate train services on the West Coast Main Line from December.

  • Seven for a secret never to be told…

    Seven for a secret never to be told…

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    As celebrity ‘Warships’ go, No. D829 Magpie enjoyed royal status and the TV spotlight through the children’s series of the same name.

  • Merseyside group launch £12,000 appeal to finish only surviving Warrington tram

    Merseyside group launch £12,000 appeal to finish only surviving Warrington tram

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    The society hopes the G F Milnes-built double-deck car will be finished by the autumn of 2020.

  • Steam lines face double threat in crackdown on coal-burning

    Steam lines face double threat in crackdown on coal-burning

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    Britain’s heritage railways are fighting for their future in the face of a Government crackdown on carbon emissions.

  • Great Central secures overhaul agreement 
for Oliver Cromwell

    Great Central secures overhaul agreement 
for Oliver Cromwell

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    Oliver Cromwell, the National Railway Museum’s BR ‘Britannia’ Pacific, is on course for a return to steam after the museum agreed a two-year overhaul loan agreement with the Great Central Railway at Loughborough.

  • UK railway news round-up

    UK railway news round-up

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    We start this week’s railway round-up with some good news as Whaley Bridge residents return as lines reopen too. Read how Britain’s train companies announced that they were pulling out of Interrail, only to reverse the decision a day later.

  • Planned protests over higher rail fares

    Planned protests over higher rail fares

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    Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) is planning a series of protests on the day higher rail fares are set to be announced.

  • UK train operators to pull out of Interrail

    UK train operators to pull out of Interrail

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    Britain’s train companies will no longer be part of the Interrail and Eurail schemes which allow tourists to travel across Europe with a single pass. Industry body the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) said its members will stop participating in the programmes because it believes the separate BritRail pass is “the best option” for visitors to…


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