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Railway station celebrates its 185th Birthday

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March 30, 2025
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This week saw the 185th Birthday of Reading railway station, with celebrations on Friday, 28th March.

Sunday disruption for London Paddington trains including Mother’s Day

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March 20, 2025
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For the next two Sundays, services out of London Paddington and between Didcot and Swindon will be disrupted because of planned engineering work.

Stannah appoints specialists to support Network Rail lift and escalator contracts

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March 12, 2025
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Lift company Stannah has announced that it has appointed two industry specialists to play what it calls “a key role” in delivering the work set out in the company’s lift and escalator contract with Network Rail.

Performance data goes live at most railway stations in England

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March 6, 2025
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The Department for Transport (DfT) is lauding what it calls a “new era of rail accountability” in England as data on train service performance ‘goes live’ at over 1,700 stations from today (Thursday 6 March).

Class 20 locomotives to visit Oxfordshire this Saturday

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February 20, 2025
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Class 20 locomotives are to visit Oxfordshire this Saturday (22nd February 2025) as part of the UK Railtours’ Shakespearean Sonnet.

Luxury train to pass through Oxfordshire this Wednesday

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February 10, 2025
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The Belmond British Pullman is set to run again this Wedneday (12th February 2025) and will visit Oxfordshire.

Power issue causes major disruption to London trains

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January 28, 2025
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Passengers are being advised of major disruption this morning due to a power issue. Some lines are blocked due to the issue between London Paddington…

West Midlands train services set for disruption this Sunday

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January 17, 2025
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Next Sunday, 19th January, train services between Oxford and the West Midlands will be severely disrupted because of essential engineering work.

New Arterio train named after Stuart Broad in London

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November 28, 2024
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South Western Railway invited RailAdvent to London Waterloo today (28th November) to see the new Arterio trains officially launched and one of the new trains named.

Steam locomotive 44871 to visit Bristol this weekend

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November 28, 2024
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LMS Black 5 No. 44871 will be passing visiting Bristol this weekend (30th November).