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Measures announced to ‘get a grip’ on HS2 costs

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October 20, 2024
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Louise Haig, Transport Secretary, has announced measures to get HS2 back on track.

Steam locomotive to pass through Oxfordshire this Monday

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October 20, 2024
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A private charter is set to run this Monday, 21st October, between Didcot Parkway and Stratford-upon-Avon. The charter is expected to be hauled by 5043…

Watch: Diesels take over the East Lancashire Railway with popular gala

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October 19, 2024
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The East Lancashire Railway held its ever-popular Summer Diesel Gala back in June and brought in some excellent visitors to the railway. The railway runs…

Yorkshire Station tackles vandalism through Artwork

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October 19, 2024
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Fitzwilliam station has unveiled an artwork aimed at tackling vandalism and antisocial behaviour

First Class coach for in time for Corris Railway Diamond Jubilee?

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October 19, 2024
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The Corris Railway is working to introduce first-class travel for the first time in nearly 100 years. The society was founded back in 1966, and…

Goats hired by Network Rail to manage Kent grassland

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October 19, 2024
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Some unusual new staff have been hired by Network Rail to manage rare landscape sustainably around the railway at Folkestone Warren in Kent.

Operating season at Corris is drawing to a close

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October 19, 2024
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The Corris Railway look back on the 2024 Operating Season before it ends on Sat 26 Oct.

Driver training progresses on Welsh tri-mode trains

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October 19, 2024
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Driver Training is progressing well on TfW’s new Tri-mode train fleet

Greater Manchester rail stations to close next year for improvement work

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October 18, 2024
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Greater Manchester stations Salford Central and Salford Crescent will close for periods of 2025, as Network Rail carries out improvement works.

Unions want London railway lines brought into public ownership

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October 18, 2024
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The leaders of the RMT and ASLEF have sent a joint letter to the Mayor of London asking for the Elizabeth Line and London Overground into public ownership.