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Hornby: A Model World steams onto Yesterday this October
UKTV’s new series, Hornby: A Model World, showcases on Yesterday this October, with the well-known manufacturer opening its doors to reveal the lengths their designers and engineers go to create perfectly scaled down locomotives.
Read moreDry ice pellets to blast leaves off train tracks
Dry ice will be blasted onto railway lines across northern England in a trial aimed at removing leaves more efficiently than current methods.
Read moreHS2 tunneling machine completes first mile under the Chilterns
The first 2,000 tonne tunnelling machine passed the one mile mark this week during the construction of the first tunnels for HS2.
Read moreUK railway roundup
This week’s roundup of news from the UK railway industry.
Read moreNetwork Rail announces £25m investment for critical Wales and Borders transport link
Details revealed of a multi-million-pound plan to rescue a railway line increasingly ravaged by climate change and extreme weather.Â
Read moreRAIB release report into Hampshire near miss
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has released its report into a near miss with a member of staff at Rowlands Castle station in December last year.
Read moreTrain firm stripped of franchise over failure to declare £25m of taxpayer cash
Train operator Southeastern has been stripped of its franchise after failing to declare more than £25 million of taxpayer funding, the Department for Transport (DfT) has announced.
Read moreCompetition seeking best young rail photographers open
Entries are still being accepted for the Rail Camera Club’s free competition for railway photographers aged under 26 to showcase their work.
Read moreUpgraded Island Line set to reopen on November 1
South Western Railway (SWR) has announced that the upgraded Island Line is set to reopen on November 1.
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