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BUILDING work has started on a new heritage railway platform and run-round loop at Princes Risborough. The station is on the site of the former Watlington and Chinnor branch platforms and will be the new eastern terminus of the Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway (C&PRR), giving it a direct interchange with Chiltern Railways and the…

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SOUTHEASTERN services were severely disrupted for six days after a loaded sand train derailed at Courthill Loop North Junction between Lewisham and Hither Green on January 24. Two of the 18 bogie hopper wagons derailed, with one coming to rest on its side, damaging around 50 metres of track and a set of points. A…

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WORCESTER is to gain an out-of-town parkway station offering better connections to the national network – more than 40 years after it was first mooted. The Department for Transport (DfT) has given its approval for the development of Worcestershire Parkway, allowing Worcestershire County Council to press ahead with its construction on a site at Norton,…

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THE first vehicle of a fleet of 36 new trains being built by Hitachi for London to Devon/Cornwall services has been completed. The shell of a driving car for the Class 802 AT300 sets has been constructed at Hitachi’s Pistoia factory in Italy. GWR has ordered 22 five-car and 14 nine-car sets, which will be…

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MOST of the 10 Class 88 electro-diesels for Direct Rail Services (DRS) have now been completed at Stadler’s Valencia plant and are starting to receive their final livery and nameplates. In a move likely to find favour with enthusiasts, several of the fleet carry names previously applied to BR ‘EM1’ and ‘EM2’ Woodhead Route electrics…

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The Dartmoor Railway ran a Sulzer weekend on February 4-5 with the three locos and five of the vehicles used on the Christmas ‘Polar Expresses’. The event was held in conjunction with the Dartmoor Railway Supporters’ Association. The train was formed on Friday (3rd), with Class 33 No. 33035 on the Crediton end of vehicles Nos. 9492,…

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No. D2554 – one of four surviving Class 05s out of 69 Hunslet-built 0-6-0DMs – has a unique history. Originally No. 11140, and being on the Isle of Wight, it survived in BR service and was the only example to gain a TOPS number in 1974, as No. 05001. Later departmental No. 97803, it was withdrawn in…

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WENSLEYDALE Railway Class 47 No. 47715 Haymarket, smartly turned out in Network SouthEast livery, poses beside Leeming Bar signalbox for a night shoot on January 20. This loco is available for driver experience courses on one of the longest heritage railways in the country. Packages to suit all needs are available, including a taster experience consisting…

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TRANSPORT for London has announced the planned route for the Bakerloo Line extension, which will see the line extended from its current terminus at Elephant & Castle to Lewisham. The £3billion scheme will include two new stations along the Old Kent Road, an interchange with the main line at New Cross Gate and Lewisham, plus…

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CONSTRUCTION of the Northern Line extension from Battersea to Kennington is set to get underway following delivery of two tunnel boring machines (TBMs). The TBMs were lowered underground at Battersea by a 750-tonne crane on February 12. They will now be fully assembled within two 77 metre-long launch tunnels before setting off in March to…

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