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Campaign concerns over Borders Railway reliability

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13th July 2016

MEMBERS of the Campaign for Borders Rail (CBR) are pressing for improvements, with services on the new £300million line having suffered delays and reliability problems. Campaign concerns over Borders Railway reliability A Class 170 DMU waits to clear the loop south of Gorebridge as late-running Class 158 No. 158735 heads for Tweedbank on October 15,…
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Settle & Carlisle landslip closure to run into 2017

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13th July 2016

THE current closure of the Settle & Carlisle line between Appleby and Carlisle is expected to run into 2017 because of the scale of repair needed. Settle & Carlisle landslip closure to run into 2017 An aerial view of Eden Brows: The landslip can be seen in the forested area towards the top of the…
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Tralee on a staff pass – Grandfather’s memories

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15th June 2016

I WAS interested to see a picture of the Tralee train station shed (RM, April 2016, p39), without the track in the main part of the shed. My interest in Tralee station is that in August 1899 my paternal grandparents walked down the platform on their honeymoon. My wife and I were able to walk…
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Recreating the Spurn Bogie

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15th June 2016

AS PART of the programme to celebrate the opening of the newly refurbished Spurn Lighthouse in Yorkshire, the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust (YWT) is hoping to build a replica ‘Spurn sail bogie’. This unusual type of transport was used on the Spurn military railway between the two wars. To enable this to happen, the YWT is…
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Championing the underdog

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15th June 2016

WHETHER it be politics, sport or whatever, it’s strange how everyone loves the underdog. Football is a case in point. For those who follow the ‘beautiful game’, a team considered mediocre and relatively unglamorous has suddenly been propelled into the limelight. Leicester City’s meteoric rise from bottom of the Premiership at the start of April…
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Farce on a Friday

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15th June 2016

IT’S a Friday afternoon, 20 minutes before the office closes when people begin to drift away for the weekend. The phone rings in the office of a railtour company hundreds of miles away. It’s Network Rail HQ, which says “sorry, but you cannot use Flying Scotsman on the new Borders Railway on Sunday as we…
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RM, DRS and Virgin plan third Class 37 charity special

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15th June 2016

AFTER the collaboration with Virgin Trains and DRS in running two successful charity special trains that have raised more than £50,000, a third train has been confirmed. ‘The Independent Yorkshireman’ has been planned for September 3 and will start at Chester hauled by a Class 57/3 calling at Crewe before running via Alsager and Stoke…
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Tickets on sale for Class 37 charity trip to Scarborough

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15th June 2016

A look back to last year’s special to Bournemouth. MARK V PIKE TICKETS have gone on sale this morning for the third charity train The RM is running in conjunction with Virgin Trains and Direct Rail Services. Called ‘The Independent Yorkshireman’ , the excursion will run on September 3 and starting at Chester hauled by…
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