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  • Leighton Buzzard Railway: 100 not out

    Leighton Buzzard Railway: 100 not out

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Cliff Thomas reports on a rare heritage anniversary – a 2ft-gauge railway that has operated continuously for a century. THE Leighton Buzzard Railway (LBR) will celebrate the line’s 100th anniversary of continuous operation on November 17, the nearest Sunday to the original opening date.  Numerous heritage railways have marked anniversaries of 100 years from the…

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  • Classic stations: Newcastle Central

    Classic stations: Newcastle Central

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Newcastle Central is a listed building, the city’s major transport hub, and acts as both a terminus and a through station. Graeme Pickering recalls the station’s impressive past and assesses plans recently outlined for the future. NEWCASTLE Central station is widely regarded as one of the finest in the country. Its neo-classical frontage and sheer…

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  • TRAIN TEST: LONDON OVERGROUND CLASS 710

    TRAIN TEST: LONDON OVERGROUND CLASS 710

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Transport for London’s Overground operation has transformed services on many local railways in the capital. As the city’s population grows and demand increases, its train fleet is expanding to create additional capacity. Ben Jones visits the modernised Gospel Oak to Barking line to sample the first Bombardier ‘Aventra’ design to enter service. Class 710 is the…

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  • HS2 ‘will not solve the problems facing rail travellers today’

    HS2 ‘will not solve the problems facing rail travellers today’

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    Sam Hewitt

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    HS2 should be scrapped in favour of upgrading existing rail routes, according to a free market think tank.

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  • Bath conundrum

    Bath conundrum

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    Sam Hewitt

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    I enjoyed Mike Arlett’s articles on Bath Green Park in the August and September’s issues.  In particular, I was pleased to see the Ivo Peters’ photograph in the September article showing the departure of No. 568 on a Bournemouth train, and specifically No. 41902 preparing to leave on a local to Bristol St Philip’s.  One…

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  • Practice & Performance: Working at Wortley – 1952

    Practice & Performance: Working at Wortley – 1952

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Wortley Junction, west of Leeds, was a busy part of the network and had a complex layout. In an unorthodox Practice & Performance,  John Heaton FCILT recalls how the ’box was operated, as well as timings of workings on that route.  DUSK used to fall early on February afternoons in the northern industrial cities of…

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  • Railway Accidents: Lamentable Failures

    Railway Accidents: Lamentable Failures

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Thirty-one people lost their lives on Tuesday, October 5, 1999, when a Thames Trains Class 165 ‘Turbo’ collided with a First Great Western InterCity125 at a combined speed of 130mph at Ladbroke Grove, two miles from London Paddington. Fraser Pithie and The Railway Magazine look back over 20 years to one of Britain’s worst post-Privatisation…

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  • GB Railfreight celebrates 15 years of Locomotion

    GB Railfreight celebrates 15 years of Locomotion

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    Sam Hewitt

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    GB Railfreight Class 66 No. 66788 was named Locomotion on September 21 as part of the celebrations to mark a decade and a half since the National Railway Museum opened its outstation in Shildon, County Durham. Bob Tiller, GBRf engineering director, said: “The work Locomotion does to showcase the history of the railways is an inspiration,…

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  • Network Rail submits plans for Forth Bridge experience

    Network Rail submits plans for Forth Bridge experience

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    Sam Hewitt

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    NETWORK Rail has submitted a planning application to City of Edinburgh Council for proposals to install a bridge walk and visitor hub at the Forth Bridge.  Under the plans, the public will be able to access the world-famous structure and explore its heritage as well as the outstanding views from a platform 367ft (110m) above…

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  • HS2 bill up to £88billion as completion date slips to 2040

    HS2 bill up to £88billion as completion date slips to 2040

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    Sam Hewitt

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    By Ben Jones HS2 Ltd has advised the Government the first phase of High Speed 2 to Birmingham could open five years later than planned in 2031, and the overall cost of the project could rise to £88billion. Phase 2b to Manchester and Leeds has also been pushed back, with completion now expected in 2040…

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