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The UK’s competition watchdog has provisionally ruled that Hitachi’s proposed purchase of Thales’s rail infrastructure could drive up prices and reduce service quality for passengers.
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The heritage railway will be doubling-up with a celebration of two important milestones next week.
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The forthcoming season sees our popular ‘Indian Magic’ tour, covering all three of India’s Hill Railways, running as usual, and
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An app being developed to help visually impaired railway passengers is among the transport technology projects receiving new Government funding.
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Eurostar has ended its direct service to Disneyland Paris, while its Amsterdam link faces being suspended for nearly a year.
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A £72 million package to improve railway services in Greater Manchester has been announced, but a long-term project to add extra platforms to the city’s busiest station has been scrapped.
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Inside the motive power depot at Bridgnorth, SVR engineers maintain, overhaul and restore the railway’s steam locomotives. Usually, it all happens behind closed doors, but on selected weekends in June and July, that’s set to change.
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Welsh Highland Railway turns 100 this year, and tickets for its Centenary Celebrations are on sale now!
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Passengers can now travel directly from Essex to Heathrow airport on London’s Elizabeth line.
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Plans to shake up the railway network may be watered down as legislation to give powers to a proposed new public sector body could be delayed, it has been reported.
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