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A leaked internal Network Rail presentation has revealed that train delays are expected to worsen over the next five years due to rising costs and funding.
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The UK leg of the Orient Express will be dropped after 41 years due to delays caused by Brexit border controls.
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TransPennine Express (TPE) needs a “fresh start” after nearly a quarter of trains were cancelled between February and March, mayors in the north of England have said.
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Our latest book of the week is the upcoming Diesel Dawn 7 – pre-order today! DIESEL DAWN 7 – WESTERN REGION CLASS 14 Diesel Hydraulic 0-6-0s D9500-D9555 By John Jennison These locomotives enjoyed striking ‘continental’ good looks with, strangely, more than a nod to preceding steam design; for this they were regarded fondly by enthusiasts…
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Railway workers start voting on Thursday on whether to continue taking industrial action in the long-running dispute over jobs, pay and conditions.
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A Swanage Railway volunteer who travelled on the last British Rail train from Swanage to Wareham as a child in 1972 will be the conductor driver on the first Swanage Railway passenger train into Wareham using the heritage line’s 1950s diesel train.
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A trackside electrical fire has caused large-scale disruption to rail services to and from London Paddington.
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Delays linking up HS2 and Euston will mean extra costs and potentially even higher spending, the National Audit Office has warned ministers.
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The Fishguard Boat Express service on the Great Western Railway (GWR) between Fishguard Harbour in Wales and Rosslare in Ireland began in the early 1900s. The service was designed to provide a faster and more convenient way for passengers and goods to travel between the two countries. The first service operated between Fishguard and Rosslare…
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Freight train companies are “quite happy” that their industry is excluded from the Government’s new legislation forcing unions to provide a minimum level of service during strikes, MPs have been told.
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