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Tag: COVID-19

UK railway news roundup

14th January 2021 Sam Hewitt Network, News
King's Cross Station

Should essential transport workers be next in line for COVID-19 vaccinations? Plus, rail passengers are being urged to check their journeys as timetables are cut following lockdown measures.

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Hancock brands those who packed trains out of London ‘irresponsible’

21st December 2020 Sam Hewitt Network, News
Hancock brands those who packed trains out of London ‘irresponsible’

Passengers who crowded on to trains to escape the tightening of COVID-19 restrictions in London have been branded “totally irresponsible” by the Health Secretary Matt Hancock.

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Birmingham New Street’s Christmas Eve meal returns as takeaway

4th December 2020 Sam Hewitt News
Birmingham New Street meal for the homeless

Birmingham New Street’s highly successful Christmas Eve meal for the city’s homeless is returning this year – but with a difference.

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COVID-19 tests on trains find no evidence of virus

17th November 2020 Sam Hewitt News
Coronavirus

No evidence of coronavirus was found in tests on trains used by Britain’s largest rail franchise.

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July RPI rises by 1.6%, no decision on rail fares yet

20th August 2020 Sam Hewitt New & Features, News

The July Retail Price Index (RPI) – used for many years to decide the New Year changes to rail fares – has risen by 1.6%.

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Churnet Valley Railway announces planned reopening

8th July 2020 Sam Hewitt Diesel, News, Steam

Churnet Valley Railway has announced they will be operating services again from the August 1, in line with government guidance.

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Railways returning to action!

3rd July 2020 Gareth Evans Narrow Gauge, News, Steam, Trams
The North Norfolk Railway is among the lines returning to action in July. LNER B12 No. 8572, BR 9F No. 92203 Black Prince and WD 2-10-0 No. 90775 are seen outside Weybourne shed on September 28, 2019: GARETH EVANS

It’s been a long time coming, but the main 2020 season for a number of Britain’s heritage railways and attractions is springing into action following the gradual easing of Covid-19 restrictions. Therefore, we thought we’d

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Pacers delivered to Gobowen for Cambrian Heritage Railways

23rd May 2020 Gareth Evans Diesel, Network, News
Class 144 Pacers Nos. 144006/7 were driven from Keighley, West Yorkshire to Gobowen, Shropshire on May 22. They are seen at Gobowen – the second track from the right in the distance heads off to Oswestry. PHIL BRADLEY/CHR

Cambrian Heritage Railways (CHR) has acquired a pair of Class 144 Pacer diesel railbuses from Porterbrook leasing. Nos. 144006/7 travelled under their own power by rail to Gobowen from the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway

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Nene Valley Railway to re-open Overton refreshment kiosk

19th May 2020 Gareth Evans News
The grounds of the Nene Valley Railway's Overton station are smartly maintained, as seen here on September 8, 2019. GARETH EVANS

The Nene Valley Railway (NVR) has announced it is to re-open its refreshment kiosk at Overton station this coming weekend – Saturday and Sunday May 23/24. The intermediate station, which is located between Peterborough and

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Video: Stamford model railway show goes ‘virtual’

17th May 2020 Gareth Evans Modelling, News
Beal Street OO gauge model layout

The Market Deeping Model Railway Club (MDMRC), which organises the Stamford model railway show, has gone ‘virtual’ this year with an online exhibition. MDMRC’s annual exhibition generated international headlines for the wrong reasons last year

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