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Tag: London Paddington

Trackside fire leaves hundreds of rush-hour commuters stuck as 70 trains delayed

8th February 2022 Shannon Butcher Network, News

Hundreds of commuters have been stuck on trains into London during rush hour following a trackside fire and services are still severely delayed.

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Railways on TV – Paddington: A Year on the Tracks documentary series starts tonight

14th May 2020 Gareth Evans Diesel, Electric, Network, News
In tonight's episode, a heatwave hits the network hard, signalling equipment is out at Didcot and a surfeit of insects plague trains' windscreen wipers. Graeme Parker in the London Paddington control room.

A special four-part Channel 5 documentary series starts tonight (Thursday, May 14) at 9pm and goes behind the scenes to show how Network Rail and train operators keep passengers moving at London Paddington station and

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Four centuries on… Mayflower to honour the Mayflower

10th December 2019 Sam Hewitt Network, News, Railtours, Steam

DAVID Buck’s Thompson ‘B1’ 4-6-0 No. 61306 Mayflower will pay homage to the ship of the same name next September when it heads a commemorative railtour from London to Plymouth and Penzance to mark the 400th

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Worcester Parkway on track for December opening

6th November 2019 Sam Hewitt News

Construction work is almost complete on the new Worcestershire Parkway station, with testing and commissioning expected to be complete ready for opening on December 15.  The split-level station will be operated by Great Western Railway

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Railway Accidents: Lamentable Failures

8th October 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, Features, Network

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

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Cardiff electrics pushed back to January

31st August 2019 Sam Hewitt Electric, Network, News

RESCHEDULED engineering and testing work in South Wales means electric operation to Cardiff will not now start until January 2020.  The December 2019 timetable will see a typical journey time saving of 14 minutes between Cardiff and London

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GWR InterCity 125s bow out in style

6th August 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, News, Railtours

GREAT Western Railway said farewell to long-distance InterCity 125 operation on June 1 with an epic railtour visiting many parts of the GWR network. The first and last production HST power cars – Nos. 43002 Sir

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Final HST working was emotional

12th July 2019 Sam Hewitt Electric, Network, News

HAVING been given your June edition by a friend who recognised me in the Paddington hosts HST farewell feature, I was the driver of 1L7, the 14.29 Swansea-Paddington. The coverage was excellent, but very emotional, and

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Paddington hosts HST farewell

12th June 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, Network, News

After almost 44 years of sterling service, the InterCity 125 – which transformed long-distance travel for British Rail – has ended its association with London Paddington.

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First Heathrow Express Class 387 emerges

12th June 2019 Sam Hewitt Electric, Network, News

TWO of 12 GWR Class 387 110mph EMUs to be branded in a new Heathrow Express livery were released from Ilford Works on May 22.  Set Nos. 387130 and 387140 were hauled to Reading by ROG

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