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  • Model railway company adopts Sussex station

    Model railway company adopts Sussex station

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    Sam Hewitt

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    GAUGEMASTER, a well-known model railway supplier in Ford, near Arundel, is working with Sussex Community Rail Partnership (SCRP) and Southern to make its local station a more attractive and interesting place for travellers. The work has included installation of retro-style advertising boards on the platform and in the waiting room, as well as a large…

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  • Modernisation plan edges forward on Seaford line

    Modernisation plan edges forward on Seaford line

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    Sam Hewitt

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    NETWORK Rail has replaced switches and crossings at Southerham Junction, near Lewes, which controls access to the Seaford branch.  New signalling equipment was also installed between Lewes and Seaford during the closure.  The work took place over the weekend of January 19-20. Once commissioned, the equipment will be controlled from Three Bridges Railway Operating Centre…

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  • London Bridge Transformed

    London Bridge Transformed

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    Ben Jones

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    London Bridge station reopened today after ten days of major engineering work, marking the countdown to completion of the £1bn redevelopment after more than five years of work. The final section of the huge, modern new concourse and the final five platforms opened for the first time, allowing Cannon Street trains to resume calling at…

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  • Southern to move forward with plans after losing patience with union

    Southern to move forward with plans after losing patience with union

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    Chris Milner

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    GOVIA Thameslink Railway, the parent company of Southern trains, has said it is to move forward with modernisation plans to introduce wide use of Driver Only Operation (DOO) after the latest talks at Acas with the RMT ended without agreement. In short, GTR has lost patience with the RMT in a dispute that has been…

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  • RMT calls off ScotRail strikes, but no such luck on Southern

    RMT calls off ScotRail strikes, but no such luck on Southern

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    Chris Milner

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    FURTHER planned strikes by RMT union members working for ScotRail have been called off for the time being so that further talks can take place to find a resolution to the dispute. The rail workers are striking over extending the driver only operation (DOO) which is envisaged when the new Hitachi Class 385 units –…

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  • RMT calls five-day strike in Southern guards dispute

    RMT calls five-day strike in Southern guards dispute

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    Chris Milner

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    THE RMT union has intensified its industrial action on Southern by calling a five day strike, running from 00.01 on August 8 to 23.59 on August 12. Only a week previously, the union had said it would suspend industrial action for three months to allow talks to take place provided Southern suspended plans for extending driver…

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