The Railway Magazine

UK railway news roundup

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Andy

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31st July 2020

Scotland announce ambitious plans to decarbonise rail passenger services, plus a legendary railway bridge returns home. Here is this week’s news roundup.
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Britain’s biggest train fleet transformation since the 1950s

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Sam Hewitt

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29th July 2020

Britain’s train fleet is undergoing its biggest transformation since the 1950s, with around 5,700 new vehicles being delivered or on order.
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London Transport Museum appeal for donations

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Sam Hewitt

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28th July 2020

The London Transport Museum is appealing for donations towards maintaining its future as it looks to reopen in the autumn.
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UK railway news roundup

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd July 2020

This week, the government are pledging nearly £600 million to improve rail services in the north of England, plus one historic steam locomotive is getting an overhaul.
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£589 million to kick-start rail upgrades across the North

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd July 2020

Improvements to rail services in the north of England will get a £589 million kick-start, the government has announced.
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Tyseley: Shaping the future of main line steam?

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Sam Hewitt

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15th July 2020

As the steam railtour market undergoes one of its most significant overhauls in decades, Gary Boyd-Hope talks to Tyseley’s Michael Whitehouse about Vintage Trains’ bid to become an independent train-operating company owned by the general public. Some years ago The Railway Magazine presented an in-depth look at the strategic vision laid down by Tyseley for…
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National Railway Museum & Locomotion announce return

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Sam Hewitt

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14th July 2020

The National Railway Museum in York and Locomotion in Shildon, County Durham have announced plans to reopen to the public this summer.
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Avanti West Coast release Tales from the Track film series

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Sam Hewitt

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9th July 2020

Avanti West Coast has released a new video giving people an insider-look from the unique viewpoint of a train driver.
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Researchers solve long-standing myth of the Hetton locomotive

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Sam Hewitt

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8th July 2020

Researchers have solved one of the longest standing early railway mysteries that disproves claims linking a Hetton Colliery locomotive to George Stephenson.
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Check out this railway photography masterclass

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Sam Hewitt

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8th July 2020

Significant technical advances in digital cameras and lens quality has made railway photography images previously thought impossible, possible.
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