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‘Insane’ 11-hour Avanti West Coast journey goes viral

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Alex Bestwick

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26 September 2023

A rail passenger has described his “insane” 11-hour journey from Preston in Lancashire to Edinburgh which ended at 3.30am after a “ridiculous” taxi ride.
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Continuing to put money into HS2 ‘irresponsible’, says former transport secretary

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Alex Bestwick

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25 September 2023

It would be “irresponsible” to keep putting money into the HS2 project in the face of rising costs, a Cabinet minister has said as Rishi Sunak reportedly considered scrapping the Birmingham to Manchester leg of the route.
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Britain’s Steam Locomotives: 100 of the best from Penydarren to Tornado

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Alex Bestwick

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19 September 2023

It is now over 200 years since the world’s first steam railway locomotive made its maiden voyage along a primitive plateway in South Wales – in 1804 Richard Trevithick’s high-pressure steam locomotive successfully hauled a loaded train a distance of nine miles at an average speed of two mph.
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Minister insists HS2 ‘is being built’ amid reports of the project being scrapped

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Alex Bestwick

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15 September 2023

A Government minister has insisted the HS2 railway line “is being built” following reports that Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt are in talks about scrapping the project’s second stage.
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Network Rail fined £6.7m over fatal rail crash

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Alex Bestwick

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8 September 2023

Network Rail has been fined £6.7 million after admitting health and safety failings over a rail crash that claimed three lives in 2020.
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Network Rail admits health and safety failings over fatal crash

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Alex Bestwick

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7 September 2023

Network Rail has admitted health and safety failings over a rail crash that claimed three lives.
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Network Rail due in court over fatal crash

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Alex Bestwick

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7 September 2023

Network Rail is due in court over a train crash which claimed three lives in 2020.
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More than 680,000 responsed to consultation on ticket office closures

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Alex Bestwick

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4 September 2023

More than 680,000 responses were submitted to a consultation on proposals for a widespread closure of railway station ticket offices, Transport Focus and London TravelWatch have said.
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44 percent of trains delayed or cancelled in first half of 2023

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Alex Bestwick

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4 September 2023

More than two out of five train services in Britain during the first half of the year were delayed, new figures show.
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Hundreds gather at demonstration against rail ticket office closures

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Alex Bestwick

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1 September 2023

Hundreds gathered outside Downing Street as part of a demonstration against plans to close ticket offices in railway stations on Thursday.
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