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First Tube map with Elizabeth line published

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Sam Hewitt

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20 May 2022

Transport for London (TfL) has released a new Tube map with the Elizabeth line included for the first time.
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Passengers thrown from seats on train driven ’50mph above speed limit’

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Sam Hewitt

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12 May 2022

Passengers were thrown from their seats and hit by falling luggage on a train being driven at 50mph above the speed limit, investigators said.
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Book of the Week: The Rise and Fall of King Coal

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Sam Hewitt

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11 May 2022

This week’s Book of the Week tells the fascinating story of the UK’s ‘black diamonds’ from their origins to their role as the fuel that fired the Industrial Revolution: The Rise and Fall of King Coal…
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Railway stations to display flowers to boost passengers’ mental health

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Sam Hewitt

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10 May 2022

Train passengers will be greeted by colourful flowers at major stations across Britain to boost passengers’ mental health.
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Crossrail: Delayed Elizabeth line due to open on 24 May

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Sam Hewitt

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4 May 2022

London’s delayed and over-budget Elizabeth line railway will finally open on Tuesday May 24, Transport for London (TfL) has announced.
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Rail workers’ fury at suggestion they should have ‘worked harder at school’

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Sam Hewitt

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27 April 2022

Rail workers voting on strikes over pay were angered after a communications boss suggested they “should have probably worked harder at school”.
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Emergency workers ‘did not treat blind man amid live railway track concerns’

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Shannon Butcher

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27 April 2022

A blind man who died after being hit by a train lay untreated for 10 minutes because emergency services were unsure whether the tracks were still live, an inquest heard.
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Salford bids for new Great British Railway headquarters

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Sam Hewitt

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20 April 2022

Salford City Council has announced that it is bidding for Salford to be the home of Great British Railways (GBR).
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Half-price sale on rail fares announced to help with cost-of-living pressures

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Shannon Butcher

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19 April 2022

Train tickets are set to be slashed by as much as half as the Government looks to address cost-of-living pressures with cheaper travel in April and May.
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Union hails support for strikes by railway workers and cleaners

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Shannon Butcher

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11 April 2022

Strikes by railway workers and cleaners in two separate disputes over pay were said to be “solidly supported” on Sunday.
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Trackside

First Tube map with Elizabeth line published

Passengers thrown from seats on train driven ’50mph above speed limit’

Book of the Week: The Rise and Fall of King Coal

Railway stations to display flowers to boost passengers’ mental health

Crossrail: Delayed Elizabeth line due to open on 24 May

Rail workers’ fury at suggestion they should have ‘worked harder at school’

Emergency workers ‘did not treat blind man amid live railway track concerns’

Salford bids for new Great British Railway headquarters

Half-price sale on rail fares announced to help with cost-of-living pressures

Union hails support for strikes by railway workers and cleaners

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