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One of Britain’s most important railway lines has reopened after being closed for 10 weeks due to an unsafe viaduct.
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The UK’s competition watchdog has provisionally ruled that Hitachi’s proposed purchase of Thales’s rail infrastructure could drive up prices and reduce service quality for passengers.
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The forthcoming season sees our popular ‘Indian Magic’ tour, covering all three of India’s Hill Railways, running as usual, and following the success of our Darjeeling Mail tour last October, recreating the 1940’s Raj era train between Kolkata and Darjeeling in the hills, this tour is being repeated with several improvements. We also have a…
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An app being developed to help visually impaired railway passengers is among the transport technology projects receiving new Government funding.
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Eurostar has ended its direct service to Disneyland Paris, while its Amsterdam link faces being suspended for nearly a year.
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A £72 million package to improve railway services in Greater Manchester has been announced, but a long-term project to add extra platforms to the city’s busiest station has been scrapped.
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Enthusiast Holidays can trace its origins back to 1975, as the “Magic of Steam in Poland” – part of the émigré Polish travel organization “Fregata” – running trips to that country at a time when photographing trains, or even writing down their numbers, without the necessary permission – could get you arrested!
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Passengers can now travel directly from Essex to Heathrow airport on London’s Elizabeth line.
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Plans to shake up the railway network may be watered down as legislation to give powers to a proposed new public sector body could be delayed, it has been reported.
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A planned strike by workers on London’s Elizabeth Line has been suspended.
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