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Electric freight trains mothballed due to soaring energy prices
Rail freight operators have stopped using electric trains and switched to diesel locomotives due to soaring energy prices.
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London Overground train crashes through buffers at busy commuter station
Two people were injured when a train crashed through buffers at Enfield Town station, north London. The incident involved a London Overground service during rush hour on Tuesday morning.
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TfL memorial to honour transport workers who died from coronavirus
A memorial will be created to honour London transport workers who died from coronavirus.
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Better trains and roads would be a ‘supreme leveller-upper’ says Johnson
Good roads and trains are a “supreme leveller-upper”, the Prime Minister has said.
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Passengers evacuated Westminster Tube station due to smoke from electrical room
Westminster underground station has reopened following the evacuation of 100 tube passengers due to billowing smoke coming from an electrical room.
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London flash floods cause tube and road closures
The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for rain covering northern areas of England until 10 pm following the overnight flooding in London, causing significant closures on travel services.
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Book of the Week: Diesel Dawn 4
This account is intended to give an overview of the types of first-generation Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) trains and railbuses that could be seen on BR from the 1950s to the 1980s.
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Dry ice pellets to blast leaves off train tracks
Dry ice will be blasted onto railway lines across northern England in a trial aimed at removing leaves more efficiently than current methods.
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UK railway roundup
This week’s roundup of news from the UK railway industry.
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