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Jacobite service could be halted amid health & safety row
The popular ‘Hogwarts Express’ service could be at the end of the line as it awaits a ruling after challenging a safety rule.
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Colleagues visiting every London station to fundraise for boy with cancer
Colleagues are visiting every London Tube and railway station to raise money for a train-obsessed four-year-old boy to receive life-saving cancer treatment abroad.
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Full circle for last British Rail train to Wareham passenger returning as driver
A Swanage Railway volunteer who travelled on the last British Rail train from Swanage to Wareham as a child in 1972 will be the conductor driver on the first Swanage Railway passenger train into Wareham using the heritage line’s 1950s diesel train.
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Eggscellent railway activities this Easter
There’s something for everyone this Easter, with railway events up and down the country, from model railway shows to afternoon tea with the Mad Hatter.
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Trainline reveal rail strike sales hit of up to £6 million per day
Trainline said annual ticket sales fell short of expectations, as rail strikes caused a hit of up to £6 million a day.
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Swanage Railway to operate trial train service from Wareham into Purbeck
The Swanage Railway is to operate a trial heritage diesel train service from the main line at Wareham into the heart of the Isle of Purbeck.
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New collection building at Locomotion is underway
Construction has started on a new collection building at Locomotion in Shildon that will significantly expand the visitor attraction and create one of the world’s largest collections of historic railway vehicles.
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The National Railway Museum spotlight technology that could decarbonise Britain’s railways
The National Railway Museum has launched a new season focusing on Decarbonisation as part of its Innovation Platform exhibition highlighting technology that could benefit our railways.
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Network Rail workers to stage extra strike over Christmas
Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) will walk out from 6pm on Christmas Eve until 6am on December 27 and will press ahead with two 48-hour strikes next week.
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New technology to catch train fare dodgers
Britain’s second largest train operator is to deploy a new device to catch fare dodgers.
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