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The beginning of a new dawn for Rail Operations Group

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Alex Bestwick

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2 May 2023

These are exciting times for Rail Operations (UK) Ltd. Richard Clinnick meets the operator’s CEO Dave Burley to discover the future of the business.
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More rail strike disruption as new TUC boss calls for urgent meeting with PM

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Alex Bestwick

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4 January 2023

Train passengers are undergoing another day of strike disruption as the new general secretary of the TUC called for an urgent meeting with the Prime Minister.
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National Railway Museum’s Station Hall to close temporarily for £10.5m refurbishment

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Arianne Davey

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16 November 2022

The National Railway Museum’s historic Station Hall will close temporarily in the New Year to enable urgent structural repairs to take place as part of the museum’s ambitious redevelopment plans.
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Commuters struggle to get to work despite rail strikes being called off

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Arianne Davey

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7 November 2022

Many commuters struggled to get to work on Monday as urban roads were jammed and train services were disrupted despite planned rail strikes being called off.
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Warning of widespread disruption as details of rail strike impact released

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Arianne Davey

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1 November 2022

Railway passengers have been given more information about the impact of a fresh wave of strikes, with warnings of widespread disruption to services.
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Model railway events coming up this Autumn

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Alex Bestwick

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29 September 2022

There are plenty of exciting events coming up in the model railway world this Autumn – here’s a few to put into your calendar.
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Train services to London halted by damaged electric wires

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Arianne Davey

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16 September 2022

Rail services connecting parts of Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex with London are severely disrupted due to damaged overhead electric wires.
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Bank holiday train services to be disrupted because of engineering work

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Alex Bestwick

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8 August 2022

Train services on some key routes will be disrupted during the August bank holiday weekend due to engineering work.
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Green machines at sixty

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Alex Bestwick

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2 August 2022

Following the pictorial celebration of 60 years of British Railways’ Brush Type 4 , we once more delve into the Mortons Archive for a selection of images of the locos in their original two-tone BR green liveries.
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Hitachi: We have contingency plans to deal with strike by RMT staff

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Arianne Davey

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2 August 2022

Rail firm Hitachi says it has contingency plans in place to deal with a strike by some of its workers.
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