This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company’s Type 3, better known as the Class 33, or simply the ‘Crompton’. Mark Nicholls recounts the type’s history.
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Network Rail’s helicopter team is surveying the railway as flood waters recede across the North West after Storm Christoph.
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Rail operators are “working closely” with the Government to ensure adequate rail services throughout England’s fresh national COVID-19 lockdown.
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Vital upgrade works are set to take place on the Great Eastern Main Line this month.
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A train operator has announced it will cancel “a small number” of services over Christmas due to a coronavirus outbreak among staff.
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A major rail line is returning to London’s Tube map 22 years after being removed.
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Long-distance trains will run on battery power in a UK first, manufacturer Hitachi Rail has announced.
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Birmingham New Street’s highly successful Christmas Eve meal for the city’s homeless is returning this year – but with a difference.
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Grab the January edition of Railways Illustrated for the best coverage of today’s railway scene.
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Network Rail’s long-term failure to improve safety was an underlying factor in the deaths of two track workers in South Wales, an investigation has found.
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