Alex Bestwick

  • PM sets out £4.7bn ‘local transport fund’ plans for ‘redirected’ HS2 funds

    PM sets out £4.7bn ‘local transport fund’ plans for ‘redirected’ HS2 funds

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    Rishi Sunak has said that funds for the axed HS2 section will be ‘reallocated’ as transport funding to be shared across regional councils as he holds a Cabinet meeting in Yorkshire and the Humber.

  • Book of the Week: Flying Scotsman – 100th Anniversary

    Book of the Week: Flying Scotsman – 100th Anniversary

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    By Brian Sharpe & Robin Jones It has now been a century since arguably the most famous steam locomotive in history, No 1472 Flying Scotsman, left the Doncaster Works where it was made. It was the third of a class of steam locomotives that would eventually number 79 engines, and did not originally even carry…

  • New names for London Overground rail lines revealed

    New names for London Overground rail lines revealed

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    London Overground rail lines will be given individual names and colours in a bid to make the network easier to navigate.

  • Train drivers at five operators vote to continue strike action for six months

    Train drivers at five operators vote to continue strike action for six months

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    Train drivers at five rail operators have voted to continue strike action for another six months in the long-running dispute over pay and conditions.

  • Issue 316

    Issue 316

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    With Heritage Railway magazine, you can keep up to date with essential railway news, days out and lots more! You won’t want to miss issue number 316 of Heritage Railway magazine.

  • March 2024

    March 2024

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    Steam nostalgia and railway history at its best, Steam Days is the monthly magazine dedicated to all steam railway enthusiasts.

  • March 2024

    March 2024

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    Rail Express is essential reading for today’s rail enthusiasts and photographers; and the March issue brings you the latest news, headlines, images and features from across the entire rail network.

  • Landslip repair work blocks London Euston-Birmingham rail route

    Landslip repair work blocks London Euston-Birmingham rail route

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    Repair work following a landslip is causing massive disruption on one of the UK’s busiest rail routes.

  • SVR confirms Jonathan ‘Gus’ Dunster as permanent managing director

    SVR confirms Jonathan ‘Gus’ Dunster as permanent managing director

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    After taking on the role in an interim capacity, Jonathan ‘Gus’ Dunster has been appointed the managing director role at Severn Valley Railway permanently.

  • From the archive: Leeds and its railways

    From the archive: Leeds and its railways

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    A detailed look at Leeds and its railways by S P Thompson from The Railway Magazine, July 1915.


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