Alex Bestwick
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Train named to honour rail guard who helped end racist recruitment policy
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Avanti West Coast has named one of its trains after a railway worker who overturned a racist recruitment policy.
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Flying Scotsman to have full mechanical inspection after crash
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Flying Scotsman will undergo a full mechanical inspection following a low speed crash.
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ScotRail to scrap peak fares in six month trial
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ScotRail passengers will pay off-peak fares on peak time trains in a six-month trial aiming to encourage train travel.
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Unions call for emergency summit to discuss HS2
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Unions are calling for an emergency summit to discuss HS2 as speculation about the high-speed railway line’s future continues.
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From the archive: Kings Cross Works
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Originally published in The Railway Magazine, December 1978.
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County Durham station now believed to be the world’s oldest railway station
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A County Durham railway station has been found to be older than first thought and is now believed to be the world’s oldest railway station, new research has discovered.
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‘Insane’ 11-hour Avanti West Coast journey goes viral
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A rail passenger has described his “insane” 11-hour journey from Preston in Lancashire to Edinburgh which ended at 3.30am after a “ridiculous” taxi ride.
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The Railway Children train line among sites protected with funding
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A train line featured in The Railway Children film is among a number of “cherished” UK institutions to receive protection with government funding.
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From the archive: When the government said ‘yes’ to HS2
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With its future currently uncertain, take a look back at this archive article from 2012 following the announcement that the government planned to go ahead with HS2. What has changed and what has stayed the same?
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Continuing to put money into HS2 ‘irresponsible’, says former transport secretary
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It would be “irresponsible” to keep putting money into the HS2 project in the face of rising costs, a Cabinet minister has said as Rishi Sunak reportedly considered scrapping the Birmingham to Manchester leg of the route.
