Alex Bestwick
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Customers warned to avoid Waterloo station due to ‘major signalling problem’
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South Western Railway has told customers to avoid using London Waterloo station on Thursday morning due to a “major signalling problem”.
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What’s inside the May issue of Rail Express?
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Editor Richard Clinnick reveals what you’ll find in the May issue of Rail Express later this month.
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SVR warns its future is at risk as it launches £1.5 million Survival Fund
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The Severn Valley Railway have warned that a viable future for the railway is at risk without an urgent injection of cash and are appealing to supporters for help.
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Book of the Week: Diesel Dawn 7
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Our latest book of the week is the upcoming Diesel Dawn 7 – pre-order today! DIESEL DAWN 7 – WESTERN REGION CLASS 14 Diesel Hydraulic 0-6-0s D9500-D9555 By John Jennison These locomotives enjoyed striking ‘continental’ good looks with, strangely, more than a nod to preceding steam design; for this they were regarded fondly by enthusiasts…
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Rail workers begin voting on continuing industrial action
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Railway workers start voting on Thursday on whether to continue taking industrial action in the long-running dispute over jobs, pay and conditions.
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Operators reveal their plans following Vivarail collapse
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The future of the various train fleets affected by the collapse of Vivarail has been clarified in recent weeks as administrators work to wind up the affairs of the failed train builder and battery technology company.
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Train cleaners to strike in dispute over pay
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Cleaners working on trains across the country are to stage a 48-hour strike in a long-running dispute over pay.
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Full circle for last British Rail train to Wareham passenger returning as driver
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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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Great Central Railway to fully reopen this weekend
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After partly closing to replace two bridges, trains are returning to the full length of the Great Central Railway this weekend. Two bridges of around 125 years old near Quorn and Woodhouse station were replaced in March, meaning a partial closer of the line. The replacement involved temporarily lifting the track, removing old structures and…
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Trackside fire disrupts London Paddington services
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A trackside electrical fire has caused large-scale disruption to rail services to and from London Paddington.
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