Alex Bestwick
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Massive water leak floods train tracks
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Train services are severely disrupted in parts of northern England following a major water leak on the tracks.
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Rail union announces new 24-hour strike
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Rail workers are to stage a new 24-hour strike next month in an escalation of the national dispute over pay, job security and conditions.
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End of the line for direct Eurostar trains to Disneyland Paris
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Eurostar is to axe its direct train service between London and Disneyland Paris from June next year.
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Australian heritage steam line shares weather advice
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Expertise from the other side of the world is helping British heritage railways to revise their hot weather plans following a long, hot summer.
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Train drivers at another three firms vote for strike action in pay dispute
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Train drivers at another three companies have voted overwhelmingly for strike action in a dispute over pay.
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Newly uncovered remains of Victorian railway depot on display in Edinburgh this weekend
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Housing developers in Edinburgh have unearthed the remains of the St Margaret’s Locomotive Engine turntable, which members of the public can view this Saturday.
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The Ludgershall branch in the diesel era
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David Lindsell returns with final instalment of his three-part series covering the history of the Ludgershall branch. This covers other special trains, engineering trains and maintenance specials, redundant stock storage, and preservation, along with a report on a depot visit that took place in 1998.
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The Brontës by rail
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Bob Gwynne, associate curator at the National Railway Museum, describes how the lives of the famous literary family the Brontës was intertwined with the pioneering days of the railway network, with their journeys providing a touchstone of what rail travel was like in those early days.
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The Railway Children Return to Oakworth!
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Over the August Bank Holiday Weekend, the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway will celebrate the Railway Children. Children dressed as wartime evacuees travel for free!
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Eurostar announces new boss to continue operator’s Covid recovery
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Cross-Channel train operator Eurostar has appointed a new chief executive as it continues its recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
