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Nationalising TransPennine services must mean real change – Scottish minister
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The UK Government taking control of TransPennine Express services is “not enough in itself” to improve performance, Scotland’s transport minister has said.
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More time to make memories on Great Central Railway
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The Great Central Railway is trying out a new timetable for its award winning heritage trains. The aim is to encourage visitors to visit the locomotive footplate and meet the driver and fireman.
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Flexible train tickets to be available across East Coast route
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Train passengers using the East Coast Main Line will have more flexible ticketing options from Sunday.
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TransPennine Express services to be nationalised
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After months of delays and cancellations, the Transport Secretary has announced that train services run by TransPennine Express will be nationalised.
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What’s inside the June issue of Rail Express?
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Editor Richard Clinnick shares what to expect in the June issue of Rail Express, out later this month.
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Elizabeth Line workers to strike on first anniversary of opening
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Workers on London’s Elizabeth Line will take industrial action later this month on the first anniversary of its opening, in a long-running dispute over pay.
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Celebrities and conservationists campaign against Liverpool Street station development
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Broadcaster Stephen Fry and artist Tracey Emin are among dozens of public figures and conservationists urging the Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove to prevent a “grossly opportunistic” development of a major London railway station.
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King urges train passengers to ‘mind the gap’ in coronation message
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Train passengers are being reminded to “mind the gap” in a recorded announcement by King Charles and the Queen Consort to be played in railway stations across the UK this weekend.
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TransPennine Express give train Eurovision makeover
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TransPennine Express (TPE) added the Eurovision logo and a “Welcome to Liverpool” message to one of its Nova 2 trains as the city prepares to host the competition.
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‘Deltic’ charity tour commemorate ‘Tees-Tyne Pullman’
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To mark the 75th anniversary of the ‘Tees-Tyne Pullman’, The Railway Magazine has joined forces with Pathfinder Tours to run a recreation of the 1970s service, raising money for charity with a train that will use blue and grey Mk.2 carriages very similar to those used around 50 years ago.