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The Railway Touring Company – New Derbyshire, Yorkshire and South Coast tours for 2024
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For 2024 The Railway Touring Company has introduced new UK holidays exploring Derbyshire, Yorkshire and Southern England’s heritage railways, as well as offering ever popular rail-themed tours of Scotland, Snowdonia, the Lakes and Ireland. The British Travel Awards 2023 title of ‘Best Small Travel Company for Rail Holidays’, for the third year running, is testimony…
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Celebrating 50 Years of Rail Holidays where the Journey Began
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Rail Tour specialist Ffestiniog Travel will mark its milestone 50th anniversary year in 2024 with a special celebratory tour to Switzerland – the destination of its very first escorted tour in 1974 – complete with the original tour leaders! The company’s founder Alan Heywood established the rail tour company while working as Traffic and Commercial…
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Rail fares in England to rise by up to 4.9%
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Regulated rail fares in England will rise by nearly 5% in March, the Department for Transport (DfT) said.
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Rail passengers suffer disruption as winds hit 115mph
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Many passengers found their journeys disrupted on Thursday as Storm Pia battered parts of the UK, with gusts hitting 115mph.
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Cross-Channel services suspended in surprise strike
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All Cross-Channel rail services were suspended on Thursday due to an unexpected strike in France, disrupting tens of thousands of journeys.
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Government sets target to grow rail freight 75% by 2050
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Transport Secretary Mark Harper has set an “ambitious” target to grow rail freight by at least 75% by 2050.
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LNER and Network Rail innovate to deter deer from railway tracks
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A system harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) is being used to deter deer away from railway lines.
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2023: A year in review on Britain’s railways
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HS2 scrapped, ticket office closures, rail strikes and Flying Scotsman’s centenary – it’s been quite the year. Join us as we take a look back over 2023’s biggest stories in the world of British railways.
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Flying Scotsman to see out centenary year at Locomotion museum
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The famous locomotive will end its centenary year with a visit to the Locomotion museum in Shildon.
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Most and least used railway stations in Britain revealed
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The most used station recorded 80.4 million entries and exits while the least used recorded only 34.
