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Stephenson’s Rocket unveiled at National Railway Museum for 10-year stay
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The original 1829 steam locomotive Stephenson’s Rocket can be seen from today at the National Railway Museum’s new Brass, Steel and Fire exhibition.
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Man stabbed to death at tube station was football fan heading to match
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A 20-year-old football fan who was stabbed to death in a “senseless attack” at a Tube station has been named by police.
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Blackpool ‘Standard’ No. 143 enters service after restoration
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Amazingly, it had previously not carried passengers since 1957, when it was withdrawn and converted to an engineering car.
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UN report claims hundreds of miles of coastal railways are at risk of flooding by 2100
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A new report from the UN is set to warn of the impacts that coastal communities around the world are facing from rising seas, increasing storms and changes to the oceans.
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Man dies after stabbing at London Underground station
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A murder investigation has been launched after a man was stabbed to death at a London Underground station.
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French train strike aimed at Macron’s pension overhaul
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Trains have been disrupted and dozens of demonstrations were held across France as unions called a strike over President Emmanuel Macron’s proposed overhaul of the country’s retirement system.
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Caledonian sleeper services to be cancelled as staff confirm strike action
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Caledonian Sleeper services are to be cancelled after staff confirmed planned industrial action will take place.
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Ireland’s railways prepare for Brexit border scenarios
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OPERATORS of the national rail networks on both sides of the Irish border are formulating plans for post-Brexit future operations of cross-border train services. Since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 border checks have been consigned to the history books, and free movement has been the norm for the last two decades. …
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Kent & East Sussex gives green light to Restaurant Car restoration at Eastleigh
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A 1961-BUILT BR Mk1 unclassed Restaurant Car left the railway on July 30 for full restoration by Arlington Fleet Services at Eastleigh. It had stood in the open at the Kent & East Sussex Railway (KESR) since 2003. The £200,000 refurbishment will see No. 1987 transformed into a new kitchen car for the KESR’s ‘Wealden Pullman’…
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‘Hall’ meets ‘Saint’ in Didcot photography event
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IT WAS a case of ‘before and after’ at Didcot Railway Centre on August 17 when newly completed Churchward ‘Saint’ No. 2999 Lady of Legend came face to face with Collett ‘Hall’ No. 5900 Hinderton Hall. The meeting of the two 4-6-0s was significant: Collett’s ‘Halls’ were a direct derivative of the ‘Saints’ after No. 2925 Saint Martin…
