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London Victoria derailment hits Gatwick Express trains
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Passengers travelling to the UK’s second busiest railway station are suffering severe disruption after an engineering train came off the tracks.
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Farewell steam specials on District Line
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STEAM specials were operated between Ealing Broadway and High Street Kensington as part of celebrations to mark the 150th anniversary of London’s District Line on June 22-23. The event was also billed as the final opportunity to see the ‘Steam on the District’, because of planned signalling upgrades that make steam more difficult to operate. …
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Cleethorpes gala to host visiting locos
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Two Exmoor-built locomotives to visit the line for the first time
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£20 million fund to help disabled rail passengers
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Disabled rail passengers will benefit from a £20 million fund to boost accessibility, the Department for Transport said.
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LMS Patriot – new contractor selected to complete The Unknown Warrior
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The Princess Royal Class Locomotive Trust will complete the construction of new-build No. 5551 The Unknown Warrior at its Butterley base.
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West Coast launches regular Stratford steam
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Stratford-upon-Avon will gain its second regular steam operation later this month when West Coast Railways launches its ‘Merchant of Avon’ trains on July 28. Five summer Sunday trains are planned initially, starting from Burton-on-Trent and calling at Tamworth, Coleshill Parkway, Henley-in-Arden, Tyseley, Dorridge and Stratford on July 28, August 11/25 and September 8/22. During its…
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Second railway worker killed by train named
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A second railway worker who was struck and killed by a train has been named as 58-year-old Michael Lewis.
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Tributes paid to railway workers killed by passenger train
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Gareth Delbridge, 64, from Kenfig Hill, and another man, a 58-year-old from North Cornelly, were hit by the Swansea to Paddington train on Wednesday.
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Three Welsh narrow gauge stations open in a week
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By Cliff Thomas and Chris Milner THE Vale of Rheidol Railway’s (VoR) new Aberystwyth station was the first of three narrow gauge stations to be formally opened in the province during June. On June 6, Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas AM, Deputy Minister for Culture, Sport and Tourism, officially opened the first phase of the £2.2million Wales…
