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How does the SVR keeps its steam locomotives in good shape? Now’s your chance to find out
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Inside the motive power depot at Bridgnorth, SVR engineers maintain, overhaul and restore the railway’s steam locomotives. Usually, it all happens behind closed doors, but on selected weekends in June and July, that’s set to change.
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National Railway Museum partners with York Archaeology to uncover history
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The National Railway Museum has partnered with York Archaeology to carry out excavations on site as part of their Vision 2025 programme of redevelopment.
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Rail bosses launch competition to name Birmingham’s ‘Raging Bull’
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Rail bosses have launched a competition to give a permanent new name to the Birmingham Commonwealth Games’ mechanical bull.
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Free Wi-Fi may be removed from trains in cost-cutting measure
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Free Wi-Fi for train passengers may no longer be available under new cost-saving measures.
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West Highland Railway celebrates its Centenary
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Welsh Highland Railway turns 100 this year, and tickets for its Centenary Celebrations are on sale now!
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Direct journey from Essex to Heathrow now available on Elizabeth line
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Passengers can now travel directly from Essex to Heathrow airport on London’s Elizabeth line.
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Great British Railways project ‘watered down’
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Plans to shake up the railway network may be watered down as legislation to give powers to a proposed new public sector body could be delayed, it has been reported.
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Elizabeth Line strike action suspended after ‘constructive’ pay discussion
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A planned strike by workers on London’s Elizabeth Line has been suspended.
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Historic England awards £252,000 to repair the UK’s oldest surviving railway goods shed
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Historic England has given £252,000 towards the repair and restoration of a railway goods shed in Darlington, thought to be the oldest surviving one in the UK.
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Hitachi Rail engineers transform disused train carriage into library for local school
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Hitachi Rail engineers have helped transform an auctioned-off pacer train into a unique library for a local primary school.
