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UK railway news round-up
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Britain’s rail infrastructure budget has been cut by £1 billion following the Chancellor’s Spending Review. Here’s this week’s news round-up:
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Government to cut £1bn from rail infrastructure budget
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Britain’s rail infrastructure budget has been cut by £1 billion following the Chancellor’s Spending Review.
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World’s first digital LED train opens at Watercress Line
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Hampshire’s Watercress Line is hosting a unique Christmas spectacular this month with the world’s first digital LED train.
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Rail service punctuality declines as passengers return
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Rail punctuality has declined since demand increased following the end of the first COVID-19 lockdown, new figures show.
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Rail engineering work cut to smooth Christmas journeys
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Lifting hundreds of miles of roadworks and shortening rail engineering work are among measures aimed at avoiding Christmas travel chaos unveiled by Transport Secretary Grant Shapps.
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Railway worker dies after being crushed by machinery
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A railway worker has died after being crushed by machinery while working at a rail depot.
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Norfolk’s Berney Arms named Britain’s least used railway station
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Just 42 passengers used the isolated station between April 2019 and March 2020.
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Crossrail gets £825 million more Government funding
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London’s delayed and over-budget Crossrail project has been given £825 million more Government funding.
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Northern rail network makes final Pacer train journey
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A railway network has bid a final farewell to its fleet of Pacer trains after more than three decades of service.
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Labour demands Government plan to avoid Christmas travel ‘chaos’
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Labour has urged the Government to suspend peak rail fares and provide mass coronavirus testing for transport workers to avoid travel “chaos” during the festive period.
