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Extra Weekend at Crich Tramway Village
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Crich Tramway Village is opening for an additional weekend on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th November 2020, from 10am – 5.30pm.
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Disappointment as Polar Express™ 2020 trains are cancelled at the SDR
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It is with considerable regret and great disappointment that this year’s planned Polar Express™ trains for the Christmas season at the Buckfastleigh-based South Devon Railway (SDR) have had to be cancelled.
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Lottery gives Great Central Railway £250K after turning down earlier bid for emergency aid
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The National Lottery Heritage Fund has made a major U-turn on its earlier decision to refuse an application from the Great Central Railway for £250,000 of support from the Heritage Emergency Fund.
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UK railway news round-up
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This week new figure show a significant rise in railway trespassing over the summer months.
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Government announces further cash boost for trams
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Tram services in the North and Midlands will continue to benefit from government funding, with up to a further £67.8 million available.
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Transport for Wales to be placed under public control by Welsh Government
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Transport for Wales (TrC) and Keolis and Amey have taken steps towards altering the partnership begun in 2018.
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New life for old track at a leading Midlands heritage railway
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Track from a disused railway line that was removed as part of the Wednesbury to Brierley Hill Metro extension has been given a new home.
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Steaming up for new Heritage Railway Weekends
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One of the UK’s best-known heritage railway lines will be steaming ahead with a series of special Heritage Railway Weekends this winter.
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Rail safety warning issued as 2020 revealed to be worse summer in five years for trespass
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Newly released figures from Network Rail and British Transport Police show that there were 5,100 trespass incidents over the summer months.
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Hatfield rail crash remembered 20 years on
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Survivors of the Hatfield rail crash will join those bereaved by the tragedy to mark its 20th anniversary.
