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TfL urges businesses to continue home working
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London’s businesses should continue to allow staff to work from home where possible despite travel restrictions being eased, Transport for London (TfL) has said.
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Pacers delivered to Gobowen for Cambrian Heritage Railways
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Cambrian Heritage Railways (CHR) has acquired a pair of Class 144 Pacer diesel railbuses from Porterbrook leasing. Nos. 144006/7 travelled under their own power by rail to Gobowen from the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway on Friday, May 22, saving four separate lorry moves. The entire 23-strong class has recently been stored on the popular…
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Appeal after rise in fly-tipping across Scotland’s Railway
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Network Rail is urging illegal dumpers to clean up their act after an increase in fly-tipping on Scotland’s Railway.
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UK railway news roundup
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This week sees a big step forward for HS2 as planning permission for what will be the UK’s largest ever newly built railway station gets the go-ahead. Plus fly-tipping is becoming a growing problem in Scotland.
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HS2: ‘Largest new railway station ever’ plans approved
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HS2’s west-London super hub, Old Oak Common, has had its planning application approved by the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation yesterday.
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Nene Valley Railway to re-open Overton refreshment kiosk
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The Nene Valley Railway (NVR) has announced it is to re-open its refreshment kiosk at Overton station this coming weekend – Saturday and Sunday May 23/24. The intermediate station, which is located between Peterborough and Wansford, serves the popular Ferry Meadows country park. Trains services on the line remain suspended. Run by Nene Park Trust,…
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Severn Valley Railway launches ‘Adopt-an-Engine’ as it opens online shop
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The Severn Valley Railway has reopened its virtual doors with the launch of its online shop, featuring a range of gifts for railway enthusiasts of all ages. The heritage line has launched ‘Adopt-an-Engine’ packages which each come with a selection of exclusive merchandise alongside a certificate and glossy photograph of the chosen locomotive. With four…
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York railway station at the centre of new television documentary
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The latest episode of a new television series, The Architecture The Railways Built, examines York railway station and its amazing history that helped to change the face of the city forever.
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Crowd control measures introduced at railway stations
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New measures have been introduced on trains and railway stations amid fears of crowds forming as more people return to work in England.
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Video: Stamford model railway show goes ‘virtual’
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The Market Deeping Model Railway Club (MDMRC), which organises the Stamford model railway show, has gone ‘virtual’ this year with an online exhibition. MDMRC’s annual exhibition generated international headlines for the wrong reasons last year when four teenagers who had been drinking vodka in the build-up to their GCSE examinations broke into the venue, the…
