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Storm Antoni blocks 100 miles of railway
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Storm Antoni saw 78mph winds hit the UK and trees blown down – blocking 100 miles of railway between Exeter and Penzance.
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Colleagues visiting every London station to fundraise for boy with cancer
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Colleagues are visiting every London Tube and railway station to raise money for a train-obsessed four-year-old boy to receive life-saving cancer treatment abroad.
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HS2 ‘unachievable’ according to major projects body
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The HS2 programme has received an “unachievable” rating by the official infrastructure watchdog.
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National Railway Museum Opens Wonderlab: The Bramall Gallery
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The National Railway Museum’s largest new gallery in more than a decade has opened to the public today after five years in development.
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Ticket office closures consultation extended
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A consultation on ticket office closures which was due to end today has been extended to September 1, the Rail Delivery Group has announced.
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New book tracks the global history of the early days of the iron railway
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The Coming of the Railway is the first global history of the epic early days of the iron railway. Railways, in simple wooden or stone form, have existed since prehistory. But from the 1750s onward the introduction of iron rails led to a dramatic technological evolution – one that would truly change the world. In…
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LNER offering free travel to holidaymakers returning to UK from Rhodes and Corfu
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London North Eastern Railway (LNER) will offer free travel to holidaymakers returning to the UK from the Greek islands impacted by wildfires.
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Train drivers’ union announces fresh overtime ban in pay dispute
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Train drivers will stage another week-long overtime ban in August as part of the long-running dispute over pay and conditions.
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Steam Days authors provide memoirs of the golden age of steam rail
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Are you interested in the history of British railways and the golden era of steam railways? Steam Days magazine is dedicated to all steam railway enthusiasts!
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Flying Scotsman flew through Aberdeen station
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On Monday July 3 Flying Scotsman visited Aberdeen for the first time since 1964!
