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  • Volunteer’s classic car goes full distance at SVR

    Volunteer’s classic car goes full distance at SVR

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    Marking Kidderminster Town station’s 40th anniversary on July 27 and 28 will be an extra cause for celebration for one of the Severn Valley Railway’s volunteers.

  • Celebrate 150 years of Midsomer Norton

    Celebrate 150 years of Midsomer Norton

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    A gala day is being held by the Somerset & Dorset Railway to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the opening of Midsomer Norton station.

  • Flying Scotsman returns to Locomotion for summer festival

    Flying Scotsman returns to Locomotion for summer festival

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    Locomotion will host a spectacular six-week summer festival that includes a four-week visit from iconic locomotive Flying Scotsman.   

  • Diesels primed for feast of British Rail nostalgia at GWR gala

    Diesels primed for feast of British Rail nostalgia at GWR gala

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    The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway’s annual Summer Heritage Diesel Gala is all set to go this coming weekend with the diesel fleet firing on all cylinders for an action-packed July 12-14.

  • Forty years for SVR’s Kidderminster Town station

    Forty years for SVR’s Kidderminster Town station

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    The Severn Valley Railway will celebrate a milestone in its history on the weekend of July 27 and 28 when it marks 40 years since the opening of Kidderminster Town station.

  • New MPs criticise ‘shambles’ train services as their journeys to London are disrupted

    New MPs criticise ‘shambles’ train services as their journeys to London are disrupted

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    Several newly-elected Labour MPs have criticised the reliability of train services after suffering disruption during journeys to take their seats in the House of Commons. The politicians posted on social media about their disrupted journeys as they travel to London ahead of the Parliament sitting on Tuesday for the first time since the General Election.…

  • Celebrate a ‘Day of Dance’ at the Severn Valley Railway

    Celebrate a ‘Day of Dance’ at the Severn Valley Railway

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    The Severn Valley Railway is hosting a mini-festival of traditional British dance performances on Saturday, July 20.

  • Passengers travelling to Glastonbury by train warned to expect disruptions

    Passengers travelling to Glastonbury by train warned to expect disruptions

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    Music fans travelling to Glastonbury Festival by train on Thursday have been warned they could face disruptions.

  • Roads To Rail this weekend

    Roads To Rail this weekend

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    Dedicated Swanage Railway volunteers are to stage a nostalgic fundraising steam rally this weekend – bringing the Isle of Purbeck to life with evocative re-creations of a bygone age.

  • Train cancellations up 8% in a year

    Train cancellations up 8% in a year

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    Train cancellations in England and Wales have risen by 8% in the past year, latest figures show. The equivalent of 249,133 trains were cancelled in the year to the end of March, according to Office of Rail and Road (ORR) data, an average of 681 every day. During the previous 12 months, the total was…

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