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Man dies after stabbing at London Underground station
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A murder investigation has been launched after a man was stabbed to death at a London Underground station.
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French train strike aimed at Macron’s pension overhaul
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Trains have been disrupted and dozens of demonstrations were held across France as unions called a strike over President Emmanuel Macron’s proposed overhaul of the country’s retirement system.
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Caledonian sleeper services to be cancelled as staff confirm strike action
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Caledonian Sleeper services are to be cancelled after staff confirmed planned industrial action will take place.
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Ireland’s railways prepare for Brexit border scenarios
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OPERATORS of the national rail networks on both sides of the Irish border are formulating plans for post-Brexit future operations of cross-border train services. Since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 border checks have been consigned to the history books, and free movement has been the norm for the last two decades. …
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Kent & East Sussex gives green light to Restaurant Car restoration at Eastleigh
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A 1961-BUILT BR Mk1 unclassed Restaurant Car left the railway on July 30 for full restoration by Arlington Fleet Services at Eastleigh. It had stood in the open at the Kent & East Sussex Railway (KESR) since 2003. The £200,000 refurbishment will see No. 1987 transformed into a new kitchen car for the KESR’s ‘Wealden Pullman’…
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‘Hall’ meets ‘Saint’ in Didcot photography event
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IT WAS a case of ‘before and after’ at Didcot Railway Centre on August 17 when newly completed Churchward ‘Saint’ No. 2999 Lady of Legend came face to face with Collett ‘Hall’ No. 5900 Hinderton Hall. The meeting of the two 4-6-0s was significant: Collett’s ‘Halls’ were a direct derivative of the ‘Saints’ after No. 2925 Saint Martin…
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Tributes paid to engineer who died while working at Waterloo Station
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The family of an engineer killed while working on a moving walkway at Waterloo station have paid tribute to “a hardworking, loving father”.
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Scottish Labour to push for end to Abellio’s Scotrail franchise
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Labour is poised to force a vote “as early as next week” in the Scottish Parliament in a bid to end the Abellio franchise of ScotRail.
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Tube staff ready to take industrial action over assaults on London Underground
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Violent assaults on London Underground workers are increasing, according to a union, prompting warnings that industrial action could be stepped up.
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Bundoran Junction station on the market for under £200k
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ONE of Northern Ireland’s best-known former stations has been put up for sale, opening up the opportunity to own a real piece of Irish railway history. Bundoran Junction, in Kilskeery, Co Tyrone, was a popular interchange on the Great Northern Railway’s (GNR(I)) Irish Northwest line between Enniskillen and Omagh. It was originally opened by the…
