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Rail disruption due to train cracks to last ‘for a number of weeks’
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Disruption to rail services due to cracks in trains is expected to continue for weeks.
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Government calls on operators to urgently resolve train cracks disruption
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The Government has called on rail operators to “urgently set out a comprehensive plan” to resolve the ongoing disruption to services due to cracks found in some trains.
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More rail disruptions due to cracks found in Hitachi 800 trains
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Great Western Railway (GWR) and LNER services are being disrupted for a third day due to cracks in some Hitachi 800 trains.
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HS2 to move 3,000 bodies from medieval churchyard
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Archaeologists working on HS2 at St Mary’s Church in Stoke Mandeville, Buckinghamshire have discovered a burial site dating back to 1080.
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Balfour Beatty workers to vote on industrial action over pay
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Workers employed on railway track renewals, maintenance and upgrades are being balloted on whether to take industrial action in a dispute over pay.
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Survey reveals what passengers most looking forward to on return to rail
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Four in 10 Brits are most looking forward to a change of scenery on their return to the railways when lockdown restrictions end, according to a new survey.
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East Midlands Railway conductors to stage strikes over pay and conditions
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More than 200 members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) will walk out on May 16, 23 and 30. The union said its members had strongly supported industrial action in a ballot.
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London Underground polling day strike suspended
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The union claimed RMT rep Gary Carney had been unfairly sacked.
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Severn Valley Railway Class 50 Alliance wins HRA award
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Severn Valley Railway’s (SVR) Class 50 Alliance have won the first ever diesel preservation award in the Heritage Railway Association’s 2021 scheme.
