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Avanti West Coast launches smartcard to boost sustainability
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Long-distance rail operator Avanti West Coast has launched an alternative to traditional paper tickets.
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Rail union demands suspension of on-train ticket inspections
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Rail union leaders are calling for on-train revenue protection and ticket inspections to be scrapped because of COVID-19 safety concerns.
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Lady of Legend to headline at Severn Valley Railway’s Spring Steam Up
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The Severn Valley Railway (SVR) has announced No. 2999 Lady of Legend will be the star guest of the railway’s Spring Steam Up in April.
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Euston Square Gardens: Anti-HS2 protester appears in court
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An environmental protester who emerged from an underground tunnel after spending 19 days there has appeared in court.
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Great Heck train crash: LNER to host memorial to mark 20 years
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London North Eastern Railway (LNER) is working with Network Rail and Freightliner to mark 20 years since the Great Heck train crash.
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New National Railway Museum exhibition celebrates railway heroes
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The National Railway Museum is to launch a new exhibition that celebrates the vital role played by railway key workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Railway worker who died after being hit by a train named
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A railway worker who died after being hit by a train in south-west London has been named as Tyler Byrne from Hampshire.
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HS2: Phase 2a of high-speed project gets green light
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The next phase of the controversial HS2 high-speed rail project has been given the go-ahead.
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‘Lessons must be learned’ as railway worker dies after being hit by train
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Ministers and union bosses say “lessons must be learned” after a man was hit by a train and died while working on a railway track in south-west London.
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First train in GTR’s fleet modernisation programme back in service
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The first of 270 trains in Govia Thameslink Railway’s (GTR’s) new £55 million fleet modernisation programme has returned to service with a host of new features.
