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  • Seaton Tramway announces 24 hour Tramathon Live

    Seaton Tramway announces 24 hour Tramathon Live

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    Seaton Tramway has announced its TRAMATHON fundraising appeal, which will see a week of live videos streamed online to help raise money to secure the future of the Tramway.

  • Coronavirus: 40 London Underground stations to close

    Coronavirus: 40 London Underground stations to close

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    Up to 40 stations on the London Underground network are to close as the capital attempts to reduce the effect of the coronavirus outbreak. Transport for London (TfL) announced there would be a partial shutdown of the network from this morning, and night Tube and bus services will be significantly reduced. Buses in the capital…

  • 14 interesting facts about the Tyne and Wear Metro

    14 interesting facts about the Tyne and Wear Metro

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    The North-East has plenty to offer visitors, although that may not include extensive railway activity. However, it is home to one of the few rapid transit systems in the UK, the Tyne and Wear Metro.

  • Issue 264 of Heritage Railway out now!

    Issue 264 of Heritage Railway out now!

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    We bring you all the action from the annual Heritage Railway Association awards evening, the sector’s equivalent of the Oscars! Issue 264 of Heritage Railway magazine is back for another issue of brighter steam news.

  • Scrap dealers targeted as railway metal thefts cost taxpayers £1.4m

    Scrap dealers targeted as railway metal thefts cost taxpayers £1.4m

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    Scrap yards in Greater Manchester are being visited by Network Rail and the British Transport Police to ensure dealers are not trading stolen metal.

  • Your Gallery | LNER A4 No. 60009 Union of South Africa

    Your Gallery | LNER A4 No. 60009 Union of South Africa

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    Kelvin has sent in this brilliant photo of LNER A4 No. 60009 Union of South Africa.

  • Avanti West Coast secure £642m deal with Alstom to upgrade Pendolinos

    Avanti West Coast secure £642m deal with Alstom to upgrade Pendolinos

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    Avanti West Coast have secured a major seven-year deal worth £642 million with Alstom to upgrade all 56 of their electric Pendolino trains on the West Coast Mainline.

  • Midnight burglars steal 24 enamel advertising signs from McAlpine railway

    Midnight burglars steal 24 enamel advertising signs from McAlpine railway

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    Twenty-four historic enamel advertising signs were stolen from the late Sir William McAlpine’s private Fawley Hill estate in Buckinghamshire early on Monday, January 6.

  • Twin 4-6-0s for Quainton Road   as ‘Owsden’ moves from Swindon

    Twin 4-6-0s for Quainton Road as ‘Owsden’ moves from Swindon

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    BUCKINGHAMSHIRE Railway Centre (BRC) is the official home to a pair of Hawksworth ‘Modified Hall’ 4-6-0s after adding semi-restored No. 6984 Owsden Hall to its list of resident locos.  The surprise news that owner Trevor Westbury was transferring No. 6984 from the Swindon & Cricklade Railway (S&CR) to Quainton was announced in mid-November, with the…

  • VIDEO: Ex-LNER ‘A4’ No. 60009 Union of South Africa in incident with carriage

    VIDEO: Ex-LNER ‘A4’ No. 60009 Union of South Africa in incident with carriage

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    Footage has emerged of an incident involving ‘A4’ No. 60009 Union of South Africa at East Lancashire Railway on December 22.

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