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Grand Central’s North West route between Blackpool & London abandoned
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Grand Central has permanently abandoned plans for the North West route train service between Blackpool and London after COVID-19 rendered plans ‘unfeasible’.
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Transport Secretary opens rail’s largest electric vehicle charging hub
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Govia Thameslink Railway welcome Transport Secretary Grant Shapps to open rail’s largest dedicated EV charging hub at Hatfield station.
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Thieves steal signalling equipment from Churnet Valley Railway
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Thieves have targeted the Churnet Valley Railway – breaking into storage containers and stealing thousands of pounds worth of signalling equipment.
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Over £5 million awarded CCIF funding from South Western Railway
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Plans to improve accessibility at stations and projects to address social isolation are some of the 67 schemes to have been awarded community improvement funding from South Western Railway (SWR).
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Network Rail begin works to recover railway at Stonehaven
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Network Rail begin to carefully recover the carriages involved in last month’s tragic derailment at Stonehaven.
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Rail firms restore 90% of services as passengers return to work & school
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Rail operators are restoring more services from today as schools reopen and more people return to work.
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Bluebell Railway gets £250k boost from National Lottery Heritage Fund
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The Bluebell Railway has been given a £250,000 grant to help it survive through the winter and address impact of COVID-19 on the railway.
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Final new Azuma leaves the depot to join LNER fleet
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The last of the 65 new Azuma trains has joined the LNER fleet.
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UK railway news round-up
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Construction work on HS2 officially begins today, with 22,000 jobs expected to be created over the next few years. But there is some opposition.
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CENTENARIAN CAMERAMAN: Ron Buckley – Britain’s Oldest Railway Photographer
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Chris Milner meets a railway photographer with a fascinating past, who took his first railway picture in the 1930s, but also spent more than 40 years employed by both the LMS and BR. Most of us hope for a long and fruitful life and for centenarian Ron Buckley that wish has certainly been the case.…
