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York railway station at the centre of new television documentary
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The latest episode of a new television series, The Architecture The Railways Built, examines York railway station and its amazing history that helped to change the face of the city forever.
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Crowd control measures introduced at railway stations
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New measures have been introduced on trains and railway stations amid fears of crowds forming as more people return to work in England.
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Video: Stamford model railway show goes ‘virtual’
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The Market Deeping Model Railway Club (MDMRC), which organises the Stamford model railway show, has gone ‘virtual’ this year with an online exhibition. MDMRC’s annual exhibition generated international headlines for the wrong reasons last year when four teenagers who had been drinking vodka in the build-up to their GCSE examinations broke into the venue, the…
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UK railway news roundup
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Operators are preparing for putting on new services with new social distancing measures, plus trespassing cases on the rise during lockdown.
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Coronavirus: Transport for London secures £1.6bn bailout
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Transport for London (TfL) has secured £1.6 billion in emergency funding to keep Tube and bus services running until September.
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Avanti West Coast introduce social distancing measures
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Rail passengers have been told not to turn up at stations without an advance ticket and to wear face coverings when travelling on the West Coast Mainline.
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Railways on TV – Paddington: A Year on the Tracks documentary series starts tonight
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A special four-part Channel 5 documentary series starts tonight (Thursday, May 14) at 9pm and goes behind the scenes to show how Network Rail and train operators keep passengers moving at London Paddington station and across the west throughout the different seasons. The documentary, called Paddington: A Year on the Tracks, was filmed before the…
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More than 1,000 trespass incidents recorded in lockdown
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Trespassers disrupted passenger and freight services a staggering 1,024 times during the first month of lockdown, new figures show.
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Tragedy on the West Coast Main Line: Defining moment in level crossing use
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In the last part of our mini-series looking back to events of 50 years ago, The Railway Magazine considers a tragic accident that took place in early January 1968 on a section of the West Coast Main Line.
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Boris Johnson predicts “glorious future” for Llangollen Railway
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Prime minister Boris Johnson said in Parliament today that the Llangollen Railway (LR) has “a glorious future ahead.” It came on the same day the railway announced its Covid-19 appeal had received approximately £75,000 in share purchases and donations, helping to secure its future. Mr Johnson’s statement came after the LR’s local Westminster representative, Simon…
