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National Railway Museum partners with York Archaeology to uncover history
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The National Railway Museum has partnered with York Archaeology to carry out excavations on site as part of their Vision 2025 programme of redevelopment.
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Rail bosses launch competition to name Birmingham’s ‘Raging Bull’
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Rail bosses have launched a competition to give a permanent new name to the Birmingham Commonwealth Games’ mechanical bull.
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From the archive: Fifty years a “King”
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In this article drawn from The Railway Magazine archive, K. S. Farr extols, at the time of its golden jubilee, the first of a great class.
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SCOTSMAN, SCOTLAND, SWITZERLAND AND SRI LANKA – step on board with The Railway Touring Company
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Winner of the British Travel Award for ‘Best Small Travel Company for Rail Holidays 2021/22’, The Railway Touring Company applies over 25 years expertise to create a varied, and often innovative, choice of rail-themed tours.
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Free Wi-Fi may be removed from trains in cost-cutting measure
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Free Wi-Fi for train passengers may no longer be available under new cost-saving measures.
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Ffestiniog Travel – 50 years of touring the world by train!
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In October 1974 Ffestiniog Travel ran its very first escorted rail tour – the destination was Switzerland, and the purpose was to ride its majestic Alpine railways. It proved a very popular choice as the company escorted 70 people on not one but two inaugural tours that year! Fifty years on, Switzerland continues to be…
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Enthusiast Holidays – steam and classic traction for the 21st Century gricer!
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Enthusiast Holidays can trace its origins back to 1975, as the “Magic of Steam in Poland” – part of the émigré Polish travel organization “Fregata” – running trips to that country at a time when photographing trains, or even writing down their numbers, without the necessary permission – could get you arrested!
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West Highland Railway celebrates its Centenary
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Welsh Highland Railway turns 100 this year, and tickets for its Centenary Celebrations are on sale now!
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Direct journey from Essex to Heathrow now available on Elizabeth line
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Passengers can now travel directly from Essex to Heathrow airport on London’s Elizabeth line.
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Great British Railways project ‘watered down’
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Plans to shake up the railway network may be watered down as legislation to give powers to a proposed new public sector body could be delayed, it has been reported.
