London Paddington
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Flying Scotsman headed for Cardiff today
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The Railway Touring Company has ventured from London Paddington, through Thames Valley and along the river Severn to Cardiff, with passengers embarking on a steam railway journey, hauled by steam locomotive No.60103 Flying Scotsman.
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Trackside fire disrupts London Paddington services
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A trackside electrical fire has caused large-scale disruption to rail services to and from London Paddington.
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Paddington trains resume after rail chaos ruins mourners’ journeys
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Services at Paddington railway station resumed after a 27-hour suspension which caused thousands of mourners to miss the Queen’s funeral.
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Trackside fire leaves hundreds of rush-hour commuters stuck as 70 trains delayed
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Hundreds of commuters have been stuck on trains into London during rush hour following a trackside fire and services are still severely delayed.
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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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Four centuries on… Mayflower to honour the Mayflower
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DAVID Buck’s Thompson ‘B1’ 4-6-0 No. 61306 Mayflower will pay homage to the ship of the same name next September when it heads a commemorative railtour from London to Plymouth and Penzance to mark the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Pilgrim Fathers to the Americas. Steam Dreams’ ‘Mayflower 400’ will leave London Paddington at…
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Worcester Parkway on track for December opening
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Construction work is almost complete on the new Worcestershire Parkway station, with testing and commissioning expected to be complete ready for opening on December 15. The split-level station will be operated by Great Western Railway (GWR) on behalf of Worcestershire County Council, with CrossCountry Cardiff to Nottingham trains serving the lower platforms on the Birmingham…
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Railway Accidents: Lamentable Failures
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Thirty-one people lost their lives on Tuesday, October 5, 1999, when a Thames Trains Class 165 ‘Turbo’ collided with a First Great Western InterCity125 at a combined speed of 130mph at Ladbroke Grove, two miles from London Paddington. Fraser Pithie and The Railway Magazine look back over 20 years to one of Britain’s worst post-Privatisation…
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Cardiff electrics pushed back to January
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RESCHEDULED engineering and testing work in South Wales means electric operation to Cardiff will not now start until January 2020. The December 2019 timetable will see a typical journey time saving of 14 minutes between Cardiff and London Paddington, but the final 10-mile section of 25kV equipment between Newport and the Welsh capital will not be ready in…
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GWR InterCity 125s bow out in style
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GREAT Western Railway said farewell to long-distance InterCity 125 operation on June 1 with an epic railtour visiting many parts of the GWR network. The first and last production HST power cars – Nos. 43002 Sir Kenneth Grange and 43198 – powered standard eight-car set LA72 on an itinerary embracing Bristol, Paddington, Oxford, Hereford, Carmarthen and…
