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Flying Scotsman will carry out tours after passing inspection
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Flying Scotsman will carry out rail tours this weekend after passing a mechanical inspection following a slow-speed crash last week.
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Plans to reopen Leamside Line appear to be dropped from Network North after 24 hours
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Reopening the Leamside Line has been removed from the initial list of projects for Rishi Sunak’s Network North programme just 24 hours after the announcement.
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Cancelling HS2 contracts will cost hundreds of millions
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Paying off contracts previously awarded for cancelled HS2 sections will cost hundreds of millions of pounds, Transport Secretary Mark Harper has indicated.
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Northern leg of HS2 cancelled
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Rishi Sunak has confirmed that the northern leg of HS2 will not go ahead.
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Train named to honour rail guard who helped end racist recruitment policy
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Avanti West Coast has named one of its trains after a railway worker who overturned a racist recruitment policy.
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Flying Scotsman to have full mechanical inspection after crash
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Flying Scotsman will undergo a full mechanical inspection following a low speed crash.
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ScotRail to scrap peak fares in six month trial
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ScotRail passengers will pay off-peak fares on peak time trains in a six-month trial aiming to encourage train travel.
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Unions call for emergency summit to discuss HS2
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Unions are calling for an emergency summit to discuss HS2 as speculation about the high-speed railway line’s future continues.
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County Durham station now believed to be the world’s oldest railway station
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A County Durham railway station has been found to be older than first thought and is now believed to be the world’s oldest railway station, new research has discovered.
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‘Insane’ 11-hour Avanti West Coast journey goes viral
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A rail passenger has described his “insane” 11-hour journey from Preston in Lancashire to Edinburgh which ended at 3.30am after a “ridiculous” taxi ride.
