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  • HS2 appoints new board members ‘to heighten oversight’

    HS2 appoints new board members ‘to heighten oversight’

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    Grant Shapps announced this week the appointment of three non-executive directors to the HS2 board to heighten oversight and scrutiny of the UK’s high speed rail project.

  • UK railway news roundup

    UK railway news roundup

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    This week, world renowned artist Banksy returns with a graffiti-like piece on the London Underground, plus we have the latest exciting reopening announcements following nearly four months of closures.

  • Banksy creates face mask-themed work on London Underground

    Banksy creates face mask-themed work on London Underground

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    World-renowned artist Banksy has produced an art piece to highlight the importance of face masks – painted inside a Circle Line service carriage.

  • Competition launched to shape Britain’s future railway stations

    Competition launched to shape Britain’s future railway stations

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    Network Rail and RIBA Competitions have launched an international competition to shape the future of Britain’s railway stations.

  • Tyseley: Shaping the future of main line steam?

    Tyseley: Shaping the future of main line steam?

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    As the steam railtour market undergoes one of its most significant overhauls in decades, Gary Boyd-Hope talks to Tyseley’s Michael Whitehouse about Vintage Trains’ bid to become an independent train-operating company owned by the general public. Some years ago The Railway Magazine presented an in-depth look at the strategic vision laid down by Tyseley for…

  • National Railway Museum & Locomotion announce return

    National Railway Museum & Locomotion announce return

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    The National Railway Museum in York and Locomotion in Shildon, County Durham have announced plans to reopen to the public this summer.

  • Avanti West Coast release Tales from the Track film series

    Avanti West Coast release Tales from the Track film series

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    Avanti West Coast has released a new video giving people an insider-look from the unique viewpoint of a train driver.

  • Researchers solve long-standing myth of the Hetton locomotive

    Researchers solve long-standing myth of the Hetton locomotive

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    Researchers have solved one of the longest standing early railway mysteries that disproves claims linking a Hetton Colliery locomotive to George Stephenson.

  • Check out this railway photography masterclass

    Check out this railway photography masterclass

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    Significant technical advances in digital cameras and lens quality has made railway photography images previously thought impossible, possible.

  • What’s inside the July edition of The Railway Magazine?

    What’s inside the July edition of The Railway Magazine?

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    Britain’s best-selling rail title The Railway Magazine is back for another month of award-winning photos, news, features and exclusives from the rail industry, past and present.

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