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News 4 Oct
New MD for Greater Anglia
Martin Beable will become the new Managing Director of Greater Anglia (GA) on Monday 7 October.
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News 4 Oct
Good causes bid for LNER funds
LNER has received more than 470 applications to its Customer and Community Investment Fund since the window opened in July - its highest number ever.
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News 4 Oct
Dublin team gains Metro insights
Staff from Transport Infrastructure Ireland have toured the Tyne and Wear Metro’s Gosforth depot on a fact-finding mission.
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Features 4 Oct
Train review part 2: Riding the route of the ‘Riviera Express’
David Clough concludes his Riviera trip by returning from Penzance in the time slot of the old ‘Cornish Riviera Express’.
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News 3 Oct
New Chair Appointed to Oversee UK Rail Reforms
The UK government has today announced the appointment of Laura Shoaf as Chair of Shadow Great British Railways (SGBR).
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News 3 Oct
DLR operator gets new contract
The operator of London’s Docklands Light Railway (DLR), KeolisAmey, has been awarded a new eight-year contract.
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News 3 Oct
New Tube train factory opens in Yorkshire
The UK’s newest train factory is being officially opened today (3 October) in East Yorkshire.
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News 3 Oct
A heritage future for ‘rescued’ ‘20’?
Harry Needle Railroad Company has recovered 20056 from the scrap line at the British Steel site at Scunthorpe.
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News 3 Oct
Shunters moves around the UK
Port of Boston’s 09022 was moved to Wishaw on August 20, to be replaced by 08939 which travelled in the opposite direction.
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Opinion 2 Oct
25 years on from Ladbroke Grove and innovation for a safer railway
RAIL Editor Dickon Ross on the future of rail safety, from the Innotrans rail technology show in Berlin.
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Features 2 Oct
25 years on: lessons from Ladbroke Grove and the future of rail safety
Twenty-five years ago, two passenger trains collided at Ladbroke Grove. The consequences for rail safety are still being felt today, as Paul Clifton explains.
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News 2 Oct
New Class 93 tri-modes continue UK testing
The two Stadler Class 93 locomotives now in the UK have moved to the Rail Innovation and Development Centre, for the next stage of their testing.
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News 2 Oct
Tap-in tap-out comes to more stations near London
Ticketless travel will be available from almost half of main line stations in and around London from September 23.
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News 1 Oct
ScotRail to restore full timetable
ScotRail is to restore its full timetable from Monday 7 October for the first time since a temporary timetable was introduced on 10 July.
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Opinion 1 Oct
Opinion: The travails of getting to the end of a branch line
Christian Wolmar reflects on the point of some remoter stations if the service is so infrequent.
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News 1 Oct
End for HSTs edges closer as ScotRail seeks new trains
The Scottish government has announced that the procurement process is under way for new rolling stock to replace its InterCity 125 High Speed Trains.
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News 1 Oct
TfL progresses West London Orbital plans
Transport for London says it is close to completing a feasibility study for its proposed 11-mile West London Orbital project.
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News 1 Oct
Scottish HSTs head back north
Two of ScotRail’s HST power cars have returned to Scotland.
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News 30 Sep
DP World’s green freight initiative grows: second weekly service links major ports
A freight service linking two of the largest container ports is to double to two trains a week.
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Features 30 Sep
The special trains that are saving lives in Ukraine
Gary Essex reports on the trains helping the Ukrainian war effort - the Médecins Sans Frontières Hospital Train and the Warren Buffett Foundation Food Train.
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National Rail Awards 2024: the results (more pictures added)
Full results from RAIL’s 2024 National Rail Awards, Britain’s biggest and most respected rail awards which recognise and reward people, companies and initiatives that demonstrate innovation and excellence.
RAIL opinion: Aim high for leisure travel
Rail should be our first choice, but our faith must be restored.
UK's first Intercity battery train hits the tracks
Main line tests have started on the nation's first intercity battery train. The class 802 bi-mode unit has seen one of its engines replaced and retrofitted with batteries, a first for the UK rail network.
How to grow off-peak leisure travel by rail
Non-commuter lines are experiencing an upswing in fortunes, but the UK lags behind mainland Europe when it comes to value for money and accessibility.
“It is hard not to be inspired” by Ukraine’s Iron People
Q&A with Rail Partners’ Andy Bagnall, who is spearheading an appeal to provide vital safety kit to fellow railway workers in Ukraine.
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