- Andy Comfort
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Articles by Andy Comfort
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Features
Reopenings special: East Yorkshire’s plan to bring back the trains
Dozens of rail reopening plans are under threat. Andy Comfort reports on a still optimistic campaign to restore train services between Hull, Beverley and York.
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News
£5 million improvement work at Northern's Hull depot goes out to tender
Eighteen-month contracts have gone out to tender for the Hull Botanic Gardens depot.
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News
Switches and crossings for HS2 to be delivered from logistics hub in Hull
Despite being 100 miles from the nearest point of HS2, there's one good reason the Yorkshire site has been chosen
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Network
Northumberland Line timeline from closure to passenger services restarting
The 18-mile route is now carrying passenger trains for the first time since the mid-1960s.
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News
Northumberland Line reopens to passengers after 60 years
Services between Newcastle and Ashington resumed on Sunday December 15
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Features
One way to tackle recruitment difficulties breaks new ground
The new government is looking to recruit 100,000 people into the rail industry. One train maintenance company has taken matters into its own hands.
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Insight
Can the Royal Mail trains keep on running?
After Royal Mail decided to stop using its own trains, Andy Comfort hears how the 30-year-old trains may still have plenty of life left in them.
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News
Signalling work closes stations in south London
Much of south London’s suburban network will be out of action for seven days from the end of this month.
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News
Paddington ticket hall brings accessibility boost
The new ticket hall at Paddington station has opened, serving London Underground’s Bakerloo Line.
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Features
Hull Trains keen to open up new markets
Part two of Andy Comforts’s focus on Hull Trains looks at the company’s recovery from the pandemic, and at its ambitions to run more services.
