Articles by RAIL magazine - Page 7
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Merseyrail offers a swansong tour for Class 507s
Merseyrail and the Branch Line Society have announced ‘The Wirral Swansong’ charter as a farewell to the Class 507 electric multiple units.
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TfW chooses Hitachi to unify public transport booking in Wales
Transport for Wales (TfW) has selected Hitachi to help connect public transport journeys within Wales through a single app, making it easier for customers to plan, book and pay for different modes of travel.
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Features
How the war has reshaped rail travel in Ukraine
Vitali Vitaliev, who was born and grew up in Ukraine, offers a moving tribute to its railways which has stopped the war-torn country from falling apart.
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Main line-bound Class 89 at Crewe
The sole Class 89, owned by the AC Locomotive Group (89001), was collected from the UK Rail Leasing site at Loughborough on August 15 and taken to Crewe.
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Bargain tickets on Marston Vale Line
London Northwestern Railway has extended its £1 ticket offer on the Marston Vale Line between Bletchley and Bedford until November.
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Type 5s star on charity charter
Five Type 5 freight locomotives from GB Railfreight and Cappagh starred on a Branch Line Society charter from Derby to Hove and back on August 3.
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Charity charter celebrates Drax’s 50th anniversary
A series of charter trains ran over two days on August 17/18, raising more than £30,000 for charity to commemorate 50 years of Drax Power Station.
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Prize donors for Railway Children charity auction
Businesses invited to donate prizes to the Railway Ball Auction, in support of the Railway Children charity.
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Four decades of the Sprinters: the privatisation years
Following part one’s look at the Sprinter revolution BR implemented in the late 1980s, Pip Dunn turns to how the units are almost all still in traffic.
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Something for everyone on LSL North-West charter
Locomotive Services Limited, through its InterCity brand, ran the first muti-traction tour using all preserved former BR heritage locomotives on August 10.