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GBRf to use synthetic fuel to power locos hauling trains for renewable energy company Drax
GB Railfreight has signed a 12-month deal to use HVO on Drax services.
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Network Rail to host events for Oxford locals explaining long-running project
Major road into Oxford has been shut since April 2023 and won't reopen until the summer of 2026.
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How Southeastern Javelin was retrieved from siding three months after going through buffers
EMU was removed from siding at Ramsgate nearly three months after end carriage went off the rails.
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Obituary: Renowned railway photographer Les Nixon dies aged 88
Photographer who contributed to RAIL since its inception in 1981 passed away in February.
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HS2 a 'casebook example of now not to run a major project' say MPs
Public Accounts Committee publishes highly critical report into the HS2 project which has accused DfT and HS2 Ltd of numerous shortcomings
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More DB Cargo UK '66s' to be fitted with ETCS after operator signs deal with Siemens Mobility
Nine Class 66s will be fitted with ETCS between July 2025 and March 2026.
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LNER Hull-King's Cross service involved in suspected overspeed incident on East Coast Main Line
RAIB gathering evidence as passenger described incident as "very violent".
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Teen arrested after ball bearings allegedly fired at trains at Cambridge North
There have been more than 20 attacks on Greater Anglia trains in recent weeks.
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Hull Trains amends timetable ahead of strike action by drivers
Drivers' strike action on Fridays and Saturdays to begin in early March.
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Elizabeth line drivers' strike averted
Drivers were set to have gone on strike on four days across late February and early March.
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