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Lift work closes Lambeth North
Lambeth North Tube station will close on July 13 and re-open in February 2017.
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Great Western Railway orders new electric trains
Brand new Class 387s will be delivered to Great Western Railway this year, joining a fleet of eight four-car ‘387s’ that were ordered last March.
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Hitachi converts GWR ‘801s’ to bi-mode operation
Hitachi will build 21 Class 801 electric multiple units ordered for GWR as full bi-mode operation, rather than build the straight EMUs as planned.
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COVER STORY: European rail freight comparison
In 2014, UK had the fourth highest volume of freight moved by rail (22.1 billion net tonne kilometres).
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COVER STORY: Coal’s decline the primary cause of freight’s troubles
The biggest reason for a slump in Q4 rail figures was coal. The amount moved (0.46 billion ntkm) was the lowest in any quarter since 1998-99.
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COVER STORY: Rail freight volumes at their lowest since mid-1980s
The amount of freight carried on the national rail network is at its lowest since the time of the miners’ strike of 1984-85.
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Northern introduces business regions
Northern creates four business regions, and appoints four regional directors to run these areas.
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Virgin BEAMs films to passengers
Virgin Trains launches a new on board video-on-demand service.
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Thales installs new London Underground signalling
Installation of new signalling systems has begun on London Underground by Thales.
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Hundreds stranded as vandalism causes 1,100 delay minutes in Kent
Trains hit a pushchair and bicycle that had been thrown onto the railway at Gravesend on June 5.
