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Shannon Butcher
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An illustrative account of the main changes to freight and loco-hauled passenger services between 2017 – 2021.
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This week’s roundup of news from the UK railway industry.
Rail strikes during the Cop26 climate conference have been called off after the RMT confirmed negotiations on a pay rise have been settled.
A plaque has been unveiled commemorating Britain’s first black train driver, Jamaican-born Wilston Samuel Jackson.
Train passengers were stranded on trains and at stations for several hours after overhead electric wires were damaged.
Rail freight operators have stopped using electric trains and switched to diesel locomotives due to soaring energy prices.
Two people were injured when a train crashed through buffers at Enfield Town station, north London. The incident involved a London Overground service during rush hour on Tuesday morning.
A memorial will be created to honour London transport workers who died from coronavirus.
Good roads and trains are a “supreme leveller-upper”, the Prime Minister has said.
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