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Sam Hewitt is the Digital Editor of The Railway Hub. Sam has a Journalism degree from the University of Lincoln. When he’s not writing about railways he can be found at Keepmoat Stadium, supporting his beloved League One football team Doncaster Rovers.
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This week, HS2 comes under fire again & Network Rail are accused of not acting on fog risk.
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HS2 should be scrapped in favour of upgrading existing rail routes, according to a free market think tank.
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Roscos at 25: A Privatisation success or failure? Plus we revisit the Penmanshiel Tragedy and how BR reacted when the East Coast tunnel collapsed. The latest issue of Rail Express magazine is packed with modern traction news, nostalgia and modelling.
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A service is to be held to mark the 20th anniversary of the Paddington train crash which killed 31 people.
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Two rail workers were killed by a train while there was no official lookout in place, a report has found.
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Over six people a month are putting their lives at risk by walking across tracks at a level crossing in Grays.
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This week we cover Stephenson’s Rocket returning to the National Railway Museum, a senseless attack at a tube station in London, a Caledonian sleeper service strike and a UN report that claims hundreds of miles of coastal railways are at risk of flooding by 2100.
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