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Bid to run Southeastern rail route scrapped

7th August 2019 Sam Hewitt Electric, Network, News
Bid to run Southeastern rail route scrapped

The bid to run Southeastern rail route has been scrapped, the Department for Transport (DfT) has announced.

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Mallard to leave National Railway Museum to meet new Azuma trains

29th July 2019 Sam Hewitt Electric, News
800113 1D11 1103 London Kings Cross to Leeds passing Brookmans Park with the forst revenue earning servoce for an LNER Azuma. 15/5/2019

Mallard will be out of its usual exhibition space at the National Railway Museum to meet the newest train on the block, Azuma.

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District Line 150

24th June 2019 Sam Hewitt Electric, Features, Metro

Christopher Westcott looks back over the complicated history of London Underground’s District Line, which is celebrating 150 years of operation.

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Strangers in town

18th May 2019 Sam Hewitt Electric, Features

A prominent feature of the privatised railway is the rich variety of liveries and colours applied by individual train operators, often at great expense, to its rolling stock.

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Future proofing the National Collection

11th May 2019 Sam Hewitt Electric, News

How does the National Railway Museum view its diesel and electric vehicles? Paul Bickerdyke finds out.

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Throwback to LBSCR becoming wired for power

18th February 2019 Sarah Wilkinson Electric, Features

As early as 1903, the London Brighton and South Coast Railway (LBSCR) began to electrify local routes.

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A glimpse into the future

18th January 2019 Sarah Wilkinson Electric, Features

SPAIN’s high-speed rail network has been steadily growing since 1992 and today, with more than 2000 route miles built and a further 1500 miles on the way, its AVE network is the largest in Europe.

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Could there be a return to the ‘Big Four’?

17th January 2019 Sarah Wilkinson Electric, Network, News

THE Williams Review of the rail industry has become mired in intense lobbying from a generation of past experts about the future organisation of the network. Those who never wanted or understood the need for

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