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Railways on TV – Paddington: A Year on the Tracks documentary series starts tonight

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Gareth Evans

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14th May 2020

A special four-part Channel 5 documentary series starts tonight (Thursday, May 14) at 9pm and goes behind the scenes to show how Network Rail and train operators keep passengers moving at London Paddington station and across the west throughout the different seasons. The documentary, called Paddington: A Year on the Tracks, was filmed before the…
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5 facts you may not know about the ‘Azuma’ train

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Ben Stockdale

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2nd October 2019

LNER launched its first passenger services on the East Coast Main Line on May 15, using the Hitachi-built Class 800 ‘Azuma’ express trains as part of a rolling programme to replace both its Class 91 and Mk4 and HST fleets.
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Bid to run Southeastern rail route scrapped

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Sam Hewitt

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7th August 2019

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

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Sam Hewitt

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29th July 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

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Sam Hewitt

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24th June 2019

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

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Sam Hewitt

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18th May 2019

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

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Sam Hewitt

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11th May 2019

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

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Sarah Wilkinson

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18th February 2019

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

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Sarah Wilkinson

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18th January 2019

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. Spain’s high-speed network is impressive and puts Britain in the shade. More than 90% is built for 186mph operation, and…
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Could there be a return to the ‘Big Four’?

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Sarah Wilkinson

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17th January 2019

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 the changes that Privatisation brought are pressing for a return to the days of the 1923 Grouping, when the ‘Big…
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