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Train drivers to stage fresh strikes and overtime ban

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Alex Bestwick

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15th January 2024

Train drivers will stage a series of fresh strikes and an overtime ban in their long running dispute over pay and conditions.
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Fears for the future of model railways as Warley National Model Railway Exhibition closes ‘for the forseeable future’

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Alex Bestwick

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15th January 2024

The cancellation of the long-running event, alongside the closure of a major modelling retailer, has been blamed on a lack of young people taking up the hobby.
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HS2 boss admits project could cost up to £66.6 billion

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Alex Bestwick

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10th January 2024

The estimated cost of building HS2 between London and Birmingham has soared to as much as £66.6 billion, MPs heard.
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What’s inside the February issue of Rail Express?

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Alex Bestwick

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9th January 2024

Rail Express Editor Richard Clinnick talks us through what to expect in the new issue when it is released next week!
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Paddington services disrupted for third day in a row

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Alex Bestwick

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9th January 2024

Infrastructure failure has disrupted services at the second busiest rail station in the UK for the third day in a row.
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Hattons Model Railways announces closure after 77 years

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Alex Bestwick

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9th January 2024

Hattons Model Railway has announced that it will cease trading, and launched a closing down sale.
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The Railway Touring Company – New Derbyshire, Yorkshire and South Coast tours for 2024

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Web Editor

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2nd January 2024

For 2024 The Railway Touring Company has introduced new UK holidays exploring Derbyshire, Yorkshire and Southern England’s heritage railways, as well as offering ever popular rail-themed tours of Scotland, Snowdonia, the Lakes and Ireland. The British Travel Awards 2023 title of ‘Best Small Travel Company for Rail Holidays’, for the third year running, is testimony…
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Celebrating 50 Years of Rail Holidays where the Journey Began

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Alex Bestwick

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1st January 2024

Rail Tour specialist Ffestiniog Travel will mark its milestone 50th anniversary year in 2024 with a special celebratory tour to Switzerland – the destination of its very first escorted tour in 1974 – complete with the original tour leaders! The company’s founder Alan Heywood established the rail tour company while working as Traffic and Commercial…
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Rail fares in England to rise by up to 4.9%

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Alex Bestwick

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22nd December 2023

Regulated rail fares in England will rise by nearly 5% in March, the Department for Transport (DfT) said.
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Rail passengers suffer disruption as winds hit 115mph

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Alex Bestwick

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21st December 2023

Many passengers found their journeys disrupted on Thursday as Storm Pia battered parts of the UK, with gusts hitting 115mph.
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