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Nene Valley Railway to re-open Overton refreshment kiosk

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Gareth Evans

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19th May 2020

The Nene Valley Railway (NVR) has announced it is to re-open its refreshment kiosk at Overton station this coming weekend – Saturday and Sunday May 23/24. The intermediate station, which is located between Peterborough and Wansford, serves the popular Ferry Meadows country park. Trains services on the line remain suspended. Run by Nene Park Trust,…
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Video: Stamford model railway show goes ‘virtual’

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Gareth Evans

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17th May 2020

The Market Deeping Model Railway Club (MDMRC), which organises the Stamford model railway show, has gone ‘virtual’ this year with an online exhibition. MDMRC’s annual exhibition generated international headlines for the wrong reasons last year when four teenagers who had been drinking vodka in the build-up to their GCSE examinations broke into the venue, the…
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UK railway news roundup

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Sam Hewitt

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15th May 2020

Operators are preparing for putting on new services with new social distancing measures, plus trespassing cases on the rise during lockdown.
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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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Boris Johnson predicts “glorious future” for Llangollen Railway

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Gareth Evans

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13th May 2020

Prime minister Boris Johnson said in Parliament today that the Llangollen Railway (LR) has “a glorious future ahead.” It came on the same day the railway announced its Covid-19 appeal had received approximately £75,000 in share purchases and donations, helping to secure its future. Mr Johnson’s statement came after the LR’s local Westminster representative, Simon…
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UK railway news roundup

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Sam Hewitt

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7th May 2020

This week we hear how vandals have damaged train coaches at Mid-Norfolk Railway, plus we take a look at one Network Rail team donating PPE to support NHS workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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UK railway news roundup

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Sam Hewitt

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1st May 2020

This week we’re congratulating Captain Tom Moore on his astonishing achievement of hitting the £30 million mark in his NHS fundraiser on his 100th birthday!
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Train named to honour NHS fundraiser Captain Tom Moore

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Sam Hewitt

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29th April 2020

Captain Tom Moore, the veteran who raised more than £29 million for NHS Charities Together to mark his 100th birthday, has had a Great Western Railway Intercity train named in his honour.
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Design GWR train livery to support NHS & key workers

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Sam Hewitt

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27th April 2020

Great Western Railway is asking members of the public to design their own special train livery showing support for the NHS and other key workers.
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UK railway news roundup

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Sam Hewitt

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24th April 2020

Despite the costs and the unprecedented coronavirus crisis effecting the UK railway network, HS2 is beginning its search for contractors and suppliers – one week after companies were given the green light to enter the construction phase.
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