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Train passengers were stranded on trains and at stations for several hours after overhead electric wires were damaged.
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Train services on Southeastern’s network will be taken over by the Government today after the franchise holder failed to declare more than £25 million of taxpayer funding.
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Rail freight operators have stopped using electric trains and switched to diesel locomotives due to soaring energy prices.
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For the first time in nearly 50 years, regular passenger services will run on the Dartmoor Line, connecting Okehampton to Exeter.
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Two people were injured when a train crashed through buffers at Enfield Town station, north London. The incident involved a London Overground service during rush hour on Tuesday morning.
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A memorial will be created to honour London transport workers who died from coronavirus.
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Good roads and trains are a “supreme leveller-upper”, the Prime Minister has said.
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Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has called on the Government to “stick to the most ambitious version” of HS2, following reports the eastern leg of the railway could be scrapped.
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Westminster underground station has reopened following the evacuation of 100 tube passengers due to billowing smoke coming from an electrical room.
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The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for rain covering northern areas of England until 10 pm following the overnight flooding in London, causing significant closures on travel services.
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