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Network Rail have announced a partnership with Porterbrook to showcase Britain’s low-carbon train technology at the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26).
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Passenger numbers on Britain’s railways in 2020/21 reached the lowest level in at least 150 years, new figures show.
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Transport for London (TfL) has agreed a third Government bailout to keep services running amid the collapse in demand for travel during the pandemic.
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Porterbrook, the rolling stock owner and asset manager, has today announced the donation of record breaking HST power car 43102 to the National Railway Museum.
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A £401 million government funding boost promises rail services in the North of England and the Midlands with new stations, faster journeys and more reliable services.
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Reforms to Britain’s railways will make train services cheaper and more punctual, MPs have heard.
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Heritage Railway magazine, the trackside companion for preservationists and all-round rail enthusiasts has a new deputy editor.
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A coroner has called for Network Rail to improve warning signs at a railway station after a 17-year-old boy was electrocuted on the live rail after he went on to the tracks oblivious of the dangers.
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The creation of a new public sector body to oversee Britain’s railways will simplify a system that is “too complicated”, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said.
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Three classes of travel are being offered on Britain’s domestic railway for the first time in decades.
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