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HS2 should be scrapped in favour of upgrading existing rail routes, according to a free market think tank.
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Two rail workers were killed by a train while there was no official lookout in place, a report has found.
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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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Over six people a month are putting their lives at risk by walking across tracks at a level crossing in Grays.
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This week we cover Stephenson’s Rocket returning to the National Railway Museum, a senseless attack at a tube station in London, a Caledonian sleeper service strike and a UN report that claims hundreds of miles of coastal railways are at risk of flooding by 2100.
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Strikes planned on Merseyrail in the long running dispute over guards on trains have been called off so talks can continue.
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There were smiles all-round in a corner of Margate over the weekend of August 17-18 as the doors were opened to Hornby’s spiritual home.
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The UK’s oldest train fleet is to be replaced through a £26 million investment into the Isle of Wight’s railway, the Government has announced.
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Who fancies getting their hands on a Pendolino nameplate and raising money for the Severn Valley Railway and Kidderminster Railway Museum in the process?
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London Underground drivers have voted to take industrial action in a dispute over the level of noise on the Tube.
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