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’66’ IN LARGE LOGO BLUE

Historic livery revived: GB Railfreight has turned out No 66789...

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SEVERNSIDE OPEN DAY

ON 7 FEBRUARY an open day was held at the new Severnside Suez...

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A2I blockade this summer

THE SCOTRAIL Alliance has announced a 14-week closure of the...

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NEW TRAIN TIN-WATCH

IETs coming good Roger Ford Informed Sources ...

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RAIL AND AIR COMPARED

ANDREW HAINES

ANDREW HAINES, CEO of the Civil Aviation Authority since 2009,...

ANDREW HAINES
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SANDS OF TIME

A research project reaches a conclusive answer Ian...

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ROYAL APPOINTMENT

Phil Marsh tells us: ‘Very lucky today. Took my 1955 Morris...

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TWO ANSALDO TRAMS FOR PRESERVATION

Into the shadows: T69 tram at Wednesbury on 7 November 2009....

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Wood named NPR director

TRANSPORT FOR the North has appointed Tim Wood as its Northern...

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Mechan wins Hitachi deal

IEP service: Mechan lifting jacks in use. DEPOT EQUIPMENT...

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D-train order for Marston Vale confirmed

Moving to Marston Vale: prototype of the Class 230 D-train at...

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Thameslink ‘preview’ trains through Canal Tunnels

New destination: the first test run with a Class 700 to Rainham...

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SEA WALL WORK PLANNED FOR CP6

THE NEXT phase of works to secure the resilience of the railway...

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HOPE VALLEY CAPACITY SCHEME APPROVED

SECRETARY OF State for Transport Chris Grayling has granted a...

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ExCel prepares for

Keynote speeches: David Waboso spoke at Infrarail 2016 in his...

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Innovation under the spotlight

Constraints discussed at RIA conference ...

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EUROSTAR REACHES AMSTERDAM

Inaugural run from St Pancras marks launch of new service ...

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Forum

We welcome letters for ‘Forum’. Please send them, ideally...

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LONG MARSTON TEST TRACK PLAN

BOMBARDIER AND Hitachi are to submit a planning application to...

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FIRST REFURBISHED DESIRO ENTERS SERVICE

SOUTH WESTERN Railway’s first refurbished Desiro EMU entered...

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OBITUARIES

SIR WILLIAM McALPINE READERS WILL be sorry to learn of the death...

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GOING ON TO CREWE

High Speed 2 Since its station opened in 1837, Crewe has...

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GRAND CENTRAL APPLIES FOR EXTRA SERVICES

OPEN ACCESS operator Grand Central has begun consultation on...

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WELSH FRANCHISE AWARD STILL ON FOR MAY

ABELLIO PULLS OUT DUE TO CARILLION COLLAPSE Paddington in...

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FACING THE DIESEL CHALLENGE

Almost a year ago, in the May 2017 issue, we wrote about the...

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HUMBERSIDE SIGNALLING DEFERRED

Stay of execution for semaphores: resignalling of the North Humber...

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DIGITAL RAILWAY NETWORK RAIL’S WUNDERWAFFE

Digitalisation is becoming the WD40 of railway technology ...

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PRIME TIME FOR MERIDIAN WATER

PHILIP SHERRATT

Network Rail’s Lee Valley rail programme is set to deliver...

PHILIP SHERRATT
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INCURIOSITY KILLING THE RAILWAY

Railtalk Go to a conference on railway investment, read Network...

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The A to Z of train planning

THIS FROM web magazine City Metric – ‘12 things we learned...