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NEW WHEEL LATHE FOR METROLINK

CAIRN CROSS Civil Engineering, Koltech and Mechan have completed...

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REDDAWAY FOR MURPHY

FORMER CROSSRAIL innovation programme manager Will Reddaway has...

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WREXHAM TO CHESTER DOUBLE TRACK OPENED

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THE 5.5-MILE second track between Saltney Junction, Chester,...

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DEAL Rail Freight Contract switch: from April 2017, GB...

SLEEPER FACTORY SITE SELECTED

NETWORK RAIL has earmarked a site in Sandwell as the location...

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ELECTRICS REACH MAIDENHEAD

Reporting Philip Sherratt and Rhodri Clark

GWR expands its EMU empire when timetables change this month....

Reporting Philip Sherratt and Rhodri Clark
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WHY CAN’T A TRAIN BE MORE LIKE A TRAM? PART 1 – HOW HARD CAN IT BE?

Ian Walmsley

I suffer from tram envy. Admitting it is the first step to a...

Ian Walmsley
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FLATS HIT OKEHAMPTON HST

PLANS TO run the first direct trains from Okehampton to London...

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