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SUPPORT FOR RAILWAY HITS 10-YEAR HIGH

ROGER FORD

£1 billion rise in last three years, as TOCs’ net premium...

ROGER FORD
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Nothing short of a miracle

COLIN BOOCOCK

Timing just right: departure indicator at Leeds on the day it...

COLIN BOOCOCK
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SOON YOU’RE TALKING REAL MONEY

ALISON McGOVERN (WIRRAL SOUTH) (LAB): Can I draw his (the Prime...

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Whistles Winners

Awards photography Tony Miles

EXCELLENCE IN RAILWAY OPERATING TOOK CENTRE STAGE AT THE GOLDEN...

Awards photography Tony Miles

BORIS BACKS HS2

Dan Harvey

OAKERVEE FAVOURS BUILDING FULL LINE But Phase 2b route under...

Dan Harvey
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IEP inter-car cable resolution

AGREEMENT HAS been reached on a solution to making safe the inter-car...

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Ron Cotton

THEO STEEL

OBITUARY WHILE RON Cotton, who passed away aged 88 on 19 January,...

THEO STEEL
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12 YEARS OF iRAIL

Rail Forum MIDLANDS Engaging with schools: participants...

Grand Central leases ‘90s’ and Mk 4s for Blackpool service

Grand Central is leasing five Class 90 locomotives and 24 Mk 4 vehicles to operate its new open access service between Blackpool and London Euston.

CrossCountry capacity boost

CrossCountry is to increase capacity on its services, starting in May 2020, following £2.5 million of new government funding.

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