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THAMESLINK SERVICES ALL CLASS 700s

GOVIA THAMESLINK Railway withdrew the last of its Class 319 EMUs...

Between the Lines

One of the key capacity issues for the network is accommodating...

Jacqueline Starr, MD of Customer Experience, Rail Delivery Group – Breakfast meeting, Tuesday 10 October

IN A change from our normal format, our first guest speaker of...

MML freight – we need more not less

With the dominance of container traffic on the West and, increasingly,...

NEARLY 3,000 EX-BR VEHICLES FACE THE SCRAPHEAP

ROGER FORD

And another 200 post-privatisation multiple-units are looking...

ROGER FORD
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RUNNING LIKE CLOCKWORK

PHILIP SHERRATT

NEW TRAINS AND DRIVERLESS OPERATION ARE COMING TO THE GLASGOW...

PHILIP SHERRATT
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AZUMA ON SCOTTISH TEST RUN

A VIRGIN Trains East Coast ‘Azuma’ unit made its first test...

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Trackwatch

A digest of the main changes on Network Rail, London Underground...

‘NO GROWTH’ ATW DOUBLES SERVICES

ARRIVA TRAINS Wales has revealed it ran more than twice as many...

TRAM-TRAIN PASSENGER DEBUT

THE CLASS 399 Citylink tram-train was due to carry its first...

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