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YULETIDE PROGRESS

IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS carried out over the Christmas and New Year...

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AVANTI UNDER COVER

Tony Miles

Another industrial design triumph: readers have contacted us...

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GETTING SET FOR GATWICK WORKS

The rebuilding of the airport station is prompting temporary...

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March debut for Northern ‘769’

NORTHERN EXPECTS its first bi-mode Class 769 unit to enter passenger...

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Trackwatch

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

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Saudi contract for XRail Group

XRAIL GROUP has won a seven-year maintenance contract in Saudi...

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BERKELEY FIGHTS BACK

Dan Harvey

If anyone thought that selecting Tony Berkeley as deputy chair...

Dan Harvey
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FIRST INTER-CITY FLIRT FOR GREATER ANGLIA

BUFFET PERSISTS ON NORWICH ROUTE GREATER ANGLIA introduced...

SLEEPER FACTORY DENIED PLANNING PERMISSION

NETWORK RAIL’S plan for establishing a reliable sleeper supply...

CEMEX IMPROVES SALFORD

CEMEX HAS invested over £300,000 into its Salford railhead,...

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