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Great Turbostar Journeys

Ian Walmsley

Fed up with the pleasure being ripped out of rail travel? It is still possible to enjoy exploring by train

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Pompey circumstances

The Superannuated Anoraks visit the oldest electric railway,...

The £104 million Metro Flow project has been completed in Tyne and Wear. Pan Up Premium

Metro services resume as Flow is completed

£104 million project commissioned ten days behind schedule: reliabilty set to improve

Major Network Rail presence at Modern Railways EXPO 2022

Network Rail's Commercial and Procurement and Intelligent Infrastructure teams to show latest developments at Modern Railways EXPO 2022

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Return to Cardiff

Ian Walmsley

‘The pithead bath’s a supermarket now’sang Max Boyce. At Canton the diesel fuel tank is now a substation, which doesn’t scan quite so well but is a sign of progress

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Staggering seats

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PriestmanGoode offer the first-of-a-kind seat layout. Here is Proteus – brought to you by Innovate UK, Angel Trains and Chiltern Railways

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GBR HQ: place your bets

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The answer to the ultimate question is 42. The number of bidders for the new 222 Marylebone Road

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Gentlemen, please lift the seat

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Train toilets are never pleasant places – this innovation might just make them better. Don’t read this over your breakfast, or if you think the innovation process works

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Turbostar phone home

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Buy a new train these days and you get more remote condition data than you can shake a memory stick at. Cross Country’s Turbostars are getting down (loaded) with the kids

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Electrification deception

Ian Walmsley

Discontinuous electrification is often suggested to reduce the cost of electrification – but only by people who know nothing about electrification

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