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UK plans hydrogen train trial in 2019-20

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Helsinki-Tallinn’s €20bn rail tunnel could be open by 2040

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Northern to switch to new rail timetable coming next month

Trains across the North of England will switch to a new timetable next month (Sunday, 2 June). Northern says the...