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Food Festival at the Bluebell Railway
The Bluebell Railway is delighted to be hosting the annual Sussex Food Festival on Sunday 15th August, at Horsted Keynes Station, West Sussex, RH17 7BB.
The Festival celebrates the finest local produce and is an amazing opportunity to sample some...
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RMT to take tube safety campaign to Euston passengers after fire detection failures and calls for urgent inspections at all sub-surface stations
RMT to take tube safety campaign to Euston passengers after fire detection failures and calls for urgent inspections at all sub-surface stations
TUBE UNION RMT is to leaflet rush-hour passengers at Euston station this Wednesday morning over cuts to...
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Two vandals jailed for over 8 years for deliberately placing objects on the railway line
Two vandals who admitted deliberately placing objects on the railway line at Dosthill, Tamworth, Staffordshire, almost causing a train travelling at 95mph to derail, have been jailed for a total of eight-and-a-half years following an investigation by British...
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U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces up to $25 Million for High-Speed Passenger Rail Research
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is soliciting research proposals to foster rapid development of high-speed and intercity passenger rail service technologies in the United States.
A pool of $25 million...
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East Midlands Trains’ best station award winners
East Midlands Trains’ station staff are celebrating after the winners of the company’s newly launched ‘Best Station Awards’ were announced.  The awards look to recognise the best of the company’s 89 stations under the categories of Best Small Station, Best...
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Plaque unveiling at Chester marks latest phase of Station Work
A plaque was unveiled on the island platform at Chester railway station today (Friday 6 August 2010) to mark the completion of the latest phase of work to renovate the station.
The £1.1m project was largely paid for by Network...
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Reunion of Hiroshima tram girls
Today, as they do every August 6th, the girls who drove trams in Hiroshima during the war hold a reunion at the Hiroshima Electric Railway Company. They remember the day, 65 years ago, an atomic bomb was dropped on...
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£300m contract awarded for redevelopment of Bond Street Tube station, London
The redevelopment of Bond Street Tube station, a key element of the Tube upgrade, moved a step closer today as Transport for London (TfL) announced that it intends to award the contract for the redevelopment of...
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M-Pact Thales consortium awarded additional extension works on prestigious Manchester Metrolink Project
The M-Pact Thales (MPT) consortium has been awarded the contract to provide the new Manchester airport link and extensions through Oldham town centre and into Rochdale town centre as part of the ongoing programme to deliver a world-class tram...
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The Blue Train Scoops Africa’s Leading Luxury Train Award
The Blue Train, so-called 'window to the soul of South Africa' won ‘Africa’s leading luxury train award’ in July during the World Travel Awards – Africa and Indian Ocean Gala Ceremony.
The World Travel Awards, since its inception 17 years...
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Work starts on Eaglescliffe station improvement scheme
Network Rail, Tees Valley Combined Authority, and Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council have started work to transform Eaglescliffe railway station and...