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Railways on TV – Paddington: A Year on the Tracks documentary series starts tonight

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Gareth Evans

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14th May 2020

A special four-part Channel 5 documentary series starts tonight (Thursday, May 14) at 9pm and goes behind the scenes to […]
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5 facts you may not know about the ‘Azuma’ train

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Ben Stockdale

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2nd October 2019

LNER launched its first passenger services on the East Coast Main Line on May 15, using the Hitachi-built Class 800 ‘Azuma’ express trains as part of a rolling programme to replace both its Class 91 and Mk4 and HST fleets.
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Bid to run Southeastern rail route scrapped

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Sam Hewitt

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7th August 2019

The bid to run Southeastern rail route has been scrapped, the Department for Transport (DfT) has announced.
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Mallard to leave National Railway Museum to meet new Azuma trains

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Sam Hewitt

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29th July 2019

Mallard will be out of its usual exhibition space at the National Railway Museum to meet the newest train on the block, Azuma.
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District Line 150

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Sam Hewitt

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24th June 2019

Christopher Westcott looks back over the complicated history of London Underground’s District Line, which is celebrating 150 years of operation.
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Strangers in town

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Sam Hewitt

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18th May 2019

A prominent feature of the privatised railway is the rich variety of liveries and colours applied by individual train operators, often at great expense, to its rolling stock.
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Future proofing the National Collection

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Sam Hewitt

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11th May 2019

How does the National Railway Museum view its diesel and electric vehicles? Paul Bickerdyke finds out.
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Throwback to LBSCR becoming wired for power

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Sarah Wilkinson

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18th February 2019

As early as 1903, the London Brighton and South Coast Railway (LBSCR) began to electrify local routes.
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A glimpse into the future

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Sarah Wilkinson

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18th January 2019

SPAIN’s high-speed rail network has been steadily growing since 1992 and today, with more than 2000 route miles built and […]
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Could there be a return to the ‘Big Four’?

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Sarah Wilkinson

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17th January 2019

THE Williams Review of the rail industry has become mired in intense lobbying from a generation of past experts about […]
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