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Richard Clinnick
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Repair work following a landslip is causing massive disruption on one of the UK’s busiest rail routes.
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Major rail engineering work will take place on two weekdays this month as part of a trial responding to a change in travel patterns.
A rapid charger for battery-powered trains has been developed in an effort to help decarbonise Britain’s railways.
Richard Clinnick tells us more about what’s coming up in the March issue of Rail Express.
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has made four safety recommendations to Network Rail after a train hit bricks from a collapsed wall.
The search to find the UK’s most promising young railway photographers has begun with the launch of a national photography competition.
90 railway stations in the West Midlands and Greater Manchester will introduce tap-in and tap-out ticketing from next year.
Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham and Transport Secretary Mark Harper have had a “constructive” discussion about privately-funded alternatives to a scrapped section of HS2.
A man has set himself a challenge to run to every station on a rail line in a day to raise money for a domestic abuse charity.
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