Essential reading for today's rail enthusiast
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Alex Bestwick
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Train drivers at five rail operators have voted to continue strike action for another six months in the long-running dispute over pay and conditions.
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The Class 50 Alliance has won the Heritage Railway Association Mortons Media Rail Express Modern Traction Award.
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.
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