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First converted D-stock enters traffic as TfW ‘230’
The first of five Transport for Wales Class 230s built by Vivarail entered service on the Wrexham-Bidston (Borderlands) line on April 3
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Cracks in viaduct close important rail artery
The main railway line between Oxford and Didcot will remain closed until June 10, after a viaduct over the River Thames became unsafe to use.
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Record year for Stadler
Swiss train manufacturer Stadler Rail posted record results in 2022, with new orders up by 54% to £7.6 billion (CHF 8.6bn).
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Rail’s £1 billion Information Revolution
BEN JONES joins the East Coast Digital Programme overnight testing team to discover how the industry has come together to deliver this revolution
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First ‘555’ for Tyne and Wear Metro
Nexus and Stadler moved one stage closer to bringing new trains into Tyne and Wear Metro service on March 17
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TPE faces uncertain future
Current service levels at TransPennine Express “are unacceptable” and “all options remain on the table”, says Secretary of State for Transport Mark Harper.
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FEATURE: Reversing Beeching: Portishead prepares
GREG MORSE presents the history of a Beeching closure that’s due to reopen
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Investment could bring billions for the North
A transformed economy in the North could unlock £118 billion a year by 2050 and produce an extra one million jobs.
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FEATURE: Back to the future on the East Lancs?
How do you ‘reverse Beeching’ on a railway that already runs heritage tourist trains? NICK BRODRICK lifts the lid on a stewing Lancashire hotpot
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FEATURE: Fatal blows delivered under Labour
CONRAD LANDIN tells of archives discovering how following Labour government implemented many of the closures recommended in The Reshaping of British Railways
