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A new report by Midlands Connect has revealed overwhelming support from Shropshire-based businesses and organisations for plans to upgrade the rail line between Shrewsbury, Telford, the Black Country, and Birmingham.

Trains are now stopping at Kishoge station on Dublin’s South Western Commuter line, 15 years after it was completed in 2009.

The only Class 90 that can so far be regarded as preserved, last-built 90050, has been repainted in a clever ‘dual’ livery.

ROMIC Group has moved 465237 to Great Yarmouth from the Potter Group site at Ely, for it to be inspected and evaluated by a potential client.

Tens of thousands of people prosecuted for non-payment of train fares could see their convictions quashed, following a court ruling earlier this month.

In a move designed to encourage further modal shift to rail freight, Network Rail and the Department for Transport have waived track access charges for new freight flows the next six months in a bid to bring new business onto the nation’s tracks.

Mayor of West Yorkshire, Tracy Brabin, met with Nottingham City Council on August 7 to learn more about how Nottingham has developed its award-winning tram network (NET).

A month after its ran into issues at Blair Atholl, Direct Rail Services 66122 was still dumped in a siding at Dunkeld & Birnam.

A four-day gala at the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway on July 25-28 celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Class 14 Type 1 diesel hydraulic locomotives.

A series of landslips blocked the West of England line at Honiton Tunnel intermittently for nearly a week from 20 August.