UK: After 145 years, sharing with stranger on Scotland-London sleeper train to be banned

By Alastair Dalton, The Scotsman; January 21, 2018 Sharing with a stranger on Scotland-London sleeper trains is to be banned…

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Wales: Dog escapes his home in the Valleys and catches a train to Cardiff

By Marcus Hughes, Reporter, Wales Online; January 22, 2018 A dog who escaped from his Valleys home and caught a…

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UK: New Caledonian Sleeper carriages to enter passenger service in October

From Global Rail News; January 18, 2018 The countdown to the introduction of new Caledonian Sleeper trains has begun with…

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UK: Trains could run on disused line for the first time in 60 years

By Daniel Clark, The Herald; January 17, 2018 Passenger trains could soon run on a rail line in Devon for…

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Britain’s biggest rail franchise gives poor value for money, says government watchdog

By Mark Ellis, Mirror; January 10, 2018 Britain’s biggest rail franchise has been branded the worst service over the last…

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UK: Passengers baffled after Stansted Express train ‘kills cow’

By Eleanor Rose, Evening Standard; January 12, 2018 Travellers were left baffled after their Stansted Express service ploughed into a…

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UK: Virgin Trains stops selling Daily Mail newspaper on trains

By DANICA KIRKA, Associated Press, Tri-City Herald; January 9, 2018 LONDON – Virgin Trains and the Daily Mail are sparring…

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UK: London Bridge station opens new platforms as redevelopment nears completion

By Alistair Smout, Staff, Reuters; January 2, 2018 LONDON (Reuters) – Five new platforms and a large concourse opened at…

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Scotland’s railways poised for greatest improvements since Victorian times

By Alastair Dalton, The Scotsman; December 30, 2017 Passengers will see the greatest improvements on Scotland’s railways in 2018 since…

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UK video: Trains to Nottingham delayed by horses running on the track

By Chris Breese, nottstv.com; December 27, 2017 Train services between Nottingham and London St Pancras were disrupted by a group…

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UK: Find out what happened when we learnt to drive an EMT train – sorry about the cow

By Shannyn Quinn, Senior Reporter, Derby Telegraph; December 26, 2017 For your information, driving a train is complex. Sitting in…

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UK: Reversing the 1960s Beeching rail cuts will help tackle the housing crisis, says Chris Grayling

By Christopher Hope, Chief Political Correspondent, The Telegraph; December 14, 2017 Plans to reopen rail lines by reversing the Beeching…

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Christmas train CHAOS: Station closures set to continue ‘worst year ever’ on UK railways

By Jon Coates, Sunday Express; December 10, 2017 The Christmas rip-off will see travellers using Southeastern services pay double the…

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UK: Stagecoach sees sensors as way to offer cut-price seats

From The Evening Standard; December 8, 2017 Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s days of sitting on the floor on packed Virgin…

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Righting wrong signals: learning from London’s Waterloo Station

By Ross Davies, Railway Technology; December 4, 2017 Hell hath no fury like a stranded commuter. Mark Carne, chairman of…

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Japan’s entry into Britain’s rail franchising

From Global Rail News; December 8, 2017 After 10 years of running the West Midlands franchise, London Midland will step…

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UK: The end of the quiet carriage? Train operator asks passengers to decide

By Telegraph Reporters, The Telegraph; December 5, 2017 It is a place of solitude for travellers seeking respite from rush…

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UK: New rail destinations for commuters to begin next spring from Cambridgeshire to London

From ITV News; December 4, 2017 For decades rail users travelling south from Cambridge and Peterborough have found Kings Cross…

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UK: ‘People felt cut off’: talk of reopening railway line sparks hope in Devon

By Steven Morris, The Guardian; December 1, 2017 Romantically minded railway enthusiasts in the West Country town of Okehampton dream…

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UK: Great Western franchise to be extended and possibly split

Written by Keith Barrow, International Railway Journal; November 29, 2017 BRITAIN’s Department for Transport (DfT) announced on November 29 that…

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UK rail routes axed under 1960s Beeching cuts could reopen to ease overcrowding

By Telegraph Reporters, The Telegraph; November 29, 2017 Rail lines closed during the notorious Beeching cuts of the 1960s could…

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Reality Check: When is a train on time?

From BBC News Asia; November 22, 2017 A Japanese railway company made headlines after it apologised for sending a train…

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UK: Huddersfield to Manchester train ‘so overcrowded’ that female passenger had a panic attack

By Susie Beever, The Huddersfield Daily Examiner; November 21, 2017 A busy commuter train was so overcrowded that one passenger…

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Six of the best video rail adverts from around the world.

From SmartRail World; November 17, 2017 For train operating companies, keeping the general public up to speed on changes to…

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