UK: ‘Cowley branch line should be reopened to passengers’ – report

By Nathan Briant, Local Government Reporter, Oxford Mail; November 18, 2017 RAIL passengers should be travelling on the revived Cowley…

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UK: ‘It’s not totally useless!’ Southern Rail passenger shares ingenious train hack for opening BEER BOTTLES in the carriage (and fed up commuters love it)

By Imogen Blake, Daily Mail; November 15, 2017 Southern Rail is one of the most maligned railway lines in the…

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Last leg of Beijing-London link: Gebze-Halkalı railway in Turkey to start operating in December 2018

From DAILY SABAH WITH WIRES; November 13, 2017 Turkey’s Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications Minister Ahmet Arslan has said that…

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London Overground celebrates ten years of transforming rail travel in the capital

By Martin Hoscik, MayorWatch; November 10, 2017 A new map showcasing popular attractions and destinations accessible via the London Overground…

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Europe: BOMBSHELL TEXTS – Eurostar is texting passengers warning them not to bring BOMBS on trains around Remembrance Day

By Caroline McGuire, Digital Travel Editor, The Sun; November 10, 2017 BRITS travelling on Eurostar in the near future have…

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The Best European Train Trips

By CNT Editors, Conde Nast Traveler; November 8, 2017 When you factor in security screenings, cramped seats, and armrest wars,…

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UK: Train passengers anger on nightmare seven-hour journey from Hull to London

By Jenna Thompson, Hull Daily Mail; November 6, 2017 Train passengers have spoken of their anger after a “nightmare” seven-hour…

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The ghost trains of northern England that refuse to die

By Godfrey Holmes, Independent; November 1, 2017 Some folk arrive at a railway station crestfallen to find their train’s been…

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Scotland could welcome back train building for first time in decades

By Alastair Dalton, The Scotsman; October 27, 2017 Train building could return to Scotland for the first time in decades…

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UK: New calls to open train line in north Bristol which suffers from ‘very poor transport’

By Alex Ballinger, Bristol Post; October 25, 2017 A renewed call has been made to open a rail line in…

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Scotland: Electric train runs on Edinburgh-Glasgow mainline for first time

By Chris McCall, The Scotsman; October 19, 2017 The long-awaited redevelopment of Scotland’s busiest railway took a significant step towards…

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UK: Great Western Railway takes intercity express trains out of service after PR fiasco

By Steven Morris, The Guardian, October 19, 2017 The much-heralded intercity express train has been temporarily taken out of passenger…

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UK: Parents’ anger as children pictured ‘crammed’ onto trains on their way home from school

By Tom Houghton, Wales Online; October 20, 2017 Parents have voiced their anger after a photo emerged showing Valleys schoolchildren…

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UK: Swanage-Wareham rail line reconnection ‘a success’

From BBC News; October 18, 2017 The first regular passenger train services to run between the mainline and a Dorset…

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UK: London Overground is experimenting with telling passengers which bits of the next train is busiest

By Jonn Elledge, City Metric; October 17, 2017 One of the most fun things to do, for those who enjoy…

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UK Transport Secretary Chris Grayling stuck on flagship train delayed on its first outing

By Nicola Bartlett, The Mirror; October 16, 2017 A new fleet of high-speed trains was hailed by Chris Grayling, the…

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Record levels of private investment in UK rail

By Andy Roden, Rail Magazine; October 13, 2017 Private companies invested a total of £925 million in Britain’s rail network…

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UK: Take a sneak peek inside the new high-tech trains coming to Cambridge

By Adam Care and James Laybourn, Cambridge News; October 11, 2017 It feels more like a London tube train than…

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UK: Final flush in 2019 for railroad passenger car direct-dump-onto-the-tracks toilets

No more platform No 2s: train toilets to stop emptying on to tracks By Gwyn Topham, Transport Correspondent, The Guardian;…

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Scotland: ‘Ditch the Dutch’ video calls for full nationalisation of Scotland’s railways is ‘off track’

By Martin Williams, Senior News Reporter, The Herald; October 9, 2017 CALLS for Scotland‘s railways to be brought under “full…

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London: What went wrong during the Waterloo station upgrades?

By Nigel Wordsworth, Rail Engineer; October 6, 2017 London Waterloo station was recently the subject of a 24-day partial blockade…

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Iowa Pacific in the UK: Popular Weardale Railway festive train ride The Polar Express replaced as company settles $3m legal dispute over royalties

By Katie MacFarlane, Reporter, The Northern Echo; October 3, 2017 A HERITAGE railway which became embroiled in a $3m legal…

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