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Fleet
Type 5s star on charity charter
Five Type 5 freight locomotives from GB Railfreight and Cappagh starred on a Branch Line Society charter from Derby to Hove and back on August 3.
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News
Rail unions call for removal of profit motive
Britain’s trade union movement has called on the Labour government to expand publicly-owned freight operations and end the “profiteering” of rolling stock ownership companies.
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Charity charter celebrates Drax’s 50th anniversary
A series of charter trains ran over two days on August 17/18, raising more than £30,000 for charity to commemorate 50 years of Drax Power Station.
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News
Prize donors for Railway Children charity auction
Businesses invited to donate prizes to the Railway Ball Auction, in support of the Railway Children charity.
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News
Something for everyone on LSL North-West charter
Locomotive Services Limited, through its InterCity brand, ran the first muti-traction tour using all preserved former BR heritage locomotives on August 10.
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News
Class 08s and ‘09’ on the move
Preserved 08888 has gone on hire at Wolverton Works, replacing 09009.
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News
HS2 marks completion of UK's largest rail bridge
A historic milestone has been reached in the ongoing construction of HS2. On September 5, contractors working on the Colne Valley viaduct in South Hertfordshire successfully lowered the final deck segment into place, solidifying its position as the longest rail bridge in the United Kingdom.
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News
GTR offers in-app season tickets
New apps from Govia Thameslink Railway now allow commuters to buy and store season tickets on their smartphones for Great Northern, Southern, Thameslink and Gatwick Express services.
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News
AV Dawson buys freight yard as Network Rail sells land packages
Port of Middlesbrough owner and operator AV Dawson has been granted clearance to take ownership of the railway goods yard.
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Opinion
Analysis: will nationalisation best serve rail passengers?
Nationalisation is Labour’s special word for change in the way Britain’s railways are run, but what will it really mean? Howard Johnston investigates.
