Day: 2 November 2023

Accessibility improvements planned for Lancashire railway station

Approval in principle has been granted to improve accessibility at Accrington railway…

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Book Review: Rails from Shrewsbury: A Pictorial Journey 1970s to 2012 by Peter J Green

4.3 out of 5This book continues Peter J Green’s series of books featuring railways at the end of the 20th and beginning of the 21st century. He has chosen an excellent selection of photographs that provide a good impression of services on the multiplicity of lines that radiate from Shrewsbury.

This book illustrates trains on lines around Shrewsbury from just after the…

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Video: Coventry Very Light Rail vehicle passes track test

The Coventry Very Light Rail (CVLR) project has successfully run a vehicle…

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CrossCountry and Alstom sign £825m contract extension

Alstom and CrossCountry have signed an eight year extension to its Train…

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British Transport Police ask for help after girl sexually assaulted in South London

British Transport Police officers are investigating a sexual assault on a girl…

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Loram Class 37 locomotive to haul tour to Blackpool this November

37418 An Comunn Gaidhealach has been secured by Vintage Trains to haul…

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