Tag: Crewe

EMR warns of substantial and widespread disruption due to further rail strikes

The rail operator is warning customers that strike action on the 2nd…

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Steam locomotive 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley to return to Cheshire today after temporary fix

The Sir Nigel Gresley Locomotive Trust has released a statement after 60007…

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Timetable changes from December on West Midlands Railway

West Midlands Railway increasing Birmingham-Liverpool services from 10 December with faster links…

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Extra East Midlands Railway Regional services from December timetable

From 10 December, East Midlands Railway will increase some regional services and…

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Public sees the big picture of Crewe’s railway heritage

Crewe has long been synonymous with railways and a new mural has…

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Businesses in every UK region share £11.5bn of HS2 contract awards

HS2 has today published new data on the value of contracts it…

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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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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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TSSA union slams “shambolic” Avanti cuts

The Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA) trade union has called Avanti West…

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