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Trials to see new Gatwick Airport train services launched

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April 2, 2026
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Great Western Railway says that it will be running new early morning services between Reading and Gatwick Airport. The new services will run on Saturday…

May comes in April for Suffolk railway

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April 1, 2026
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A Peckett 0-4-0 saddle tank has been delivered to The Mid-Suffolk Light Railway (the Middy) to operate services on the line this summer.

Harry Potter steam locomotive gives Essex railway a record-breaking weekend

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April 1, 2026
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The Epping Ongar Railway is celebrating a record-breaking start to the 2026 season featuring a special train called “Hogwarts Express Star”.

Another honour for The Greatest Gathering

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April 1, 2026
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The Greatest Gathering was honoured with an award in this year’s ‘The Peak District, Derbyshire & Derby Tourism Awards’.

LNER hits the mark with April Fools’ campaign

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April 1, 2026
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London North Eastern Railway (LNER) has drawn praise for its 2026 April Fools’ campaign, delivering a playful concept that blurred the line between fiction and reality. At the centre of the campaign was a professionally produced trailer for a reality television series titled ‘Above Rails’. Presented in the style of a modern streaming show, the […]

NOVANDI inaugurates rail link from Belgian Liège to Italy and Romania

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April 1, 2026
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The services position Liège as an origin and destination point for rail flows between Wallonia and Southern and Eastern Europe.

NOVANDI inaugurates rail link from Belgian Liège to Italy and Romania

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April 1, 2026
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The services position Liège as an origin and destination point for rail flows between Wallonia and Southern and Eastern Europe.

‘No trains to or from Germany’ as key overhead line fails

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April 1, 2026
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An emergency situation in Germany has led to a severe restriction in international traffic, reports rail freight operator METRANS. An overhead line failed on the…

Yorkshire trains set to be disrupted for 6 days

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April 1, 2026
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May Bank Holiday engineering works will affect rail services north of York

Clear gains from new panes at London Liverpool Street

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April 1, 2026
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Network Rail has finished replacing glazing panels as part of its major roof refurbishment project at Liverpool Street, bringing lighter and brighter journeys to Britain’s busiest station. The final cracked glass panels were replaced while the station was closed over five weekend days in March, with the main concourse becoming an exclusion zone so that […]