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Man dies after fall from tram in West Melbourne

Bardy Bigglesworth
October 24, 2025
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He was taken to hospital where he later died.

Testing time for out shopped N460 VS wind squalls causes tree debris on the line & stuffed peak hour services

Snuffle Nose
October 24, 2025
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N450 is put through her paces in bad weather and a fallen tree obstructs tracks stuffing up the evening peck services!

Passenger trains to return to Oxfordshire branch line as funding announced

Guest authors
October 24, 2025
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Funding for the much-anticipated return of the trains to the Cowley Branch Line has been confirmed today. Oxford passengers will benefit from the reopening of…

Class 56 locomotives set for South Devon Railway gala

Guest authors
October 24, 2025
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The South Devon Railway has announced that two Class 56 locomotives will be visiting for their upcoming diesel gala. Class 56s 56045 and 56103 will…

Hitachi Rail to deliver technical support for Bulgaria’s signalling systems

gobstopper
October 23, 2025
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Hitachi Rail has agreed to deliver technical assistance and specialist support to Alokor EAD for the ongoing maintenance of signallingThe post Hitachi Rail to deliver technical support for Bulgaria’s signalling systems appeared first on Railway Technol…

Hitachi Rail to deliver technical support for Bulgaria’s signalling systems

gobstopper
October 23, 2025
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Scotland’s Stevenston level crossing to close for November weekend for upgrade work

Guest authors
October 23, 2025
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Network Rail is advising passengers that Stevenston level crossing in North Ayrshire will close for the weekend 8-10 November while it carries out work to upgrade the crossing’s road barriers.

Northern sees record demand with over 8 million journeys in a month

Guest authors
October 23, 2025
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Northern has recorded its busiest month of customer travel since before the pandemic, with more than 8.1 million journeys made across its network between 14 September and 11 October 2025. The figure marks an 8.3% increase compared to the same period last year, and is the highest number of journeys in a four-week window since […]

European Commission intends to drop amendments to Combined Transport Directive

Marco Raimondi
October 23, 2025
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The European Commission (EC) said it intends to withdraw amendments to the Combined Transport Directive, one of the pillars of the Greening Freight Package. “We…

WATCH: 1981 film of Tyne and Wear Metro discovered on eBay

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October 23, 2025
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A rare six-minute video film of the Tyne and Wear Metro in its first year of operations in 1981 has been discovered for sale on eBay.