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Hamster and prosthetic leg among lost items on Northern trains

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January 8, 2025
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Over the last 2½ years, passengers on trains operated by Northern have lost, mislaid, or forgotten more than 32,600 items of personal possessions.

Witness appeal launched after incident at West London railway station

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January 8, 2025
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The Rail Accident Investigation Branch is appealing for information about a passenger’s hand being trapped in a train’s doors at Ealing Broadway.

One year of DB InfraGO, but rail freight sees no improvement

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January 7, 2025
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On 1 January 2024, the former DB Netz and DB Station & Service merged into what is now known as DB InfraGO. At the time,…

SNCF Réseau adapts freight train schedules to medicine delivery

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January 7, 2025
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An agreement has been signed between Rouen University Hospital (RUH) and the Normandy branch of France’s rail network manager, SNCF Réseau, to secure the delivery…

MBE for Bahamas Locomotive Society Trustee

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January 7, 2025
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Trustee receives MBE as part of the Kings New Year’s Honours

A financial boost and setback for rail in Uzbekistan

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January 7, 2025
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The financial situation for freight transportation in Uzbekistan is shifting its balance. Uzbek Railways recently acquired the right to more freely determine its own service…

HS1 ordered to lower fees on line to Channel Tunnel

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January 7, 2025
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The UK’s Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has ordered HS1, which connects London St Pancras to the Channel Tunnel, to lower its charges from…

100 heritage railway volunteers launch Railway 200 at the Severn Valley Railway

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January 7, 2025
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Railway 200 was launched when 100 heritage railway volunteers met at the Severn Valley Railway on 5 January for a Railway 200 Get Together.

Britain’s railway town goes digital

Simon Walton
January 7, 2025
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The digital dawning at Crewe means the end of service for some venerable icons of the railway network. The inexorable march of digital technology has…

Britain’s railway town goes digital

Simon Walton
January 7, 2025
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The digital dawning at Crewe means the end of service for some venerable icons of the railway network. The inexorable march of digital technology has…