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North Wales bakery celebrates a decade serving the West Coast Main Line

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January 4, 2026
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North Wales catering company The Pudding Compartment is marking a decade of serving passengers on the West Coast Main Line.

12 Days of Christmas – Day 10 – What was the top tour?

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January 4, 2026
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It’s Day 10 of our 12 Days of Christmas, where we look back at some stats and highlights of 2025, as we prepare for another…

Alstom secures order from Ireland for 20 X’trapolis trains

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January 4, 2026
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Alstom has secured a contract from Irish Rail for 20 X’trapolis five-carriage train sets for use in the Greater Dublin Area.

LNER commissions a poem to celebrate S&DR200

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January 3, 2026
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London North Eastern Railway (LNER) has commissioned a poem to celebrate the bicentenary of the Stockton & Darlington Railway (S&DR).

12 Days of Christmas – Day 9 – How many Light Engine Movements

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January 3, 2026
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It’s Day 9 of our 12 Days of Christmas, where we look back at some stats and highlights of 2025, as we prepare for another…

Devon steam railway set for TV appearance

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January 3, 2026
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The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway is to feature in a new Channel 4 television series ‘Britain’s Favourite Railway Stations’, starting on 8th January.

Llangollen Railway volunteer retires after decades of service

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January 2, 2026
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One of the Llangollen and Corwen Railway’s most respected and long-serving volunteers has retired after decades of service to the railway.

Christmas progress for key HS2 viaducts

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January 2, 2026
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The construction of one of the most complicated parts of the HS2 project took a step forward over the Christmas break, with the completion of two key viaduct spans over the existing railway near Water Orton in Warwickshire. The spans form a small part of the Delta junction – a huge triangular intersection being built […]

‘Syria to prioritise restoring rail link to Türkiye’

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January 2, 2026
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Syria has reportedly started the reconstruction of its rail network in cooperation with Türkiye and Iraq. A number of high-importance projects are on the to-do…

PKP Cargo finalises sale of Cargotor to PLK for 6,8 million euros

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January 2, 2026
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Cargotor, the member of Polish state-owned PKP Group which manages the infrastructure and terminal at the Małaszewicze border crossing, will move from PKP Cargo to…