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Train services resume on the Isle of Wight after one-month suspension

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October 7, 2024
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Island Line train services on the Isle of Wight resumed on 7 October after engineers had completed a comprehensive programme of critical maintenance.

Vietnam wants to extend standard gauge China connection all the way down south

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October 7, 2024
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Vietnam is planning to extend the standard gauge rail connection to China all the way down to Ho Chi Minh City in the country’s south.…

Tesco keeps shifting to rail

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October 7, 2024
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British retail giant Tesco is continuing its modal shift initiative with the introduction of its tenth rail freight service in the United Kingdom. The new…

Yorkshire trains cancelled as Northern Powergrid make repairs

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October 7, 2024
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The line between Wakefield and Doncaster is currently closed as the electricity supply has been turned off. Northern Powergrid is currently attending to a site…

‘Let Me In’ Accessibility Programme visits Hampshire Railway

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October 7, 2024
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Visiting students share their views on how to make the heritage line more accessible for all

Tyne & Wear Poetry competition returns

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October 7, 2024
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On National Poetry Day, Nexus launch their annual poetry competition

Sixth Changing Places toilet on West Coast Main Line opened at Lancashire station

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October 7, 2024
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Lancaster is the latest railway station to benefit from an accessible toilet for disabled people, usually called a Changing Places toilet.

Charity installs bleed control kit at Norwich railway station

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October 6, 2024
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A local Norwich charity, the Joe Dix Foundation, has installed a bleed control kit at Greater Anglia’s Norwich station.

Contract to maintain and operate Docklands Light Railway awarded to KeolisAmey

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October 6, 2024
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A new eight-year contract to operate and maintain the Docklands Light Railway has been awarded by Transport for London (TfL) to KeolisAmey.

Dame Prue Leith hosts tasty testing menu at Newcastle

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October 6, 2024
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On 4 October at Newcastle Central station, Dame Prue Leith helped London North Eastern Railway challenge the concept of uninspiring food on trains.