The Branch Line Society is running The Salt and Pepper Shaker rail tour from Hastings to Goole on 19 July with a Hastings Diesel Electric Multiple Unit.
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HS2 donates 4,000 tonnes of ballast to Bluebell Railway to mark Railway 200 celebrations
HS2 is donating thousands of pieces of ballast to the Bluebell Railway in West Sussex as the rail industry unites to mark 200 years of rail travel. Some 4,000 tonnes of ballast – enough to fill an Olympic-size swimming pool – was used by HS2 in specially constructed sidings while tunnelling work was carried out […]
Trenitalia c2c equips all stations with life-saving defibrillators
Trenitalia c2c has fitted each of its 26 stations with life-saving, community-accessible defibrillators. The defibrillators have been installed at stations as part of a route-wide upgrade project, with the units accessible to both local communities and colleagues in case of emergency. Anybody can access and use the life-saving equipment at c2c stations, with the units […]
Uber and Gemini Trains announce cross-channel partnership
Uber has announced plans to bring its brand to cross-channel rail services through a new co-branding partnership with Gemini Trains. Gemini Trains is proposing new Channel Tunnel rail services, with plans to purchase 10 newly designedtrains, that will offer competitive fares on comfortable high-quality and frequent train servicesbetween the UK and continental Europe. Under the […]