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Tickets available on Saphos Stock Positioning Moves next year

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December 22, 2025
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Saphos trains have announced that tickets will be made available to passengers to travel on ECS trains

Stadler secures order for 11 FLIRT trains from Poland

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December 22, 2025
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Stadler Polska has signed a contract with the Polish regional operator Koleje Mazowieckie (Masovian Railways) 11 more FLIRT electric multiple units.

Siemens to supply 61 battery-powered trains to German railway network

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December 22, 2025
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Siemens has secured an order from Germany for 61 Mireo Plus B battery-powered trains for use on the Northern Westphalia Network.

Steam locomotive 60532 Blue Peter set for February tour

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December 22, 2025
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Saphos Trains is to run a ‘Cumbrian Mountaineer’ rail tour on Thursday 12 February next year.

Torrent of mud slips across Welsh heritage railway

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December 21, 2025
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Persistent heavy rain has caused a landslip near Tryfan Junction on the Welsh Highland Railway. The lanslip is around 4.5 miles away from Caernarfon in…

Purpose-built accommodation opens in Lincoln for East Midlands Railway staff

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December 21, 2025
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East Midlands Railway and Transport UK has opened new purpose-built staff accommodation for its train crew and drivers based at Lincoln.

North Cambridgeshire’s Hereward Line hosts Poetry Train celebrating Railway 200 and the Fens

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December 21, 2025
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The Hereward Community Rail Partnership (HCRP) has held what Greater Anglia describes as a “unique cultural event” involving poetry on a train.

TRAMLINK trams enter passenger service in Potsdam

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December 21, 2025
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Yesterday (Thursday 18 December), the first two TRAMLINK trams supplied by Stadler entered regular service in Potsdam, the historic capital of the state Brandenburg, near Berlin in Germany.

Alstom secures £1bn contract to build trains for new Australian suburban railway

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December 21, 2025
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Alstom has been awarded a €1 (1.8 billion Australian dollars) contract as part of a consortium to build a new railway line in Melbourne, Australia.

Vintage Trains announces range of tours with Flying Scotsman

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December 21, 2025
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Vintage Trains has announced a range of tours featuring Flying Scotsman next year. The tour operator says that this will be the first time ever…