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Six-year ‘fleet recovery’ plan to address cracking issues

ORR to work with Hitachi Rail and partners on permanent solution after making several recommendations

NR completes big Easter programme

A LARGE programme of repairs, renewals and upgrades

Crack-affected West Midlands Metro service to restart by ‘end of May’

WEST Midlands Metro operator Midland Metro Ltd (MML)

Ukrainian railways feel the force of Russian attacks

Railways in the east are targeted as repairs get underway to keep the railways running

Great Musgrave planning decision awaited

A TARGET date of May 27 has been

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Report into WCML speeding incidents THE Rail Accident

OBITUARY

Jim Wrinn JIM Wrinn, editor of Trains magazine

Brigg Line services suspended indefinitely

Staff shortages and the after-effects of Covid are the reasons given

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Ukraine aid train UK Rail for Ukraine, a

Pendennis Castle returns to action at Didcot

Iconic steam loco with links to The RM is back in traffic after almost 30 years

First refurbished ‘Pendolino’ back in traffic

AVANTI West Coast’s No. 390125 has become the

Merseyrail returns to pre-Covid service

MERSEYRAIL has announced many of its routes will

Lifetime Achievement Award for NNR chair

EAST COAST YANKEES: Filming took place at King’s

YOUR CHANCE TO OWN A UNIQUE PIECE OF RAILWAY HISTORY AND HELP RAILWAY GOOD CAUSES!

EASTERN Rail Services (ERS) is offering readers the

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Plans for 50 new stations in Scotland THINK

Deals announced in build-up to GBR

The Government has announced a half-price fare offer, further funding for innovation, and a new management contract for the Govia network

New support for rail innovation fund

THE Government is continuing its ‘First of a

Govia gets National Rail Contract with TPE expected to follow

THE Department for Transport has affirmed its policy

Final design unveiled for Thame Valley viaduct

Plans to construct it ‘like a giant Lego set’ will cut carbon footprint

Design for Chiltern Tunnel northern portals revealed

IMAGES have been released showing the intended look

MP claims the Golborne Spur plan will be scrapped

BASE SLAB FINISHED: The base slab for an

YEARS APART… 40013 ANDANIA

Same locomotive, same location, but taken with a gap of 39 years in between!

The Brontës,

Bob Gwynne, associate curator at the National R ailway Museum, describes how the lives of the famous literary family the Brontës was intertwined with the pioneering days of the railway network, with their journeys providing a touchstone of what rail travel was like in those early days

WHICH WAY FROM HEATHROW?

World Record Officially the world’s longest-running railway series, established in 1901

CENTIPEDES, SHARKNOSES AND THE END OF BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS

CLASSIC AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVES

THE FLEET AHEAD OF ITS TIME

A plan in the final years of British Rail to sell off the Class 25/9 f leet to an independent operator came tantalisingly close to fruition, but ultimately proved to be just a few years ahead of its time. Former BR freight manager Mike Jones describes the benefits it would have offered to rail, but how ultimately it was killed off by accountants

Nine locos for Cotswold Festival of Steam!

Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway gala to remember Somerset & Dorset Railway with intensive service and a host of attractions

Cambrian trains now serve a brewery!

Microbrewery proves a key attraction as Cambrian Heritage Railways opens its extension from Oswestry to Weston Wharf

Key milestone reached for Great Central reunification project

Green light for work to start on new bridge for ‘missing link’ northwards

Grant boosts iron ore wagon project

Tippler rake to be re-created at Pitsford & Brampton

Dereham Toad refreshed

No. 17438 inside the shed at Dereham on

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Hunslet side tank conversions in multiple

Quainton and Didcot both make progress on 0-6-0 rebuild projects

‘Austerities’ on the move as summer hires begin

THE start of the summer operating season has

Steam Portfolio Track Record

THE WELSH CONNECTION: In this delightfully composed scene,

Remembering the last days of Penrhyn steam at Stat fold opener

Working fleet included 13 in steam plus a diesel railcar and an electric tram!

Loco to haul its first public trains in 20 years at Rudyard

Lady Jane Gray to operate on Staffordshire line for 2022 season

Grant helps fund 1245 restoration

Glazing and painting are among jobs to complete on Glasgow tram

Visiting diesels for North Norfolk gala

Intensive service booked to feature Classes 08, 20, 25, 31, 37 and 101

Classic Traction Portfolio

MIDLAND MAGNIFICENCE: A Midland loco in a Midland

RCS cancels ‘Staycation Express’ 2022 season

Could regular HST excursions run on the Central Wales Line in 2023?

Coventry’s expanded £82m station opens

Popular station now offers significantly enhanced facilities

DCRail trials china clay by-product train

Working is second recent test run from Hackney Yard

Multi-million pound Supertram investment confirmed

Sheffield system revamp and other light rail plans to benefit from DfT cash

‘Dual fuel’ concepts released for existing diesel traction

SBL-Rail and G-volution put forward conversion proposals for three classes of locomotive

Turning out the tables: Hitachi boosts UK supplier

West Midlands business to supply furnishings for ‘Aurora’ Fleet

WAGON REPORT

THE USA’s Southern Pacific Railroad originated the TOPS

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Rail requirement for road route upgrade

Road report recommends the introduction of hourly direct rail services between Limerick and Cork

Tehachapi Loop visitor facilities upgraded

Californian spiral gains a viewing area, allowing lengthy freight trains to be better observed by members of the public