The South Devon Railway has launched a video to help increase awareness of its appeal. Just over a week since it was launched on Sunday, April 5, the latest updated figure for the South Devon Railway’s  ‘SOS – Save Our Steam’ – £500,000 funding appeal shows that over £31,000 has been

Companies in the UK have been given the green light by the Government to begin construction works for HS2. Following the decision to proceed with the high speed rail project earlier this year, HS2 Ltd has today issued a ‘Notice to proceed’ to the companies that will undertake construction on the

THE Government’s high speed line developer HS2 Ltd has been given permission by the Department for Transport to start the detailed design and construction of Phase 1 of the new railway between London and Birmingham. A Notice to Proceed has been issued to the four contractors. They are SCS Railways, Align

Network Rail worker to appear in tv documentary today A NETWORK RAIL worker from Morpeth will be appearing in a tv documentary today which explains how night workers make an essential contribution to the nation’s wellbeing, particularly at the moment. Rob Turnbull works on overhead lines, and today’s programme will show

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Train services restored after tree damage A FALLEN tree damaged the overhead power lines near Bescot Stadium in the West Midlands during the evening of Easter Sunday, causing all train services to be suspended between Walsall and Birmingham New Street, while only a limited rail service was possible between Walsall and

The era of risk-taking rail franchises appears to be over. In this week’s essay, Sim Harris tries to predict what will happen now. EVEN before the current emergency and the replacement of all franchises with management contracts for at least six months, transport secretary Grant Shapps had coined a new term

The Russian ‘U’ class 4-6-0 No. U127 that brought Lenin’s body back to Russia for his funeral. The loco is displayed in a small museum at Paveletsky station, Moscow. HARVEY SMITH A century ago this April, revolutionary politician Lenin embarked on a circuitous eight-day rail journey from Switzerland to Russia. Allan

Railway station teams are inviting the public to send in home-made pictures of rainbows to display at Bristol Temple Meads, Reading and London Paddington – in an effort to lift the mood of key worker commuters. The Railway Rainbows project is open to all ages and follows a similar initiative many

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