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Birmingham New Street station all set for digital signalling system
Over 230 miles of cabling have been laid over the last 15 months and will link 64 new LED colour light signals for Birmingham New Street
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Book Review: The London and North Western Railway by Neil Smith
London and North Western Railway - Articles from the Railway Magazine Archives. DEALS Amazon £ VIEW Published in May 2021, this book
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WATCH: First train runs over new 92-metre bridge in Birmingham
On Monday, 23rd May, the Midlands’ newest and longest railway bridge became fully functional after carrying its first freight train. The bridge
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Sports Direct Birmingham – can the new flagship really elevate the brand?
At the start of the month, Sports Direct opened the doors to its new £10 million, 60,000 sq ft flagship store on Birmingham’s New Street. The move
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Brighter Journeys campaign brings life and joy to railway stations
During Mental Health Awareness Week, the railway industry will seek to make people smile and encourage help-seeking behaviour through a “Brighter
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In pictures: Sports Direct’s new £10m Birmingham flagship store
// Sports Direct opens its brand new flagship store in the heart of Birmingham, investing £10m in the UK high street // Specialist areas within the
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West Coast main line Passengers advised to ‘travel either side’ of Bank Holiday
Network Rail urges passengers planning to travel to or from London Euston and Scotland over the early May bank holiday to travel either side of the
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Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, Network Rail prepares for an extra 1 million passengers
The massive summer sporting event has seen Network Rail teams hard at work in preparation for the increase in visitors and getting the railway in its
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Easter rail upgrades completed between London Euston, the Midlands, North West and Scotland
An array of essential upgrade work was carried out between Friday the 15th and Tuesday the 19th of April and saw Network Rail teams undertake the
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Over one million half-price rail tickets on offer!
The Government and rail industry have launched Britain’s biggest-ever rail sale with savings of up to 50% on the cost of train tickets. Over one
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Network Rail invests an extra £2m in a bid to freshen up the railway for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Year
The additional £2m will see a heavy focus on the removal of graffiti which is a blight on the networks infrastructure. The funding has been issued
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Manchester to Stratford Steam train to run this Saturday
Steam locomotive 45690 Leander will be back in steam on the mainline and will visit Manchester and Stafford this Saturday, 9th April 2022. The
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Racegoers heading to the Cheltenham Festival by train, are getting tips to get their journey off to a winning start.
The world-renowned Cheltenham Festival runs from Tuesday the 15th to Friday the 19th of March 2022. Thousands of racegoers will be making their way
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Major Midlands rail route sees track and drainage upgrades completed
Vital work to improve journeys for passengers and freight for a major route into Birmingham is now complete. The work was carried out from the 19th
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GWR steam locomotive takes to the tracks in Birmingham and Bristol this Saturday
Steam locomotive 7029 Clun Castle will be back in steam on the mainline on Saturday 5th March 2022 The GWR Castle locomotive is hauling an excursion