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NR launches Reading-Paddington recovery operation

The passenger perspective

Western Region woes

Draft bill sets out track and train integration strategy

Merriman and Morgan debate rail reform plans

Metrolink plans track renewals

ECML closures in the North East

Northern trials sign language on trains

Joyner departs CrossCountry

HS2 generates record investment in the West Midlands

High Speed 2 puts tunnel boring machine Emily to work

Bridge over M6-M42 motorway link pushed into place

Former service personnel invited to seek HS2 roles

Florence completes Chiltern tunnel

Go-ahead for Calvert maintenance depot

RIA: long-term strategy could double passenger numbers

Bedford residents back East West Rail

Southern revises Coastway service

GWR ‘230’ sets UK battery record

Dawlish ten years on: more required to ensure network resilience

Wales runs Britain’s final domestic coal train

News In Brief

TfL prioritises London West Orbital for 2032

Elizabeth line extension plans

Councils: lack of investment puts Bakerloo Line at serious “risk of failure”

Current operator in four-way fight for lucrative Elizabeth line contract

Feltham signalling upgrade complete

Final days in operation for Cornwall’s semaphore signals

New micro-brewery at Henley station

AWC to yield direct Shrewsbury-London trains to WSMR

LNER feels the impact of strike action at Hitachi and by drivers

Football specials bring Class 86s to the WCML

New maintenance depot at Shipley

Countdown clock for Levenmouth

Sollitt teams up with TRU West

Lumo in talks on Glasgow services

Companies invited to bid for HS2 Interchange light rail contract

Repairs shut West Highland Line

18-month ban for criminal behaviour

£30m for West Midlands station

‘Lots’ of Castle nameplates

Train services halted by landslips and fallen trees

ETCS in place on ECML’s Welwyn to Hitchin section

Repairs shut Keadby Bridge

Lionesses lead new London Overground route names

West Midlands confirms go-ahead for rail schemes

New platform boosts capacity at Castleford

RMT campaigns against Network Rail maintenance plans

Council suggests Spa Valley service

Wartime bomb shuts GWR route

TfW ‘197s’ start Maesteg running

Class 08’s conversion to hybrid nears completion

More power cars readied for export

Six Class 14s now lined up for 60th anniversary

Europhoenix prepares ‘37s’ for return

Class 31s move to Ruddington

Freightliner Class 70 booked to carry passengers at SVR diesel gala

Five Avanti West Coast Class 805s now accepted for service

Deltic and ‘31’ to line up for GCR

GB Railfreight hires ‘59’ to Colas

Class 503 electric unit looks destined for scrapyard

Abandoned Shark finally...