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ECML timetable headache • Demands on busy line make ditching the best option

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Pathing issues see NR ditch ECML December timetable

Few answers to ECML capacity crunch

Labour transport policy: passenger contracts in public ownership

Avanti/ASLEF deal leads to fewer cancellations

Elizabeth line ‘345s’ offer a lifeline for Derby Works

West Coast Railways runs ‘Jacobite’ with Mk 1 and Mk 2 combination

New ‘730s’ enter service on Birmingham’s Cross-City line

Bridge work shuts Chingford branch

Ince station to close for revamp

RIA argues for battery electrics to replace diesel trains

Flooding closes North Wales line

£35m to build new Waterbeach station

Safety digest over Totnes near-miss

Freight plans at Kellingley mine

Funding secured for new fleet of Belfast-Dublin tri-mode trains

TfN plan reiterates plea to preserve abandoned HS2 land

£150 million contract offer to maintain TfL’s East London Line route

New action from ASLEF to hit Bank Holiday services

Rebuilt Foynes line on track to receive traffic in early 2026

RMT rejects Network Rail’s 2024 pay offer

TfW makes timetable changes to reduce subsidies

Baildon line shut for cutting repairs

Support deal for Northern fleets

GA to recruit trainee drivers

Yarm Viaduct plaque cleared

Danes plan fully automated trains

Kettering wiring nearly complete

Trains return to Cumbrian line

Rail regulator seeks root and branch review of HS1

Balfour Beatty ‘20s’ run in new colours

NR under fire over Wareham crossover removal bid

Express access added to record-breaking Rail Live

Lukewarm response to union calls for Scottish freight operator

Three bridges plan to close GCR gap

NR welcomes non-executive directors

Signalling renewals key to Network Rail Scotland’s resilience plan

Sole-surviving Class 17 shares KESR celebrations

GBRf ‘99’ set for September unveiling at InnoTrans show

First Class 57/3 receives GBRf colour scheme

Preservation society to fit central door locking to Mk 1s

Le Shuttle receives a rebrand

Direct Rail Services sells its remaining Class 37s

Welcome main line return of a blue ‘Western’

50026 Indomitable targeted for main line running

ETCS trial ‘97’ sent for scrap

‘45’ overhauled for main line work

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West Somerset test runs confirm ‘Hymek’s’ fitness for service

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Transport for Wales expands its use of new fleets

‘Retro’ 37 on test run

Major progress on overhaul of pilot scheme Class 28

BR ‘large logo’ blue to be applied to Class 50s

Class 701 added to Waterloo turns

HS2 contracts imminent for track and depot construction

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