Linlithgow Station’s 167 year old photo

A new information panel has been installed at Linlithgow Station to record its claim to be the first station in the world to have been photographed. The…

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India’s rail network claims 15,000 lives each year

A government committee has said around 15,000 people die trying to cross railway tracks in India each year. The High Level Safety Review Committee said…

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Blackfriars Underground station reopens

Blackfriars Underground station reopened this morning to accommodate a 60% increase in footfall. The station has been completely rebuilt over the last…

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RMT confirms Heathrow Express strike

The RMT has confirmed a ‘wave’ of industrial action on the Heathrow Express in a row over a sacked driver member. The RMT said Zahid Majid…

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Railcare awarded snow clearing contract in Sweden

Railcare has signed a five year development contract for the delivery of snow clearing services to the Swedish Transport Authorities (Trafikverket) with…

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Network Rail bonus row ‘storm in a teacup’

An industry analyst today described the recent row about Network Rail bonuses as “a storm in a teacup and a great example of the dissemination of inaccurate…

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More rail freight services between Poland and the UK

DB Schenker Rail said it is introducing a second weekly service between Poland and the UK this September. The freight operator said it is also looking…

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New King’s Cross concourse to open in March

The new concourse at King’s Cross will be opened on 19 March, Network Rail said today. The redevelopment of the station started in 2007 and will…

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Network Rail bosses waive bonuses

Network Rail’s Chief Executive has said he won’t be receiving a bonus this year. Sir David Higgins said: “I and my directors decided…

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Dimboola to Rainbow rail line reopens

The reopening of the Dimboola to Rainbow line with the first grain train meant that up to 100,000 extra tonnes of Victorian grain would move annually by rail, Parliamentary Secretary for Transport Edward O’Donohue has said. Mr O’Donohue said that it was exciting to watch the first Pacific National grain train depart. “Under the previous...
22 Feb 2012 ⋅ by ⋅ in Rail Freight, Rail Projects ⋅ 0 Comments
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Construction begins on Orlando’s SunRail project

Construction of Orlando’s SunRail commuter rail project has officially begun after a ground breaking ceremony. Florida Department of Transportation Secretary Ananth Prasad, Congressman John Mica, Congresswoman Corinne Brown and Federal Transit Administration Regional Administrator Dr. Yvette Taylor joined local funding partners and several hundred supporters at the future home of the SunRail station in Altamonte...
22 Feb 2012 ⋅ by ⋅ in Featured USA Rail News, Rail News, Rail Projects ⋅ 0 Comments
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Network Rail to sell plant subsidiary

Network Rail Infrastructure Limited has announced it intends to sell its subsidiary,…

22 Feb 2012 ⋅ by ⋅ in Business, Rail News ⋅ 0 Comments
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  • 1845 Photograph of Linlithgow Station by David Octavius Hill.
  • Linlithgow Station. Photo: David Shirres.
  • John McGregor, John Yellowlees, John Aitken and Harry Knox commemorate the panel. Photo: ScotRail.

Linlithgow Station’s 167 year old photo

A new information panel has been installed at Linlithgow Station to record its…

22 Feb 2012 ⋅ by ⋅ in Featured Rail News, Heritage, Rail News, Stations ⋅ 0 Comments
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Record run for St Pancras

Proving that high speed railways are good for business, HS1 Ltd, owner of St Pancras International, is reporting all time high retail sales and footfall in the three weeks before Christmas 2011. Sales rose 20 per cent in the run up to Christmas compared with the same period last year. Footfall was up by 18 per...
22 Feb 2012 ⋅ by ⋅ in Business, Rail News, Stations ⋅ 0 Comments
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Royal Salute for Rail Britannia

HRH Prince Charles braved torrential rain at Wakefield Kirkgate station to rename 70000 Britannia. The locomotive had just hauled the Royal Train on which the prince, a keen supporter of railways, had travelled. Greeting the many local children who had turned out to see him, Prince Charles made his way along the platform with Pete...
22 Feb 2012 ⋅ by ⋅ in Heritage, People, Rail News ⋅ 0 Comments
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Square deal for King’s Cross

Plans to create a paved square with trees in front of King’s Cross station have been given the go ahead. The design, by architects Stanton Williams, will also reveal the Victorian Grade I listed station façade for the first time in 150 years. In place of the current 1970s concourse extension will be a 7,000...
22 Feb 2012 ⋅ by ⋅ in Featured RailStaff Rail News, Stations ⋅ 0 Comments
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Bike thrown onto rail tracks & hit by train

British Transport Police (BTP) officers are appealing for information after a train struck a mountain bike that had been deliberately thrown onto the railway…

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University launches innovative emergency planning degrees

A University campus will be transformed into an ‘emergency village’ to launch two innovative degrees, one of which focuses on dealing with major incidents…

22 Feb 2012 ⋅ by ⋅ in Events, Rail News ⋅ 0 Comments
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London 2012 security drill to take place

A major safety exercise to test the emergency service and Government response to a terrorist incident during the Olympic and Paralympics Games period will…

22 Feb 2012 ⋅ by ⋅ in Events, Rail News ⋅ 1 Comment
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