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Scotland’s Railway offers a warm welcome to refugees from Ukraine

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Shannon Butcher

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23rd March 2022

Scotland’s Railway is playing its part to support refugees arriving in Scotland from war-torn Ukraine.
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No. 3440 City of Truro – ‘Ton-up Truro’: a reluctant legend?

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Robin Jones

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23rd March 2022

In 1904, Great Western Railway icon No. 3440 City of Truro could have been hailed as the fastest locomotive in the world after being clocked at 102.3mph…
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Charity railtour from Crewe to Windsor to mark Platinum Jubilee

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Sam Hewitt

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21st March 2022

The Railway Benefit Fund (RBF) have organised a charity railtour from Crewe to Windsor on June 3, supported by Locomotive Services Limited.
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National Railway Museum’s receives £2.5m in largest single donation

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Sam Hewitt

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21st March 2022

The National Railway Museum in York has received £2.5m from The Liz and Terry Bramall Foundation to fund a new interactive gallery for families called Wonderlab.
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SVR is latest line to cancel wartime events

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Robin Jones

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21st March 2022

The Severn Valley Railway has cancelled its two 1940s-themed weekends later this year in the light of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
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60007 joins SVR’s gala line-up

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Robin Jones

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21st March 2022

LNER Class A4 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley has been confirmed as the third guest locomotive at the Severn Valley Railway’s upcoming Spring Steam Gala.
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Delayed start to Mid-Norfolk services

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Robin Jones

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19th March 2022

Over-running engineering works have seen a delay to the planned start of passenger services on the Mid-Norfolk Railway.
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Gatwick Express returns for spring to support airport recovery

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Shannon Butcher

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18th March 2022

Gatwick Express will resume a non-stop service from Sunday 3 April to support the recovery of Gatwick Airport and the South East economy.
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E-tickets soar as Trainline continues Covid bounceback

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Shannon Butcher

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18th March 2022

The proportion of customers choosing to buy electronic train tickets has nearly doubled in the past two years, seller Trainline said as it slowly recovers from the pandemic.
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Looking both ways: When Robert Fairlie ‘Double Up’ Steam

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Robin Jones

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17th March 2022

The Ffestiniog Railway is famous as the only place in the world where the legendary double Fairlie articulated ‘back-to-back’ steam locomotives can be seen in action…
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