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Network Rail to sell plant subsidiary
Network Rail Infrastructure Limited has announced it intends to sell its subsidiary, Network Rail (NDS-Plant) Limited, only four months after setting it up. The NDS-Plant division was set up in November after Network Rail ‘rescued’ equipmen...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 photograph was taken in 1845 by David Octavius Hill. The panel also celebrates more recent addition...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 compar...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...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...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 line at Yate station, near Bristol, on Sunday 19 February. Sgt Cliff Parker, of BTP, said the ...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 on the transport network. More than 25 emergency vehicles, including a helicopter and a boat,...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 be begin today in central London. It is thought over 2,000 personnel will take part in the event ...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 be begin today in central London. It is thought over 2,000 personnel will take part in the event ...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 be begin today in central London. It is thought over 2,000 personnel will take part in the event ...
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