Thousands of pounds' worth of precious tools, handed down through generations of rail workers, have been lost in a fire at the Swindon and Cricklade Railway (SCR) in the south-west of England. The...
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A report on investigations following a fire on a freight shuttle train in the Channel Tunnel on 11 September 2008 has been released jointly by the UK Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) and...
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Infrastructure maintenance work will cause massive disruptions to UK train schedules over the Christmas period, when many people travel across the country visiting family and friends. Passengers...
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Train services in Scotland were badly dislocated during the abnormally miserable weather in the first week of December. For several days, no trains at all ran north of Glasgow and Edinburgh. Heavy...
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Passenger services across Surrey returned to normal on 5 December, following the recent severe weather. Both opewrating companies Southern Railways and South West Trains ran their usual Sunday...
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Most trains in the East Midlands of England were back on schedule by 5 December, after a week of severe winter weather. Normal service resumed on the main-line between Sheffield and London, also...
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Snow storms in southern Britain on 30 November led Eurostar to cancel six trains through the Channel Tunnel, less than a year after the failure of locomotives in a blizzard led the company's chief...
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On 1 December, delays and cancellations affected trains operating out of London Victoria and Charing Cross due to freezing conditions. Overnight three South-eastern trains were stuck for up to five...
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The Bodmin and Wenford Steam Railway in Cornwall is closed following severe flooding. Tons of ballast were reportedly washed away and holes as dep as 2.4 metres were gouged out. The line between...
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On 4 April 2008, as the 17:06 Cheriton to Coquelles passenger shuttle departed from the UK terminal of the Channel Tunnel rail system, a road coach moved within the rail vehicle on which it was being...
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