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EXTENDED CONTENT: Lumo train close to overturning at Peterborough

Likely wheels lifted off rails, says RAIB probe

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Waterloo celebrates 175 years

Famous station set for future upgrades

Updated: Mass ticket office closures proposed – full details

Major stations could lose facilities in cull

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WMT targets autumn debut for ‘730s’

New EMUs to start from Euston

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PAC slams Government approach to HS2 Euston station

Costs, policy and purpose under scrutiny

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Enfield crash driver tested positive for drugs

Fatigue also a factor in buffer stop collision

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Consultation opens on mass ticket office closures

Major stations to lose facilities in cull

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First steel beams arrive for Wendover viaduct

Push launch of deck to take place this year

Arriva wins London Overground extension

Passenger numbers near 90% of pre-pandemic levels

GBRf signs Caledonian Sleeper deal

Class 99s possible future traction

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