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Modern Railways April 2021 issue: video podcast

A video preview of the April 2021 issue of Modern Railways, hosted by 'Pan Up' columnist Ian Walmsley with contributions from Editor Philip Sherratt and Industry and Technology Editor Roger Ford.

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HOPWOOD HOPES FOR FURTHER ELECTRIFICATION

THERE IS still a case for electrification to Swansea and Bristol...

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TRANS-BRITAIN SCHEME COULD BE NPR ALTERNATIVE

AN ALTERNATIVE to the current HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail...

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£66 MILLION FUNDING FOR HEADBOLT LANE

£66 MILLION from the Transforming Cities Fund has been allocated...

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A FUNNY OLD YEAR

Welcome As I write this, it is almost exactly one year...

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Soon will the hatchet man come

A RECENT recruitment advertisement from the Department for Transport...

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Boring the Chiltern Tunnels

Work on longest tunnels set to begin HS2’s first two...

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UP TO FIVE MORE YEARS FOR NORTHERN

THE CONTRACT for the Department for Transport’s Operator of...

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HANDFORTH TO BE WALES & WESTERN MD

MICHELLE HANDFORTH will join Network Rail this summer as Regional...

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