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BLEAK OUTLOOK FOR WENTLOOG

CONCERNS HAVE been raised that the rail freight terminal at Wentloog,...

MASTS UP ON CHASE LINE

Electrification progress: in late July masts were erected around...

ABELLIO CONSORTIUM WINS WEST MIDLANDS DEAL

News Front A JOINT venture headed by Abellio will operate the...

First/MTR takes over South Western

Waterloo blockade: unit Nos 450093/110 arrive at the former Waterloo...

TRENITALIA PULLS OUT OF SOUTH EASTERN COMPETITION

TRENITALIA HAS withdrawn from the competition for the next South...

SOUTH WALES FREIGHT

Lady in red: No 60074 at the head of a long train of Murco tanks...

ELECTRIFICATION EXTENSIONS CANCELLED, FUTURE UNCERTAIN

As this column forecast in October 1995 – diesels rule the...

GO-AHEAD FOR BARKING RIVERSIDE EXTENSION

Thames-side destination: artist’s impression of the proposed...

Presidential Address, Neil Micklethwaite – Thursday 21 September

OUR NEW President for the 2017-18 session will be Neil Micklethwaite,...

CEMENT FLOW FOR THURROCK

Rail Freight COLAS RAIL Freight has secured a new flow of bulk...