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- Disruption as ScotRail conductors go on strikeRMT union members are to hold strike days every Sunday until 2 May, in an overtime payments dispute.
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- Sadiq Khan promises 4G on Tube if he wins London electionMayor links plan to connect Underground to broader efforts to improve telecoms in capital
Bristol Live
- Bristol Temple Meads train passengers face summer disruptionVital upgrades to track dating back nearly half a century planned at major rail junction
Other Regional Press
- Warning to set aside land for Witney railway linkA group campaigning for a new railway link between Oxford and Witney has warned its future could be in jeopardy if land is not set aside for new stations.
- EXCLUSIVE: Fife’s concessionary rail travel scheme set to be axedFife’s historic concessionary rail travel scheme, which entitles eligible users to discounted journeys, could soon be coming to an end, it has emerged.
- 'The UK's most dangerous abandoned tunnel' on Teesside's doorstep - and it's not hard to see whyYoutube explorers Paul and Rebecca Whitewick explored two of the deserted structures not used in decades
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- Crossrail | Another West London station transformed ahead of Elizabeth line openingThe transformation of West Ealing station in West London has been completed ahead of the Elizabeth line opening.
- Bristol Temple Meads station roof restoration beginsBristol Temple Meads station took on a temporary new look this weekend following the installation of scaffolding towers ready for its roof restoration this spring.
Rail Advent
- PHOTOS: Porterbrook donates Pacer train to Bradford schoolPorterbrook has confirmed to RailAdvent that they have donated an Ex-Northern Pacer train to Fagley Primary School in Bradford.
Other News Sources
- Long-running campaign for Burscough Curves could get funding boostA long-running campaign to reconnect the Southport to Manchester railway line with the track running between Preston and Ormskirk could be set for a funding boost.
- West Coast main line: Pioneering tests carried out on overhead power cables on railway in CheshirePIONEERING tests of almost 800 miles of high-voltage overhead electric cables which power trains have shown they are in great condition on key North West rail routes.
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