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- ScotRail caused 3 million minutes of delays to its own trains in nine yearsFigures highlighted by the Scottish Conservatives show how in the past nine years ScotRail has caused nearly three million minutes of delays to its own trains.
Birmingham Mail
- 'HS2 devastation makes our hearts sink into our boots,' says residentHS2 has stripped the Kenilworth Greenway bare of plants and trees making it a sight for sore eyes says local village residents' association chair Rona Taylor
Yorkshire Post
- How the Railway Heritage Trust is bringing forgotten parts of Yorkshire's old stations back to life for a new generation of travellersUntil World War Two, railway stations were almost like miniature towns, with a range of facilities serving passengers, from restaurants to waiting rooms to extensive ticket offices and parcel storage..
Leeds Live
- Transport chief says HS2 cannot be built from Leeds southwards - but admits it would 'probably have been sensible'Building the entire HS2 rail project from Leeds southwards would “probably have been sensible”, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps told Parliament - but the minister ruled out "chopping and changing" the current plan.
South Wales Argus
- Former Usk railway tunnel closed to publicA FORMER railway tunnel is Usk has been closed to public access after reports of bricks and debris falling from the ceiling.
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- Charity's £10k bid to bring historic Stamford steam locomotive back homeRocks by Rail is looking to buy a 1927 steam train that worked in local ironstone quarries
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