Childerns Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS) Has Marked Its 21st Birthday With a Party on Board a Special Scotrail Train

The train operator ran a one-off ‘CHAS Express’ return service between Glasgow Queen Street and Oban for a group of 60 children, family members and volunteers from Robin House hospice in Balloch.


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All Board The CHAS Birtday Train - Scot Rail

The train operator ran a one-off ‘CHAS Express’ return service between Glasgow Queen Street and Oban for a group of 60 children, family members and volunteers from Robin House hospice in Balloch.


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Eurostar announces new direct service between London and Amsterdam

Eurostar today announces that it has signed an agreement with the Dutch railways to launch direct services between London and Amsterdam from December 2016.


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Train companies Respond To Invitations To Tender

Responding to the publication of the initial invitations to tender for the Essex Thameside and combined Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern franchises, a spokesman for the Association of Train Operating Companies, said:


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Chiltern Railways still top for right time train punctuality

Chiltern Railways has been named top rail operator for right time train punctuality for the tenth period running, according to the latest research released on Friday by Network Rail.
 


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MTA Names Blue Ribbon Panel To Study Rail Safety

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) today announced that it has created a Blue Ribbon Panel of six distinguished railroad and transportation experts to examine the circumstances behind recent safety-related incidents at MTA Metro-North Railroad, MTA Long Island Rail Road and MTA New York City Transit. 


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Buses Replace Trains from Port Washington to Great Neck for Track Work Saturday, Sept. 21 from 12:41 AM to 6 PM

Bus and van service will replace trains between Port Washington Station and Great Neck Station on Saturday, September 21 following the departure of the 12:40 AM from Port Washington through 6 PM for track work.


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Governor Cuomo Announces MTA Increases MWBE Underwriters

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Board has increased the number and percentage of minority- and women-owned firms that will participate in the issuance of MTA bonds, 


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Bridge improvement works begin in Dinsdale

Over the next two weeks Network Rail engineers will use a crane to install a temporary footbridge which will give pedestrian and cycle access over the railway while the bridge next to the station is fully replaced.The bridge work is part of a £4.7m investment in the rail line between Teesport and the East Coast Main Line.


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FASTRACK Comes to the Upper West Side

This FASTRACK overnight closure from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m., on four consecutive weeknights beginning Monday, September 16 and ending early morning Friday, September 20, will be the first on Central Park West.


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Springfield Rail Safety Sessions On Track

Springfield students are on track for rail safety ahead of the opening of the Springfield line later this year, with Queensland Rail ramping up community education talks at local schools.


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Hidden tunnel beneath New Street platforms opens for first time in almost 10 years

A network of tunnels underneath Birmingham New Street station has been opened by Network Rail to allow West Midlands Fire Service to conduct a live training exercise.


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Union Pacific Railroad Invests $10 Million to Strengthen Minnesota's and Wisconsin's Transportation Infrastructures

Union Pacific Railroad will strengthen Minnesota’s and Wisconsin’s transportation infrastructures by investing $10 million in the rail line at various locations between St. Paul, Minn., and Humbird, Wis.

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Wales Government launches Stoptober

Stoptober, the campaign to encourage people to give up smoking for 28 days, is being launched for the first time in Wales this autumn. The campaign aims to get as many smokers as possible in Wales and England to take up the 28 day smoke free challenge,


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"Great Dome" Car Returns to Adirondack Service

Passengers riding the Amtrak Adirondack train north of Albany will once again have the unique opportunity to experience the spectacular view of New York State’s fall foliage season when the historic ‘Great Dome’rail car is making a special five-week return appearance through Oct. 29.


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Full rail services resume between Nottingham and Newark

Full passenger rail services have resumed between Newark and Nottingham this morning (Monday 9 September).
 

Services were part-suspended following the derailment of a freight train on Tuesday 27 August.

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30 August - Update on Newark - Nottingham rail services

Network Rail apologises to passengers on the Nottingham – Newark line. Train services on this route remain suspended following a freight train derailment on Tuesday morning The train involved has been removed and the track is being repaired. Ground conditions under the level crossing at Stoke Lane need to be stabilised and the crossing repaired before services can resume.

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Tropical storm Kong-Rey and rains kill 3 in Taiwan

Taiwan saw heavy rains killing three as destructive tropical storm Kong-Rey swept through the city on Friday according to government reports.
 
500 millimeters (19 inches) of rain on the heavily populated west coast were reported which caused widespread flooding.

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KiwiRail Achieves Forecast Operating Surplus Result as Growth Continues

Due to continued growth from the freight business KiwiRail is pleased to report that it has slightly exceeded its forecast result achieving an operating surplus of just over $108 million, compared to the expected range of $104 to $107 million. 

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Large Station Poetry Project is A Finalist at UK Awards

Poetry on the Platform is a finalist in the Community Art Schemes (Renewable and Smaller Projects) category at the 2013 Community Rail Awards.
 
Largs Poems and Pints began their Poetry on the Platform project in July 2012, 

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