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[Philip Haigh @philatrail]

Rail regulators at ORR have again rejected bids to run more trains from Euston to Blackpool (Avanti West Coast), Wrexham (WSMR) and Rochdale (Lumo) citing lack of capacity at southern end of West Coast Main Line. This was same reason for July 2025’s rejection.

[Rail Network @railnetwork]

Škoda Group to supply up to 25 high-capacity trams to Ostrava | Railway Gazette International https://t.co/VJAxJoBLJp

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Delft tramway extension to university opens with custom power feed to minimise electromagnetic interference | Railway Gazette International https://t.co/RfDOaq5rl5

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Thousands of UK retired rail staff have not been paid their pensions today. RPS website is overwhelmed and phones not being answered. What’s going on?

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@PaulCliftonBBC Six? As many as that?

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@philatrail Excellent 👏

[Philip Haigh @philatrail]

King’s Cross as Nigel Harris names GBRf 66312 after himself…

[Rail Network @railnetwork]

‘We keep moving, we keep restoring’, says Chief Executive of Ukraine’s national railway https://t.co/SpF4TtAD5j

[RAIB @raibgovuk]

We’re investigating the derailment of a passenger train after it struck a piece of redundant rail on a railway access point on the approach to Walton‑on‑Thames station on 4 March 2024 https://t.co/499KxKtGQg #Derailment #WaltonOnThames #Surrey

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@seatsixtyone Don’t forget to add the cost of getting to KX to the train fare also.

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@ltmuseum @siddyholloway @MrTimDunn Tim not lovely then?

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@PaulCliftonBBC @SW_Help No effort to arrange buses!

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@NetworkRailWssx @SW_Help What hit it then? Engineers discovered; or engineers caused?

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@steve220459 Scrap the tea cakes, focus on the wafers. My plan for recovery.❤️‍🩹

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@PaulCliftonBBC @networkrailwest @GWRHelp Deja vu anyone?

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@Mikeashworth12 @TurnipRail With a tunnel into the Beehive Terminal!

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@Captain_Deltic Respected TOC manager? Oxymoron?

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@BBCNews Common sense! About time.

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@RAF_Luton At last! Proper toilet facilities on new trains 👍