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Táilte railtour to mark Ireland’s Great South Railway centenary

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Transport for Wales passengers

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Transport for Wales passenger numbers up by 27%

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A group trialling the Aira app at Sutton station. // Credit: Govia Thameslink Railway

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Smartphone app will provide guidance for visually impaired customers around railway stations

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Santa waving at passengers on a Welsh Highland Railway train

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Festive specials for Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railways announced

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GWR Train

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Devon railway line reopens after points failure

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Three 95 tonne piling rigs start foundations work

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Foundations work starts on new Birmingham HS2 rail hub

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David Lloyd George stands at Tan-y-Bwlch with ‘The Woodland Wanderer’.

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My friend Chris is off today visiting a miniature rail place on the south coast called Pecorama! I’ve asked he might get…

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Switzerland’s transport office puts solar power on the rails
Switzerland’s Federal Office of Transport (FOT) has authorised the first removable solar power plant to be…

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Táilte Tours

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Táilte railtour to mark Ireland’s Great South Railway centenary

Táilte Tours is to mark the centenary of the formation of Ireland’s Great Southern Railway in November 1924, by running a special centennial railtour from Dublin to Killarney on Saturday 16 November.

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