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Man charged with rail depot fire
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:07:29 GMT
BBC News
Page last updated at 16:54 GMT, Friday, 30 October 2009
Man charged with rail depot fire
A 45-year-old man has appeared in private at Inverness Sheriff Court
accused of setting fire to property at a railway depot.
Graeme Macmillan, 45, of Bunchrew, near Inverness, faced three charges
of ...
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Railway Roundabout DVDs
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:19:05 +0000
In good time for Christmas, out of eight offers in The Guardian's
reader offers newsletter, two were railway related. The first is a
boxed set of eight DVDs from the original BBC TV series "Railway
Roundabout" that was filmed in the late 50s/early 60s, with the
Modernisation Plan in full swing but before the appo ...
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Loco haulage returns to WCML
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:13:46 -0700 (PDT)
Yes, the devil's chariots are back - the following will be formed 90 +
Mk3 set from 7/12/09 to 31/1/10:
FSX
1G04 07:03 London Euston - Birmingham New Street
1B29 08:50 Birmingham New Street - London Euston
1G15 10:43 London Euston - Birmingham New Street
1B44 12:30 Birmingham New Street - London Euston
1G27 ...
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Metrolink matters - "New Tram Starts Tests on Bury line"
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:47:25 -0700 (PDT)
This is from Rail News:-
"Metrolink?s brand new tram will be making an appearance on the Bury
line over the next few weeks as GMPTE is carrying out a driver
familiarisation programme before it can start to carry passengers.
Philip Purdy, GMPTE?s Metrolink Director, said: ?The sight of our new
tram running on ...
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Lord Adonis announces tram-trains for the Abbey Line
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:17:49 -0700 (PDT)
From the Department for Transport
Friday 30th October 2009
Rail passengers travelling between Watford and St Albans are in line
for more regular and more frequent services thanks to exciting plans
to create a new tram service, announced today by Transport Secretary
Andrew Adonis and Hertfordshire County Counc ...
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Train firms seek longer contracts
Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:49:08 -0700 (PDT)
Train companies have called for longer rail franchises to allow them
to provide better quality services.
The Association of Train Operating Companies (Atoc) says agreements of
15-20 years would encourage managers to improve services and boost
investment.
Much more at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8333171.stm ...
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Re: West London Line - what recession?
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:00:14 +0000
On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:42:17 -0700 (PDT), Jamie Thompson
<jamierocks@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 28 Oct, 19:19, Stephen Furley <fur...@mail.croydon.ac.uk> wrote:
>> On 28 Oct, 12:19, Jamie ?Thompson <jamiero...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > On 28 Oct, 07:10, Stephen Furley <fur...@mail.croydon.ac.uk> wrote:
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Re: Stanlow and Thornton Station
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:43:40 +0000
On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:55:28 +0000, Bruce <docnews2011@gmail.com>
wrote:
>On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:27:25 +0000, Martin D. Pay
><martin@starship-excalibur.co.uk> wrote:
>>On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:12:28 +0000, Bruce <docnews2011@gmail.com>
>>mangled uncounted electrons thus:
>>>So if you assert a right that you don' ...
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Re: Stanlow and Thornton Station
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:29:45 +0000
On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:44:29 GMT, wensleydale@pacersplace.org.uk (Neil
Williams) wrote:
>On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:39:14 -0000, "Peter Masson"
><peter.masson1@privacy.com> wrote:
>
>>"Where a way over any land, other than a way of such character that use of
>>it by the public could not give rise at common law to ...
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NatEx heads down the tubes unaccompanied
Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:11:19 -0700 (PDT)
From the Telegraph website:
National Express tumbles after rejecting Stagecoach offer
National Express plans to press ahead with a ¡ê300m-¡ê350m rescue rights
issue believed to be partly underwritten by one of its major
shareholders after rebuffing a ¡ê1.6bn all-share merger proposal from
rival Stagecoach.
By H ...
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