BBC Railway News. 3rd February 2012

3 February 2012

• Train derails on West Coast main line at Bletchley
  
  England / NEW 1 hour ago… to Wellingborough for East Midlands Trains services or west to Aylesbury for Chiltern Railway Services, can use our tickets on those trains. "Network…

• India train crash kills three in Assam
  
  India / NEW 2 hours agoFriday morning's accident comes a day after Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi described the state-owned railway network as "sick" and in urgent…

 

• How 'magic' made Greek debt disappear before it joined the euro
  
  Europe / NEW 8 hours ago… as her native Greece got ready for membership of the euro. The Greek railway had more employees than passengers. A former minister, Stefanos Manos,…

2 February 2012

• Suffolk rail services resume after fire at Claydon
  
  Suffolk / 2 February 2012Rail services through Suffolk are expected to resume after a fire near a railway line caused major disruption. Trains between Ipswich and Stowmarket…

 

Bristol rail depot scheme given planning approval

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  Bristol / 2 February 2012… given planning approval by councillors. Agility Trains wants to build the depot on land at Stoke Gifford, close to Bristol Parkway railway station.