The top news story today is about the gang jailed for a £1 million ticket fraud.
Other stories include the fascinating footfall figure at Teeside Airport Station.......! Hardly any ticket income there, then..
The oldest station appears to be threatened, and the replica of one of the oldest locomotives (Locomotion No 1) is pictured working....
China's involvement in African railways continues to grow....and its plans for a direct rail link from Beijing to the US via the Bering Straits is met with a certain amount of disbelief in some quarters....
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Headlines....
Network Rail brings track renewal work back in-house.(Construction Enquirer via Roxtec Ltd (UK & Ireland)
Revealed: Britain's least used railway station has only EIGHT passengers a year.(mailonline)
Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has released its report into an accident at Balnamore level crossing, Ballymoney, Northern Ireland, 31 May 2013. RAIB has made three recommendations and has also identified three key learning points.
UK Heritage
The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway on track to get to Broadway(Gloucestershire Echo)
Last few seats available on 16th May North Yorkshire Pullman | North Yorkshire Moors Railway :: A steam train adventure through the stunning Yorkshire Moors
BUSY LATE MAY BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND AT DUNSTER « West Somerset Railway
Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways - Cwrw ar y Cledrau / Rail Ale
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Virginia Gov. McAuliffe creates rail safety task force after CSX crude-train accident
VIA Rail: Desjardins-Siciliano takes top post; pact maintains service in Northern New Brunswick
Senate committee to mark up transportation bill this week
Denver Union Station redeveloped into multi-modal hub
Palmetto Railways ready to handle more BMW business at South Carolina port
HART secures more tax revenue for Honolulu transit-rail project
LRIW names scholarship in memory of former leader Connie Sumara
Southern California economic development council backs Desert Line reactivation
Chinese premier wraps up "fruitful" Kenya visit with railway deal (Xinhua)
NAIROBI, May 11 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang wrapped up his visit to Kenya on Sunday, saying the three-day trip yielded "fruitful" results.
China and Kenya have signed agreements to construct a new East Africa railway line.
SBB to operate Stadler's multiple-unit trains on Gotthard tunnel
Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) is procuring 29 new multiple-unit trains for its North-South services from Stadler Rail, in a deal worth CHF1bn ($1.14bn).
US DoT unveils new multimodal transportation hub Denver Union Station
The US Department of Transportation (DoT) has unveiled Denver Union Station, a new multimodal transportation hub that includes a bus facility and rail connections.
China proposes new high-speed railway line to US
China is planning to construct a new high-speed railway line to the US, as part of four such international rail projects that are currently being considered by the country.
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