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First Hastings Javelin

Author: Chris Page - Published Mon 02 of Feb, 2015 19:11 GMT - (10153 Reads)
Railfuture travelled on the first Javelin, glimpsed at Hastings on Friday with Amber Rudd and Rail Minister Claire Perry, to celebrate progress towards electrification of Marshlink and a high speed service between Bexhill, Hastings, Rye, Ashford and London St Pancras.
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Wealden Rail Rally

Author: Chris Page - Published Tue 13 of Jan, 2015 18:37 GMT - (6142 Reads)
On the last day of the consultation period for the Network Rail Sussex Route Study Railfuture joined with local parliamentary candidates, councillors and rail campaigners in a Rail Rally at Crowborough station to press for better services and more investment for the Uckfield line.
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Cut the cost of rail travel

Author: Chris Page - Published Fri 19 of Dec, 2014 10:08 GMT - (10700 Reads)
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If you spend more than £36 per month* on off-peak rail travel in the West Midlands, East Anglia, London or the South East then a Gold Card will save you money. Fares will be increasing on 2nd January but yours will go down if you get a Gold Card for Christmas!
* £27 per month if you buy in 2014.
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Treasury averts disaster

Author: John Band - Published Mon 15 of Dec, 2014 10:01 GMT - (8286 Reads)
This is how Britain’s Treasury saves transport projects from disaster.
Things were so much easier in the old days. One of Sydney's trams in 1960. Photograph by Ian Brady.
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Norfolk jam tomorrow

Author: Phil Smart - Published Thu 04 of Dec, 2014 10:35 GMT - (6524 Reads)
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Railfuture welcomes the reference in the Chancellor's Autumn Statement to the long overdue upgrade to services on the Great Eastern Main Line (GEML), dubbed the ‘heritage line’ due to its 40 year old rolling stock!
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Backing for Uckfield-Lewes

Author: Chris Page - Published Tue 02 of Dec, 2014 17:46 GMT - (4851 Reads)
Nus Ghani and Tom Tugendhat, the Conservative parliamentary candidates for Wealden and for Tonbridge and Malling, met with Chris Page and Roger Blake of Railfuture today, after visiting the Thameslink worksite at London Bridge.
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Class 800 interior

Author: Keith Dyall and Norman Bradbury - Published Mon 01 of Dec, 2014 20:58 GMT - (8795 Reads)
Railfuture representatives Keith Dyall and Norman Bradbury visited the Hitachi IEP mockup, which comprises the cab, part of a first class vehicle with universal toilet and part of a second class vehicle with standard toilet, at DCA Design, Warwick.
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Northern saviour?

Author: Chris Page - Published Mon 01 of Dec, 2014 11:36 GMT - (7359 Reads)
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Northern Rail needs new diesel trains to replace Pacers and increase capacity sooner than lines can be electrified, but manufacturers have been unwilling to supply them - until now.
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