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Chiltern Railways brought into public ownership

Alastair — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 11:53:09 +0000

Chiltern Railways services will move into public ownership tomorrow – Sunday 20 September 2026. Connecting London Marylebone with communities across Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire and the West Midlands, Chiltern Railways will become the sixth operator whose services transfer into public ownership as part of the government’s drive to build Great British Railways (GBR) its new national […]

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New Battery-Electric Trains for TransPennine Express

Alastair — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 11:05:26 +0000

Rail passengers are set to enjoy faster and more frequent services when a new fleet of battery-electric trains begin operating on TransPennine Express* routes. Great British Railways (GBR), the UK Government’s new body that runs most of Britain’s rail network, has signed a £1 billion contract with train manufacturer Alstom to build 29** of their […]

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An October opening date for the ‘Royal Marines Experience’ at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

Alastair — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 18:10:06 +0000

Royal Navy Museums has announced a date for the new £15m Royal Marines Experience at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. The former Royal Marines Museum closed in 2017 with plans to move to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard and create a new centre for Royal Marines heritage. Over the last 9 years, the Royal Navy Museums Team have carefully […]

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Review: Imperial War Museum, London

Alastair — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 13:11:33 +0000

The Imperial War Museum (IWM) in Lambeth, South London is one of the world’s best known military museums, and the parent to four branches of Imperial War Museums: IWM North in Manchester, IWM Duxford near Cambridge, The Churchill War Rooms in Westminster, and HMS Belfast on the Thames. It was originally formed in 1917, a […]

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Great Central Railway is to host a classic diesel locomotive this year

Alastair — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 17:18:56 +0000

The Great Central Railway (GCR) has confirmed that Class 55 Deltic D9015 Tulyar will be based at the heritage railway during 2026* and that it will hopefully mark a major milestone for diesel preservation when it hauls its first passenger train in 29 years. Owned by the Deltic Preservation Society (DPS), D9015 is one of […]

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Puy du Fou submit plans for their theme park in Oxfordshire

Alastair — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 09:49:45 +0000

Phase one of the much anticipated UK version of Puy du Fou, the historical ‘theme park with no rides’, could be open in 2029 if the outline planning proposal, just submitted to Cherwell District Council, is approved. The French theme park company, with sites in France, Spain, China and other locations, has developed plans for […]

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Kynren to add a theme park

Alastair — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 15:50:26 +0000

Kynren, the epic scale outdoor performance at Bishop Auckland in northeast England, has announced plans to build a brand-new historical theme park, Kynren – The Storied Lands. Kynren – An Epic Tale of England is a massive 90-minute theatrical show presented on summer evenings on a seven-and-a-half acre stage with a cast and crew of […]

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Britannic Explorer – A new luxury sleeper train will tour England & Wales from July 2025

Alastair — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 15:51:57 +0000

Ultra-luxury hotel, trains and cruises brand, Belmond, has revealed details of its latest train. The Britannic Explorer sleeper train will debut in July 2025 with a programme of three and six night tours in England and Wales. The train will depart from London, offering three-night journeys with a choice of three routes through the spectacular […]

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Review: London Transport Museum

Alastair — Sun, 28 Jul 2024 16:00:04 +0000

The London Transport Museum has a huge collection of fascinating vehicles, artefacts, documents and memorabilia covering, not only the technical history of London’s growing transport networks from the 19th century and earlier, but also many of the social changes that developed alongside them. The collection was started in the 1920s and first displayed in a […]

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Gloster Meteor F8 Prone on loan to Newark Air Museum

Alastair — Mon, 08 Jul 2024 13:17:06 +0000

You could say, the Newark Aviation Museum is having a bit of a lie down! The museum has just been loaned the extraordinary Gloster Meteor F8 Prone, which has been on display at the RAF Museum, Cosford* for many years. The Meteor F8 Prone was built in 1952 for the RAF Institute of Aviation Medicine […]

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