Railway workers remembered on Armistice Day
Two war memorial plaques honouring railway workers who served during the First and Second World Wars have returned to London Euston, more than two decades after they had been removed. The plaques have been installed on the main concourse, giving passengers and staff a place to pause and remember the 24 railwaymen whose names they recall.
A long-running industrial dispute which has hampered Sunday services in north west England since 2017 has ended. The Department for Transport said a reliance on voluntary overtime at Northern had meant that Sunday services were ‘second rate’, but that it has now reached an agreement with the RMT.
The Prime Minister and transport secretary have been guests of honour at the opening of a technology and innovation centre in Chippenham. Siemens said its 100 million pound centre would ‘support the future of digital rail technology in the United Kingdom’.
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