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On the 250th anniversary of Walter Scotts birth, literature expert Professor Annika Bautz argues that Scotlands image in the eyes of the world is partly the product of this brilliant authors pen
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Kenilworth station has reopened to passengers after decades of campaigning.
The station shut in the 1960s as part of the Dr Beeching cuts. Residents, who campaigned for 30 years for the station, had been promised it would open in 2016 but the start date kept getting put back. (Permalink) Kenilworth Station re-opening  Kenilworth: Open at last - Kenilworth station on 30th April 2018, with customers from about 18 months to 'over 50' visible. Quite a few were nostalging about the closure of the original station in 1965. Notice th ...  Kenilworth: The 11.08 to Coventry slows to pick up at Kenilworth on its opening day. An orange sign in the windscreen said 'Welcome back Kenilworth'. |
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A personal insight into the problems surrounding Kenilworth station, which is now more than 15 months late and over its original budget.
(Permalink) Kenilworth Station re-opening |
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A town's fifty-year wait for a railway station continues amid a row over when trains can run through it.
The county council says the site in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, is complete but has been told by the Department for Transport (DfT) that neither trains nor drivers can be supplied until February. The authority said it was 'beyond disappointing'. The government department said the council was to blame for delays. (Permalink) Kenilworth Station re-opening  Kenilworth: The rebuilt station at Kenilworth was due to open in December 2016 - then December 2017. Even that date may now not be met, but there is substantial visible progress. The under construction station is ... |
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Ten people have been evacuated from a train which caught fire.
Smoke could be seen billowing out of the three-carriage train at the old railway station in Kenilworth, Warwickshire. The engine at the front of the train set alight, the fire service said. Operator Vivarail said it was a test train and all staff were safe. National Rail's website said trains will not run between Coventry and Leamington Spa for the rest of the day. Services between Manchester Piccadilly and Bournemouth will divert via Solihull and not call at Birmingham International and Coventry. (Permalink) Class 230 D-Train Fire Kenilworth Vivarail  Long Marston: Vivarail D-Train in the short platform at Long Marston on 17 August 2015. The D-Train, rebuilt around former LU D78 stock, is currently undergoing testing here [see recent news item].  Long Marston: Ex-LU D78 car with 'modified front end' in the yard at Long Marston on 17 August 2015. The 'modification' resulted from a controlled crash into a 3 tonne tank of water during testing of the bodyshells ... |
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Work has started at the site of a new railway station for Kenilworth.
The site, on Priory Road, is being made safe so demolition work can begin to clear it. Building work will start later in the year with a train service between Leamington Spa and Coventry hopefully starting in 2016. (Permalink) Kenilworth Station re-opening |
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Plans to reintroduce a railway station to a town which lost its rail link in the 1960s have been given final government approval.
The Department for Transport has announced it will give £5m towards the £11.3m railway station in Kenilworth. It said it hoped local services between Coventry, Kenilworth and Leamington Spa could start in December 2016. These could be followed by rail services between Kenilworth and Birmingham in 2019. (Permalink) Kenilworth Station re-opening |
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