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Rail Accident Investigation Branch Won’t Undertake Full Probe Into August Dean Forest Railway Mishap

November 26, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire
The United Kingdom’s Rail Accident Investigation Branch has opted not to undertake a full investigation into the August collision of a train load with a footbridge on the Dean Forest Railway in Gloucestershire.

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Rail Accident Investigation Branch Probing Shap Derailment After Train Strikes Landslip

November 13, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire
Britain’s Rail Accident Investigation Branch has opened an inquiry into a Nov. 3 derailment near Shap, Cumbria, after a Glasgow Central–London Euston passenger train hit a landslip and left the rails.

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KiwiRail Installs New Level Crossing on Historic Kingston Branch

November 12, 2025 The Turntable
KiwiRail’s Lower South Island infrastructure team has installed a new level crossing on the Kingston Branch Line to support the planned Kingston Village subdivision on the Otago–Southland border.

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British Transport Police: Five Knife Incidents Linked to Suspect Charged in LNER Attack

November 5, 2025 The Turntable
British Transport Police said they are leading the investigation into Anthony Williams, 32, and are linking five knife incidents across two days that culminated in a multiple stabbing on a London North Eastern Railway Doncaster–London King’s Cross train near Huntingdon.

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UK Railways Bill Would Create Great British Railways, Unify Track and Trains

November 5, 2025 Special to Railfanning.org
The United Kingdom government was expected to introduce legislation today to formally create Great British Railways.

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Rail Accident Investigation Branch Urges Crossing Safety Changes Following Child’s Death

November 4, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire
The U.K.’s Rail Accident Investigation Branch is calling for new level-crossing safeguards after an 11-year-old was struck and killed by a passenger train at Bourneview footpath crossing near Kenley, south London, in January.

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Avanti West Coast Train Derails Near Shap; No Serious Injuries Reported

November 3, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire
An Avanti West Coast train derailed near Shap, Cumbria, at about 6:15 a.m. local time on Nov. 3, with officials reporting no serious injuries.

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Man Charged With Stabbing on London North Eastern Railway Train

November 3, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire
A 32-year-old man will appear at court this morning charged in connection with a major incident on a train in Cambridgeshire on the evening of Saturday, Nov. 1.

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Eurostar Announces New Double-Decker Celestia Trains

October 23, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire
Eurostar plans to spend €2 billion on up to 50 new double-decker trains built by Alstom Group, which will be the first to operate through the Channel Tunnel and on the UK network.

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Rail Accident Investigation Branch Undertakes Probe of Millbrook Near Miss

October 22, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch has undertaken a preliminary examination into the circumstances surrounding a near miss between a passenger train and a van near Millbrook.

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