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A former railway signaller has celebrated his 90th birthday with a special visit to the railway where he spent more than four decades of his career.
Eric Hilton spent almost 43 years working across the railway in a variety of roles, including becoming station manager at Crewe before moving into train planning, operations control and later working at Warrington’s power signal box....

Train drivers involved in a long-running dispute over the sacking of a colleague have voted to continue taking industrial action for another six months.
Members of Aslef on Hull Trains backed more strikes by 95%.
The union said 90% of its members entitled to vote took part in the ballot....

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Railways & Computers: From Charles Babbage to ERTMS
British Rail’s Total Operations Processing System (TOPS) is now 50 years old, but the history of railways and computers can be traced back to the 1830s, when the ‘Father of Computing’, Charles Babbage was friends with Isambard Kingdom Brunel, as Bob...

A “do not travel” alert has been issued by three train operators on Wednesday morning.
Train operators Southern, Thameslink and Gatwick Express said passengers should not to travel “if at all possible” because of “multiple incidents”.
Issues include a train derailment inside a depot in Selhurst, south-east London, and a fault with the signalling system between London Blackfriars and Norwood Junction....