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    • Visits Cathedrals across England at night

    This year, every Church of England cathedral will open their doors after hours on at least one evening though out the year.
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    Thameslink Class 387 Unit 387110, Mill Hill, 19th. May 2015.
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    Queensland Rail locomotoive 2471, Ipswich Queensland.
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    BR Class 47 47118 Ipswich

    Another public roof garden planned near St Paul’s Cathedral

     Rail Travel
    Plans to revamp an existing office block next to St Paul’s tube station could see a large roof garden open to the public added to the top. The current building, the former BT headoffice was built in the early 1980s was sold to private equity investors Orion Capital Managers for £210 million, with BT moving out in 2022.

    Charlton’s coronation drinking fountain

     Rail Travel
    In the heart of Charlton village is a drinking fountain that arrived a year after the event it commemorates.

    Partnership to supply ‘world class’ wagons for African railways

     Africa
    Russian rolling stock manufacturers Tranmsmashholding and United Wagon Co have agreed to work together to supply ‘world class’ wagons and components to customers across Africa.

    Lithuanian freight operator establishes Ukrainian subsidiary

     Europe
    The Lithuanian national railway’s freight business LTG Cargo has established a Ukrainian subsidiary in support of its international development strategy.

    High speed network reaches Ningxia

     Asian Rail News
    High speed trains have begun serving the Ningxia Hui autonomous region in northwest China, following the inauguration of the 617 km Passenger-Dedicated Line between Yinchuan and Xi’an.

    Vysus supports IORE heavy haul locomotive refurbishment programme

     Europe
    Vysus Group is providing engineering, risk management and regulatory approval services to support mining group LKAB in the modernisation of 18 Adtranz/Bombardier IORE heavy haul electric locomotives which are used to haul iron ore from the Malmfälten mining area to the ports of Luleå and Narvik.

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