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M5 'carmageddon' warning as 14 million Easter trips planned: The M5 southbound between Bristol and Taunton has been highlighted as a particularly busy route and ...
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M5 'carmageddon' warning as 14 million Easter trips planned
Quick Glance: Opening Hours Over the Easter Weekend in Germany
  • The Easter weekend in Germany starts on Friday, March 29. Maundy Thursday falls on March 28, while Good Friday is a public holiday.

  • On Holy Saturday, normal opening hours apply. Easter Sunday and Easter Monday are holidays when shops are closed.

  • Schools are closed on Good Friday and Easter Monday, as well as doctor's offices and pharmacies. Tourist attractions usually have altered opening hours.

  • Public transport operates throughout the holiday period, with a reduced schedule on Sundays.
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Major Stagecoach investment to give Devon better buses: Stagecoach will be investing £15 million into the project in Exeter, North Devon and Torridge
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Major Stagecoach investment to give Devon better buses
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Network Rail defends Islamic display board message for Ramadan at King's Cross: The station also celebrates other religious festivals including Easter ...
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Network Rail defends Islamic display board message for Ramadan at King's ...
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Watch: Van driver drags level crossing barrier in one of several shocking incidents this month
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Watch: Van driver drags level crossing barrier in one of several shocking ...
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King's Cross Station removes Ramadan message about 'sinners' from board: The message received mixed reviews, with some praising the inclusivity but others ...
mylondon.news/news/zone-1-news/london-kings-cross-station-removes-28858166
King's Cross Station removes Ramadan message about 'sinners' from board
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Network Rail investigating after ‘sinners’ Ramadan message appears on King’s Cross railway station board
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Network Rail investigating after ‘sinners’ Ramadan message appears on ...
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Map reveals the busiest travel routes ahead of Easter Weekend: Experts have predicted 'carmageddon' on Britain's roads this weekend as millions ...
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Map reveals the busiest travel routes ahead of Easter Weekend
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Reading West station building opens after upgrade project: A station building for one of Reading’s train stations dating back to 1906 has finally opened after a ...
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Reading West station building opens after upgrade project
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Ozzy the broken Bull 'temporarily deactivated' after part falls off: Ozzy the broken bully in New Street Station is awaiting repairs
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Ozzy the broken Bull 'temporarily deactivated' after part falls off
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Helicopter footage shows 10-mile police chase through farm fields in moments before fatal crash
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Helicopter footage shows 10-mile police chase through farm fields in ...
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Easter travel delays forecast for UK due to poor weather and rail disruption: Line closures and strikes coinciding with school holidays and turbulent weather are ...
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Easter travel delays forecast for UK due to poor weather and rail ...
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Metro incident sees one person taken to hospital after being hit by train: Trains were suspended between Pelaw and Sunderland on Monday morning ...
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Metro incident sees one person taken to hospital after being hit by train
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Car filmed ploughing through field before fatal collision in Norfolk: Father and son jailed over incident, captured in police helicopter footage, in which woman ...
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Car filmed ploughing through field before fatal collision in Norfolk
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Devon’s lost and forgotten railways remembered: One landowner was so against the railway he paid people to dig it back up
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Devon’s lost and forgotten railways remembered
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New Land Rover Defender OCTA Will Be a V-8-Powered Flagship Model: The British marque revealed the new top trim is powered by a twin-turbo V-8 ...
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New Land Rover Defender OCTA Will Be a V-8-Powered Flagship Model
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Person dies after being hit by train near South Tyneside station: Despite the best efforts of paramedics, the person was pronounced dead at the scene
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Person dies after being hit by train near South Tyneside station
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Woman taken to hospital after incident in Crediton town centre: Emergency services rushed to Crediton High Street after a woman suffered a medical episode.
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Woman taken to hospital after incident in Crediton town centre
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Waterloo station to emerge from under arches with new masterplan : Masterplan puts forward 10-15 year vision of new entrances, wider concourses and conversion of ...
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Waterloo station to emerge from under arches with new masterplan
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Dog killer burglar has sentenced adjourned: Alexandru Balea appeared at Exeter Crown Court on Monday
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Dog killer burglar has sentenced adjourned
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London Euston staff 'threatened to punch passenger' amid 'dangerous' crowds: One passenger says she was 'elbowed in the ribs' and pushed by fellow ...
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London Euston staff 'threatened to punch passenger' amid 'dangerous' ...
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'Ugly and uninspired' plans for train station draw 2,100 objections: The £1.5 billion redevelopment project, submitted to the City of London last year ...
mylondon.news/news/zone-1-news/liverpool-street-station-london-objections-28882973
'Ugly and uninspired' plans for train station draw 2,100 objections
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CrossCountry services will not serve new Wellington station: WELLINGTON'S railway station will not be served by CrossCountry services when it opens by the end of ...
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CrossCountry services will not serve new Wellington station
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Driver facing prosecution for fatal crash found dead: Mark Dennis, 55, was found dead at home with his dog who had also sadly passed away
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Driver facing prosecution for fatal crash found dead
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Traders say high street has been 'left to fall to pieces': Traders and locals say their town centre needs the council and police's attention to bring back a ...
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Traders say high street has been 'left to fall to pieces'
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Major new Devon development moves step closer: Onyx Business Parks intends to buy land in North Devon to develop units and create jobs
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Major new Devon development moves step closer
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First look at London Waterloo station changes for major revamp: The southern concourse is set to be completely transformed
getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/first-look-london-waterloo-station-28797344
First look at London Waterloo station changes for major revamp
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West Coast Main Line will see Euston work during Easter: NETWORK Rail is urging West Coast Main Line passengers to travel 'either side' of the Easter bank ...
nwemail.co.uk/news/24179245.west-coast-main-line-will-see-euston-work-easter/
West Coast Main Line will see Euston work during Easter
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Australian city's plan to hike parking fees for over-sized SUVs and utes: The mayor of Yarra says they are dangerous, burn through fossil fuels and are quite ...
rnz.co.nz/news/world/511613/australian-city-s-plan-to-hike-parking-fees-for-over-sized-suvs-and-utes
Australian city's plan to hike parking fees for over-sized SUVs and utes
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Chaos for train travellers as engineering works shut Northampton rail route to London Euston for four days over Easter weekend
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Chaos for train travellers as engineering works shut Northampton rail ...
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Busiest roads and times this Easter as RAC warns of chaos: The RAC has warned some journeys will take twice as long this weekend, while Network Rail also warns ...
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Busiest roads and times this Easter as RAC warns of chaos
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Disruption to travel warning in Kent after Moscow attack: Drivers have been told to expect disruption, with the busiest days likely to be Good Friday ...
kentlive.news/news/kent-news/easter-bank-holiday-m25-m1-9188401
Disruption to travel warning in Kent after Moscow attack
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Devon woman has murder charge dropped: Cheyanne Loder has been held at HMP Eastwood Park since her arrest on suspicion of killing Hayley Adams in November
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Devon woman has murder charge dropped
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Cause of Northwich station collapse finally made public: Vegetation was to blame for the catastrophic failure, a government watchdog has revealed
cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/cause-northwich-station-collapse-finally-28898696
Cause of Northwich station collapse finally made public
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Baildon railway landslip: Two homes need to be demolished: Two properties will have to be demolished due to the "complex nature" of damage after a ...
ilkleygazette.co.uk/news/24219040.baildon-railway-landslip-two-homes-need-demolished/
Baildon railway landslip: Two homes need to be demolished
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Engineering works at Southeastern train stations this Easter: Engineering work is set to take place across six south London stations this Easter weekend ...
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Engineering works at Southeastern train stations this Easter
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New photos shows derailed Grange train from above: NETWORK Rail has released a striking photo taken from above of the derailed train at Grange.
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New photos shows derailed Grange train from above
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Man who threatened to derail trains is jailed: A man who threatened to derail trains and was found in possession of a gun and ammunition has been jailed.
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Man who threatened to derail trains is jailed
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Network Rail gives update on derailed Northern train: NETWORK Rail has shared an update on the process of the derailed Northern train at Grange slowly being ...
nwemail.co.uk/news/24212178.network-rail-gives-update-derailed-northern-train/
Network Rail gives update on derailed Northern train
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'Vital' rail upgrades will bring 'faster, more reliable services': 'This final phase of upgrades means customers will have a faster, more reliable ...
derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/vital-peak-district-rail-upgrades-9192549
'Vital' rail upgrades will bring 'faster, more reliable services'
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Drivers warned over ‘carmageddon’ as 14 million Easter getaways planned: The RAC said journeys on some popular routes could take twice as long as normal.
expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2024/03/25/drivers-warned-over-carmageddon-as-14-million-easter-getaways-planned/
Drivers warned over ‘carmageddon’ as 14 million Easter getaways planned
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Person dies at Hook station as SWR trains cancelled for up to 4 hours: Disruption is expected until 6pm
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Person dies at Hook station as SWR trains cancelled for up to 4 hours
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Disruption due to safety inspection of track near London Paddington: Disruption is expected between London Paddington and Reading this morning due to an ongoing ...
maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/news/appeals-and-information/195557/disruption-due-to-safety-inspection-of-track-near-london-paddington.html
Disruption due to safety inspection of track near London Paddington
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Rail disruption in Sussex due to points failure - trains cancelled and delayed: A points failure has caused disruption to trains in Sussex today (Saturday ...
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Rail disruption in Sussex due to points failure - trains cancelled and ...
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Van gets stuck in notorious narrow tunnel in Darlington: A van has become the latest victim of a notoriously narrow rail tunnel after getting wedged in the ...
thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/24209217.van-gets-stuck-notorious-narrow-tunnel-darlington/
Van gets stuck in notorious narrow tunnel in Darlington
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Birmingham New Street Easter warning as train passengers face disruption: Rail passengers travelling between Birmingham New Street and Lichfield Trent Valley on ...
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Birmingham New Street Easter warning as train passengers face disruption
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'Real breakthrough' in Manchester Piccadilly underground station plans: The government had previously dismissed the proposal
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'Real breakthrough' in Manchester Piccadilly underground station plans
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'Good progress' being made on new railway station for Wixams: Network Rail will commence the detailed design by carrying out site surveys
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'Good progress' being made on new railway station for Wixams
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Avanti cancels 26 trains a day but Government won’t strip its rail contract: Of the 6,923 trains Avanti planned to run in the four weeks between February 3 and ...
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Avanti cancels 26 trains a day but Government won’t strip its rail ...
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TRAVEL DISRUPTION - FRIDAY 29 MARCH: Travel disruption on Friday 29 March 2024 due to road closures and engineering works on train routes
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TRAVEL DISRUPTION - FRIDAY 29 MARCH
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Off-road vehicle in Spandau destroyed by explosion: An explosion in a Range Rover Defender in Spandau caused considerable damage to the vehicle.
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Off-road vehicle in Spandau destroyed by explosion
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Disruption for Barrow train services after Grange derailment: RAIL operator Northern has said that there will be 'significant disruption' to services on the ...
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Disruption for Barrow train services after Grange derailment
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M62 to be shut for TWO weekends amid plans to rebuild railway bridge : The bridge in Castleton - which the country's electricity network relies on - is ...
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M62 to be shut for TWO weekends amid plans to rebuild railway bridge
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ScotRail passengers in Aberdeen and Inverness facing delays and cancellations due to track inspection
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ScotRail passengers in Aberdeen and Inverness facing delays and ...
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Hundreds take part in 'rail crash' exercise almost 70 years on from real thing: A multi-agency rail crash exercise involving hundreds of professionals and ...
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Hundreds take part in 'rail crash' exercise almost 70 years on from real ...
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Key Greater Anglia service alterations to be aware of over the Easter weekend : The work is affecting a number of different lines across the Greater Anglia ...
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Key Greater Anglia service alterations to be aware of over the Easter ...
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Meeting to be held to discuss discoloured water in Whitehaven Harbour: A MEETING is being held to help find and deliver solutions to the discoloured water in ...
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Meeting to be held to discuss discoloured water in Whitehaven Harbour
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Devon police respond to residents' number one complaint : The crackdown is focussing on the issues that bother people the most
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Devon police respond to residents' number one complaint
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Floody hell! Businesses cut off as Stoke-on-Trent road resembles canal: Chemical Lane is under water - again!
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Floody hell! Businesses cut off as Stoke-on-Trent road resembles canal
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Rail passengers face 10 days of disruption at Huddersfield station: RAIL passengers are being warned to expect 10 days of disruption on a key route through West ...
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Rail passengers face 10 days of disruption at Huddersfield station
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Push for 'tallest building in Redhill' in latest station revamp proposal: Hundreds of flats could be built at Redhill station if new plans to overhaul the site ...
getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/push-tallest-building-redhill-latest-28843573
Push for 'tallest building in Redhill' in latest station revamp proposal
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TfL 'makes case' for more Elizabeth line trains and station change: Network Rail says that London's transport authority would need to fund and buy the stock
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TfL 'makes case' for more Elizabeth line trains and station change
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Investigators' early findings into SWR train derailment that crippled services: The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has outlined the scope of its ...
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Investigators' early findings into SWR train derailment that crippled ...
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Network Rail works at six south London stations this Easter: Network Rail has announced a series of engineering works set to take place over the Bank Holiday ...
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Network Rail works at six south London stations this Easter
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Person dies on tracks near Clapham Junction causing major delays for Portsmouth and southern travellers
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Person dies on tracks near Clapham Junction causing major delays for ...
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Suffolk rail passengers face Easter disruption on main line: Passengers hoping to travel between Suffolk and London have been warned of disruption over the ...
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Suffolk rail passengers face Easter disruption on main line
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Victorian footbridge to be replaced with 'modern monstrosity': The work had been due to start last spring
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Victorian footbridge to be replaced with 'modern monstrosity'
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Kiln Lane closed for the rest of the week due to Network Rail works: Kiln Lane is closed between Otterbourne and Colden Common while Network Rail completes ...
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Kiln Lane closed for the rest of the week due to Network Rail works
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Network Rail responds after pigeon is trapped under bridge: Several of the birds have become stuck in the grating under the bridge by the Medusa Lodge on ...
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Network Rail responds after pigeon is trapped under bridge
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Leeds to Knottingley trains cancelled for a week after 'landslip' blocks lines: Train services between Leeds and Knottingley have been cancelled until next week ...
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Leeds to Knottingley trains cancelled for a week after 'landslip' blocks ...
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Devon faces week of railway closures and replacement buses: Train services will be impacted between Exeter St David’s and Plymouth on Saturday and Sunday ...
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Devon faces week of railway closures and replacement buses