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The Latest Breaking News from East Midlands Railway

Train strikes to cause travel chaos during bank holiday weekend

Trains to and from London will be disrupted

The Independent UK

Midlands train services cut amid extreme heat

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The Independent UK

Major UK train operator suspends services as temperatures soar

A Met Office amber heat warning is in place

The Independent UK

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Train operators urge passengers to completely avoid rail travel after power failure

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The Independent UK

Trains to and from London face major disruption due to electrical fault affecting UK rail

Trains across the northwest of England, particularly Greater Manchester and the Midlands, are affected

Evening Standard

Managing director of troubled East Midlands Railway steps down with immediate effect

Passengers are facing a summer of cancellations over problems with new Hitachi trains

The Independent UK

Train operator axes London services ahead of 'summer of chaos' as strikes loom

Reliability issues with the new Aurora fleet means many services have now been cancelled while others will run with fewer carriages

Evening Standard

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These UK train services are reduced until further notice over issues with new fleet

Trains connecting London and Nottingham are cancelled from 20 July

The Independent UK

Intercity rail passengers face summer disruption amid slashed services and strike votes

East Midlands Railway cancels trains on Midland mainline, as drivers on LNER and Avanti West Coast ballot

The Guardian - UK

Full list of London trains cancelled amid punishing 34C heatwave

Some train companies are warning customers to travel ‘only if essential’ - while a number of services have been cancelled

Evening Standard

‘I was stuck on the train’: Motorist fumes over parking ticket after Bedford railway crash

Bedford Borough Council accused of lacking common sense after issuing fixed penalty tickets to vehicles near Bedford railway station following last Friday’s tragic crash

The Independent UK

Train driver killed in Bedford crash passed red signal, investigators say

Shaun Burton, 60, died when the East Midlands Railway train he was driving hit the back of a stationary train run by the same operator.

Evening Standard

Driver in fatal Bedford train crash passed red signal moments before collision

Shaun Burton died when his train smashed into the rear of another on the same line

The Independent UK

Which London trains are hit by the heatwave? Full list of disrupted rail services

National Rail has advised passengers to ‘only travel if absolutely necessary’

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The Independent UK

Network Rail sets out travel disruption timeline during ‘complex’ Bedford train crash recovery

‘Only travel if absolutely necessary’, advised railway operator

Evening Standard

Tributes pour in for train driver killed in crash as experts work to reopen line

Shaun Burton, 60, was described as ‘dedicated to his job, devoted to his colleagues and enormously popular at his depot’.

Evening Standard

Key unanswered questions after horror Bedford train crash as investigators probe cause

Questions remain unanswered about the horrific Bedford train crash that left one person dead and 100 injured, as investigators continue to work to establish the cause of the crash.

The Independent UK

Tributes paid to ‘dedicated’ driver killed in train crash near Bedford as update issued on disruption

Shaun Burton, 60, died when the East Midlands Railway train he was driving crashed near Bedford

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The Guardian - UK

Does Bedford train crash raise wider questions about safety?

It is not yet clear what could have allowed the two trains to collide despite multiple failsafes in today’s railways

The Independent UK

Bedford train crash: Everything we know about the collision that killed a driver and injured 100

Investigations into the cause of the crash between two East Midlands Railways services are ongoing

Evening Standard

28 in hospital, nine in a critical condition, after fatal train crash

The crash, which killed a train driver, involved two East Midlands Railway services on the same line shortly after 5pm on Friday.

Evening Standard

No trains from St Pancras to Bedford following fatal rail crash

No services will run between the stations until at least Monday

The National (Scotland)

Train driver killed after major East Midlands Railway collision as 56 injured

A train driver was killed and dozens of others were seriously injured when two passenger trains collided near Bedford in England

Evening Standard

Train driver killed and dozens injured as two trains collide near Bedford

The incident involved two East Midlands Railway services.

The Independent UK

‘We were picked up and shaken like dice’: Witness recalls horrific moment trains collided near Bedford

The RMT union confirmed that a driver dried in the crash while more than 80 people were injured

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