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Smaller replacement trains 'causing overcrowding'

Frequent shortening of Great Western Railway IntercityExpress trains due to diesel engine faults is causing overcrowding on Oxford-London services, forcing passengers to miss trains.
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4 months ago

Battery-powered train breaks distance record

The Great Western Railway (GWR) train, a specially adapted former District Line train, travelled overnight along a 200-mile (322km) route from Reading and back again via London Paddington and Oxford. It reached 140 miles (225km), breaking the record on Brunel Maidenhead Bridge at about 04:00 BST. The previous record of 139 miles (224km) was set by German train company Stadler Deutschland in Berlin on 10 December 2021.
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