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York’s steam locomotive water tower set to get new lease of life
The water tower sits on the site of the York station frontage transformation project, part of a £25m scheme that aims to ...
Forgotten York: remember the old railway halt on the edge of Rowntree's factory?
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Victorian-era railway station water tower set for reprise as music group’s HQ
York’s oldest surviving railway structure is set to be restored by Network Rail as a brass band rehearsal space.
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Memories of when the railway stopped at Rowntree's in York
Rowntree Halt was a minor unmanned railway stop on the Foss Islands branch line in York. Located on the southern edge of the Rowntree's chocolate factory, the station was opened in 1927 by the ...
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New York MTA Reveals Redesigned Subway Map
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has introduced a newly redesigned subway map for New York City.
Pickering railway station: History of Yorkshire heritage station part of North Yorkshire Moors Railway that connects to Whitby and where Downton Abbey was filmed
Pickering railway station connects to Whitby and was the filming location for the 2019 film Downton Abbey and BBC drama ABC ...
Historic water tower to be restored as Yorkshire brass band rehearsal space
One of the world's oldest surviving water towers is to be restored in York as a rehearsal space for some of the city's brass ...
PM announces £415 million to upgrade struggling rail services between Manchester and Yorkshire
It comes after long delays to the electrification of the TransPennine route upgrade between Manchester and York. | ITV News ...