In 2009, he founded Las Vegas Railway Express and incorporated as Las Vegas Railway Express, Inc.

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In 1959, he left to be president of the Railway Express Agency, a giant national parcel service that was failing.

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National Express' railway franchise includes Central Trains, Gatwick Express and ScotRail.

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Hours earlier the government declared that it would take a railway line run by National Express, a train franchise, into state ownership.

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Where Diesel got on the train is not known, but it is likely he hopped on the Stansted Express service from Tottenham Hale railway station.

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Sharing part of the same route as the Glacier Express (between Chur and St Moritz), the Bernina Express runs along the World Heritage-listed Rhaetian Railway.

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Railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal announced 103 new trains, including 67 new express trains.

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Service records of the Uttar Banga Express's driver suggest he was rated among the top 20 drivers in the Indian railway service, investigating officials said.

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