Buses were running between Inverness and Aviemore to replace rail services because a derailed freight train continued to block the track.

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Consider, for instance, the possibility that autonomous vehicles will work well enough to replace a lot of inter-city rail.

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The decision to build a manufacturing plant was taken after Hitachi Rail Europe won the contract with the Department for Transport (DfT) to replace the ageing fleet of diesel-powered Intercity trains.

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NHS. Some suggest that he may replace Patricia Hewitt as health secretary with Alistair Darling, who calmed down transport politics after the rail network's disastrous performance at the start of the decade.

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The two peers were born in Wales as, at least according to The Guardian, was Maria Miller, who is apparently being lined up to replace Cheryl Gillan should she leave the Wales Office over government plans to put a high-speed rail route through her constituency.

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Buses continue to replace trains between Liskeard and Looe in Cornwall, with the line possibly opening on Saturday, National Rail said.

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It also said the resilience of the third rail network south of the Thames should be improved, and the long-term aim should be to replace the existing network with a more resilient form of electrification.

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