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A German rail engineering giant has submitted plans to re-open a disused siding in Hull and open an assembly and storage plant with a reinstated connection to the mainline.
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P&O Ferries have cancelled services with immediate effect as 800 seafaring staff are now without jobs. The shock news comes as the ferry service claimed the decision was necessary to save the business which they labelled as 'not viable'.
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While some still remain, the sad truth is that a lot of them now only exist in history books.
(Permalink) Hull  Hull: View out from the station concourse at Hull in April 2009 with Northern services to Sheffield and Scarborough boarding.  Hull: The 1325 to Doncaster leaves the south side of Hull station in April 2009, formed by Northern trains 158850.
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Last week, as the sun went down on Britain's membership of the European Union, a symbolic cutting of the ties took place, witnessed by only 26 people. On Tuesday evening, the last ferry to link Flanders and England set sail from Zeebrugge to Hull, the final voyage of a 46-year-long history.
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Calls for Hull routes to be electrified to boost economy and improve journey times.
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Four Hull Trains class 170/3s arrived at Haymarket shed last weekend after being displaced from the Hull - Kings Cross services following arrival of the class 222 Pioneers.
It is planned to eventually deploy the new arrivals on North Berwick services where locomotive hauled stock is currently in use. (Permalink) Class 170 Class 222 Haymarket MPD Hull London Kings Cross North Berwick ScotRail  Haymarket MPD: 40052 inside Haymarket Depot in 1983. Before the year was over the loco had been withdrawn and cut up at Crewe Works.  Haymarket MPD: 47701 'St Andrew' and 47704 'Dunedin' outside Haymarket shed looking east to Edinburgh Castle in 1983. The Class 20 in the sidings appears to be stored or withdrawn.
 Haymarket MPD: Three class 47s and a 25 on shed at Haymarket, seen from a passing train in 1982.
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