
Lord Peter Hendy
@lordpeterhendy
Minister of State for Rail, Department for Transport
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10-08-2017 08:40:36
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2️⃣ 0️⃣ 0️⃣ We're celebrating 200 years of the modern railway, in 2025! The rail industry's finalising plans to mark this historic milestone and explore rail’s past, present and future: 👉 networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/excitemen… #Railway200 railway200


🚂 There’s an industry-wide ‘whistle-up’ today at midday to start celebrating 200 years since the birth of the modern railway. Join vintage locomotives, heritage railways, Thomas & Friends and more, and blow your whistles! #Railway200 #WhistleUp200 railway200


Hurrah! More ticket barriers at Liverpool Street station as scheme to remove shop kiosks starts to make a difference Liverpool Street




Getting stuck in with McKenna Brothers… 🐝🙌 So great to see Andy Burnham throwing himself into the world of vinyls! Here he is assisting our long standing employee Wayne with sticking on fleet numbers! 🚌 Bee Network 🐝






Great to celebrate a year of success at #HenleyinArden station. This was a year ago today when Lord Peter Hendy opened the renovated station. Since then £15k has been given to local good causes👍


Today the Rail Minister got to meet Felix and Bolt at Huddersfield - not sure who was happier! TransPennine Express


Today I visited the £13bn transformative @theTRUupgrade project with Tracy Brabin, Mayor of West Yorkshire, and supported the Railway Children Sleepout at Leeds. Oh, and said hullo to Felix and Bolt Bolt at Huddersfield station.


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Thrilled that my new illustrated book "200 Years of Britain’s Railways in 14 Journeys", exploring the rich legacy of our railways is out on 25 September. With foreword from the legendary Lord Peter Hendy. You can preorder on geni.us/BritainsRailwa… (more details soon) #railway200


An honour to meet Kenya’s President William Samoei Ruto, PhD to discuss the major urban regen project, Nairobi Railway City, inspired by King’s Cross. We covered how UK expertise can keep supporting the ambitious flagship project in the UK-Kenya Strategic Partnership UK in Kenya 🇬🇧🇰🇪
