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News 24 Mar
Third open access firm announces plans to take on Eurostar on Channel Tunnel services
Gemini Trains, chaired by Lord Berkeley, has applied for depot space at Temple Mills.
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News 24 Mar
Funding refusal frustrates volunteers after years of campaigning to Northern and Network Rail
Funding to refurbish the rundown building was pulled at the last minute.
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News 24 Mar
Thameslink apologises after MPs raise concerns about "underperforming" operator
MPs tell of how services on two key routes are “too often unreliable, late or cancelled”.
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Opinion 24 Mar
Comment: The complicated route to reorganising the railways
Philip Haigh examines how British Rail restructuring in the 1980s throws up similarities and contrasts with today’s plans for Great British Railways.
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Features 24 Mar
Railway 200 Then and Now: Pneumatic and even weirder propelled trains
Rammell’s extraordinary Pneumatic Railway - and the other offbeat propulsion methods that have been tried since.
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News 21 Mar
Grand Central plans new direct Cleethorpes London service
Rail operator Arriva has announced plans to introduce a direct rail service between Cleethorpes, Grimsby, and London.
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Network 21 Mar
Virgin appeals to overturn Network Rail's Liverpool path decision for Avanti
Virgin says Network Rail shouldn't have given Avanti West Coast permission to start running in long-disused paths.
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Fleet 21 Mar
SWR's Class 701s delayed again - operator admits introduction is "not going as planned"
Arterio fleet has been beset by delays with only five out of 90 in service
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News 21 Mar
Mayor of London aims for growth through Overground takeover of suburban routes
Sir Sadiq Khan believes handing some routes over will help London's economy.
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News 21 Mar
Government gives more details on East West Rail and East Coat Main Line interchange station
New station at Tempsford was announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves in January.
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Features 21 Mar
Review: ScotRail's investment pays off
Scotland’s railways should have benefited from major investment where it is needed the most - commuter routes. The Mystery Shopper investigates.
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Opinion 21 Mar
Comment: The Conservative mistake that Labour has yet to rectify
Christian Wolmar on the policy legacy that Labour won't correct.
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News 20 Mar
New inclusive transport strategy needed within 12 months to address accessibility failings - MPs
Transport Select Committee report said accessibility failings have got worse since COVID.
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News 20 Mar
Transport Secretary rejects £750m Hinckley rail freight interchange
Developer had wanted to build a rail freight interchange on nearly 700 acres of farmland.
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News 20 Mar
Renewed calls for direct Coventry-Leicester trains after gap of more than 20 years
The direct service between the two cities last ran in 2004
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Features 20 Mar
The fight to open up the network
The government has cooled in its support for open access operations, but companies remain optimistic that their ambitions will reach fruition.
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News 19 Mar
Network Rail details "step change" in track worker safety following deaths - number of lookouts plummets
Network Rail and ORR speak to RAIL after two prosecutions in February over the deaths of three track workers.
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News 19 Mar
Lord Hendy: freight "will continue to have a role" in reformed railway
Rail Minister makes comments at Rail Partners' parliamentary reception for rail freight.
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News 19 Mar
Stalled Access for All programme could restart this spring
Consultant AtkinsRéalis recently completed a detailed accessibility audit of all 2,577 stations across Great Britain.
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News 19 Mar Advertisement feature
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News 18 Mar
Island Line to reopen fully in May - but further closure expected
Isle of Wight trains will run along Ryde Pier again from early May.
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News 18 Mar
Traction and rolling stock strategies urgently needed says former Chief Inspector of Railways
Ian Prosser says strategies are needed before GBR is set up to improve value for money and avoid potential safety risk.
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Analysis: The cost of HS2… and how to get those costs under control
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Comment: Open access operations - is the government for or against?
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