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Articles by RAIL magazine - Page 21
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News
UK train operators under new ownership as I Squared buys Arriva
Infrastructure investment company I Squared has bought Arriva Group from German state-owned Deutsche Bahn.
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Opinion
Confronting the crisis on the Great Western
Tom Edwards recalls the day in December that the Great Western hit the headlines for the wrong reasons, and asks how its failings can be rectified.
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News
Hitachi-Thales rail deal completed at last
Hitachi Rail has completed its acquisition of Thales' Ground Transportation Systems (GTS) business after a long-drawn-out process of securing regulatory approvals in multiple countries.
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News
Liverpool allocates £19m for accessible station projects
Four more Merseyrail stations will have new lifts installed to provide step-free access from the street to the train.
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News
Gibb plans HS2 alternative with 155mph Pendolinos
Former Virgin West Coast manager Chris Gibb is putting forward a radical alternative to the cancelled HS2 route between Birmingham and Manchester, writes Peter Plisner
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NIC criticises Government’s West Coast ‘do nothing’ policy
The economic prospects of Birmingham and Manchester are being seriously damaged because of the Government’s failure to come up with any plans to improve the West Coast Main Line, to replace the cancelled northern leg of HS2, writes Howard Johnston.
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RMT ‘win’ over retention of guards on Barrhead line
THE RMT union has claimed a “significant win” after ScotRail agreed to continue driver-and-guard operation on its £63 million newly electrified line to Barrhead, and its £140m East Kilbride electrification project, on which work started earlier this year.
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News
Station museum celebrates wartime role of Malvern radar experts
A new museum at Great Malvern railway station recalls the work of the technology experts in Malvern who contributed to Britain’s role in winning the Second World War.
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News
Government’s infrastructure advisers call for long-term rail plan
The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) says the Government needs to flesh out its railway proposals in northern England and the Midlands.
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Opinion
Labour’s rail reform plans remain a work in progress
Travel writer and broadcaster Christian Wolmar says what emerges in government may look different to the plan the party set out while in opposition.
