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FirstGroup buys Grand Union's Carmarthen-Paddington open access operation and requests new Paignton service
FirstGroup is to run both services under its Lumo brand, with Carmarthen still set to start in 2027
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Government to take over from train operators at 'average rate of one every three months'
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has given an outline timetable of DfT Operator Ltd taking over passenger operations after the first three TOCs are taken in house in 2025
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Avanti West Coast announces final day for its Class 221 Voyagers
Avanti West Coast has confirmed the final diagram for its last Class 221 Voyager fleet
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Details of Rail 200 tour train announced ahead of 12-month tour
The train will be used for a year, criss-crossing Britain to visit hundreds of thousands of people
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Greater Anglia among first TOCs to be taken over by DfT operator in 2025, government confirms
The government has announced that three train operators will be publicly operated next year
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2025 ECML timetable agreement reached
A breakthrough in the East Coast Mainline 2025 timetable is close with details expected to be announced later this month by the Department for Transport (DfT).
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Adhesion issue ruled out after Southeastern Javelin goes through end of Ramsgate siding
The EMU derailed at Ramsgate Maintenance Depot and has since been sprayed with graffiti
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'Constructive discussions' over Chiltern Mk 5 deal
Chiltern Railways could be moving closer to taking on the stock that's never been fully utilised after being withdrawn from TransPennine Express use last year
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More former West Midlands Railway Class 323s move for storage
More EMUs are taken for storage following their withdrawal by West Midlands Railway
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Latest digital signalling tests deemed a 'success' after weekend closure of East Coast Main Line
Network Rail has said the tests bring programme of allowing trains on part of the East Coast Main Line to be controlled by digital signalling from late 2025 a step nearer
