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People 19 Aug
GUEST COLUMN - Sarah Robinson, Head of Operations at ITAL Group
The right tools to thwart passengers who don’t pay their fare
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Network 15 Aug
2-for-1 on Welsh landmarks by train
People travelling by train to historic landmarks in Wales can now get two-for one entry.
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Network 12 Aug
HS2 leads the field in equality and diversity
HS2 Ltd continues to beat industry averages for the number of female and BAME employees working on the project
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Network 11 Aug
ORR calls for action from HS1 on renewals projects
HS1 Ltd has rejected concerns from the Office of Rail and Road over how the company is managing its asset renewals.
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Network 10 Aug
Exciting cab rides among the Ukrainian Aid raffle prizes
More Railway Family Prize Draw raffle prizes for the RAIL Ukraine Appeal supporting British Ukrainian-Aid (RAIL 962) have been announced
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Network 9 Aug
Extra trains for Edinburgh Festival
ScotRail has confirmed that later trains will run and that existing services will be reinforced with extra carriages to and from Edinburgh
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Network 8 Aug
Midlands season tickets on barcode
Passengers travelling with East Midlands Railway and West Midlands Trains can now buy app-based barcode season tickets.
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Network 2 Aug
RAIB recommends new process for overrun risk after near-miss
Only ten seconds and a good dose of luck prevented a 70mph head-on crash between a Loram rail-grinding machine and a nine-car Class 222 Meridian
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Network 1 Aug
More ticket gates head £30m Victoria refresh
Twenty-five extra ticket gates are to be installed at London Victoria station, to ease its acute congestion at peak times.
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Network 30 Jul
SWR business plan omits start date for new Arterios
South Western Railway’s new 2022-23 business plan contains no new information about its long-delayed £1 billion fleet of 90 new trains.
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Network 29 Jul
Dorothy makes a breakthrough
The 2,000-tonne Dorothy, one of HS2’s ten tunnel boring machines, has made its first breakthrough after eight months underground.
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Network 28 Jul
Zero-emission in use at Ealing site
Two zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell generators have replaced diesel-powered equipment at HS2’s Victoria Road construction site at Ealing, in west London.
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Network 27 Jul
Business urged to support line upgrade
Businesses along the Birmingham-Shrewsbury route are being urged to complete a survey that could help decide whether new investment includes electrification.
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Network 25 Jul
Help NRA to raise funds for British-Ukrainian Aid
Help NRA to raise funds for British-Ukrainian Aid
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Network 23 Jul
Shapps to cut back East West Rail?
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has cast doubt on the second and third phases of East West Rail
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Network 22 Jul
Thousand days pass since RNEP
July 17 marked 1,000 days since the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline was last published
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Network 21 Jul
Kelsian Group weighs up options on Go-Ahead bid
A rival bidder in the race to buy Go-Ahead Group says it is still “assessing its options”, in the wake of an upbeat trading update by the bus and rail business
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Network 20 Jul
Lords discuss concerns over Avanti West Coast
Peers in the House of Lords have been expressing their concerns about the performance of Avanti West Coast (AWC) services.
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Network 16 Jul
£370 million Solihull Interchange contract awarded
Laing O’Rourke has been awarded the £370 million contract to build the new interchange station at Solihull in the West Midlands.
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Network 15 Jul
HS2 employs novel piling method for sleek new viaduct
Piling work has begun on one of HS2’s most spectacular engineering features yet - the low 500-yard, nine-span Wendover Dean Viaduct in Buckinghamshire.
Top Stories
Lords discuss concerns over Avanti West Coast
Peers in the House of Lords have been expressing their concerns about the performance of Avanti West Coast (AWC) services.
Windermere passing loop heads South Cumbria rail plans
A plan for South Cumbria, setting out realistic investment targets for the region’s lines with its local operator at its core, is aiming for ‘quick wins’.
Chiltern Railways awarded six-year National RTail Contract
Britain’s longest-running passenger operator, Chiltern Railways, has been awarded a six-year National Rail Contract (NRC) with a commitment to decarbonisation
The National Rail Awards will take place September 15 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London's Park Lane. Once again hosted by RAIL's Managing Editor & Events Director Nigel Harris and BBC Presenter Huw Edwards.
To find out about more, please contact Sandra Evitt, Events Manager, 01733 468 123, [email protected]
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