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Network 20 Aug
EXCLUSIVE: DRS develops strategy to eliminate older traction
Heritage traction to be gradually withdrawn by DRS
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Network 19 Aug
Northern leaders demand £7 billion transport budget
Calls for £7bn Northern Infrastructure Pipeline of ‘shovel-ready’ road and rail projects and commitments to deliver £39bn Northern Powerhouse Rail network.
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RAIL Features 19 Aug
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Crossrail reboots with renewed focus
Crossrail Chief Executive MARK WILD is determined to consign the problems to the history books, and concentrate on a successful delivery.
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Network 19 Aug
Drug addict jailed for Nottingham station fire
Drug addict sentenced to 25 months in prison for starting Nottingham station fire
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Network 19 Aug
Specialist help on Greater Anglia's accessible new trains
Expert help makes Greater Anglia's new Stadler fleet more accessible for passengers
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Network 19 Aug
East Midlands Railway takes over from EMT
Abellio replaces Stagecoach as East Midlands franchise operator
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Network 16 Aug
23-day blockade for Wherry Lines resignalling
One more blockade needed for heavily-delayed Anglia resignalling scheme
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Network 16 Aug
Class 323s to remain with Northern
Northern to not only keep its own '323s', but 17 of WMT's fleet to move north
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Reference 16 Aug
FROM THE ARCHIVES: The future face of franchises is shrouded in uncertainty
Chris Grayling wanted to run the East Coast franchise as a public-private partnership, but problems around responsibilities, trust and risk must be resolved
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Network 16 Aug
Freight contract to deliver medical supplies post-Brexit
£25 million contract to for express freight to carry medicine post-Brexit up for grabs
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Reference 14 Aug
FROM THE ARCHIVES: ‘Old trains’: a national disgrace or shoddy journalism?
Stories decrying Britain’s ‘ageing train fleet’ are short-sighted, lacking in context and fail to take into account the benefits of franchise renewals
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Network 14 Aug
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Are Britain’s fares really so much higher?
MARK SMITH compares routes across four countries - and destroys the myth that our fares are the highest in Europe
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Network 14 Aug
First Trenitalia to operate West Coast Partnership from December 2019
First Trenitalia replaces Virgin Trains on West Coast Main Line from December, and will be shadow operator of HS2
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Reference 14 Aug
FROM THE ARCHIVES: How much money generated by UK rail goes overseas?
PHILIP HAIGH sifts through company accounts to discover which UK train operators pay dividends
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Network 13 Aug
Caledonian Sleeper runaway: RAIB to scrutinise brake system
RAIB to investigate Edinburgh Waverley runaway
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Network 13 Aug
Pacer withdrawal programme finally under way
Northern finally removes first Pacer from traffic, some nine months later than planned
Top Stories
First Trenitalia to operate West Coast Partnership from December 2019
First Trenitalia replaces Virgin Trains on West Coast Main Line from December, and will be shadow operator of HS2
Class 323s to remain with Northern
Northern to not only keep its own '323s', but 17 of WMT's fleet to move north
LNER reveals HSTs could stay
HSTs could stay on East Coast expresses into next year
November 12 2019
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