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Regulated rail fares are set to increase by 3.5% on January 1, unless the Government intervenes to ease the burden on passengers in an election year.

The Department for Transport “has identified a potential solution” to the problem caused by the transfer of nine two-car Class 170 diesel multiple units.

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has announced £10.4 million of funding for the long campaigned-for resignalling of the 11⁄2-mile Halton Curve.

Whitehall mandarins have caused confusion across parts of the industry by procuring trains centrally, despite having a policy of leaving this to the industry.

Virgin Trains will retain the West Coast franchise until April 2017.

A third UK high-speed rail link, based on the existing Manchester-Leeds line, could help to create a ‘powerhouse’ collection of Northern cities.

The competitions for the next Northern and TransPennine Express franchises were launched on June 9.