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Rail Minister Paul Maynard has denied that plans to increase compensation to Southern Railway commuters are “on the backburner”.

Chris Grayling describes claims that the Government has failed to set a workable, realistic timetable for HS2 Ltd as “a lot of nonsense”.

Rail Minister Paul Maynard said it is unlikely that DfT will “wish to let such a franchise in the future”, when discussing GTR.

Shadow Transport Secretary Andy McDonald says nationalisation will save money and not lead to additional expenditure if Labour is elected to power.

Regulated rail fares are set to rise by 1.9% in January 2017, following the announcement of the Retail Price Index figure on August 16.

Switching from diesel to electric traction will have more effect on freight train speeds than simply increasing speed limits from 75mph to 90mph, says NR.

Longer and faster freight trains running on a higher-capacity rail network form the cornerstone of Network Rail’s draft Freight Network Study.

Britain’s rail industry has scored “undoubted success in growing its market over the 20 years or so since the industry was privatised” - report

Campaigners on the Isle of Wight say they have convinced DfT to drop plans for the island’s rail service to become a self-sustaining business.

The £1 million upgrade of Northern Rail’s Harrogate station has been completed.