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Crossrail releases images to make the project reaching the 75% complete stage.

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.

DfT says it “strongly supports” the ORR’s overall objective for its 2018 Periodic Review (PR18), particularly the focus on users’ interests.

Testing of new signalling system to be introduced by Thales and London Underground has reached the point where a train is running at LU’s line speed of 50mph.