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COMMENT SPECIAL: Let’s get HS2 done

To keep those loaned votes, PM, you must approve HS2

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New trains… but often the same old problems

The entry into revenue-earning service of new rolling stock across the UK has been blighted by a series of problems. RICHARD CLINNICK reports

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Between a rock and a wet place…

While work is under way on strengthening the sea wall at Dawlish, the biggest part of Network Rail’s resilience project is yet to come. ANDREW RODEN reports

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Tripping points in industry’s failed appliance of compliance

Train operators have been granted dispensation to run non-compliant rolling stock. But could that situation have been avoided? RICHARD CLINNICK reports

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COMMENT FROM THE ARCHIVES: R892 - Build HS2 in full, says Review

I am told this Government contracting insanity turbocharges costs by one third…this would equate to £20bn on the full Y network.

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COMMENT FROM THE ARCHIVES: R875 - New trains… old problems

“With the dead hand of the Department looming over every decision, what chance does the industry have?”

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COMMENT FROM THE ARCHIVES: R874 - Responsibility… accountability

“Perhaps Williams is treading carefully so as not to scare the horses at the DfT and in Government”

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COMMENT FROM THE ARCHIVES: R873 - RDG proposals are a lifeline Government should seize

“A new way of delivering the railway cannot now be avoided… and a radical fare review must be part of it.”

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COMMENT FROM THE ARCHIVES: R872 - Stakes could not be higher

"I wish Andrew Haines well. Government cannot succeed unless NR succeeds and the rest of the industry cannot succeed if Haines fails."

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COMMENT FROM THE ARCHIVES: R871 - Time for really radical change

“...a cabinet office minister said ...that too often when discussing policy, officials just ‘didnt know what they were talking about”

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