Research Hub - Page 2
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FROM THE ARCHIVES: HS2: Dispatches tells a misleading and incomplete story
Earlier this year, PAUL BIGLAND defended HS2 against the claims made in a Channel 4 documentary
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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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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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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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Brexit "You can sense the nervousness..."
With the deadline now just months away, PAUL CLIFTON asks whether the effect has become any clearer
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Nationalisation: “a dead-end argument”
Former train operator and top Railtrack/Network Rail executive MICHAEL HOLDEN explains why he believes a fully public railway won’t work
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Everything we hear about rail fares is probably wrong...
Analysis - Fares Special by John Band
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Our rail fares are often cheaper than rest of Europe!
MARK SMITH compares routes across four countries - and destroys the myth that our fares are the highest in Europe
