rail

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Ticket offices and value in staff redeployment

Cost pressures are bearing down on the rail industry as revenue rises but not at a fast enough rate to cover the £2 billion gap between operating subsidy and income

Passengers 29 Nov

News

Upgrade work closes part of the Leeds to Manchester main line

Part of the main Leeds to Manchester railway is to close on weekdays for 5 weeks from October 21, with some trains diverted and replacement buses running.

rail 18 Oct

Southeastern train leaving Cannon Street station

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Southeastern boosts timetable with hundreds of weekday services

Passengers in the South-East of England will benefit from 220 new train services a week from the December timetable change.

rail 17 Oct

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Northern saves fuel by changing the way trains are driven

Northern Trains has been working with data scientists to save thousands of litres of diesel fuel a year by changing the way trains are driven.

rail 16 Oct

A ticket being checked by a conductor on a train

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Northern stops railcard prosecutions

Northern Trains is halting all current cases of passengers prosecuted for using 16-25 Railcards to claim discounts at the wrong time of day.

rail 15 Oct

An impression of how HS2 and the tramway will interact at Curzon Street station

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Business leaders back "HS2 Lite" proposal

More than 20 business leaders across the North-West have called on the chancellor, Rachel Reeves to announce support for its “HS2 Lite” scheme that was recently proposed by both the mayors of Greater Manchester and the West Midlands, Andy Burnham and Richard Parker.

rail 15 Oct

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Demand for Irish rail freight increases

Iarnród Éireann (IÉ) has introduced two new rail freight services between Dublin Port and Ballina, operated by International Warehousing and Transport (IWT).

rail 15 Oct

Network Rail new track panel being installed

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Westbury closes for a month

No trains will run through Westbury station in Wiltshire for almost a month.

rail 14 Oct

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New Dublin timetable performance issues force changes

Iarnród Éireann (IÉ) had to revise its new timetable introduced on 26 August for Dublin suburban services that pass through Connolly station.

rail 14 Oct

The first bodyshell for the new Piccadilly Line trains at the Siemens factory in East Yorkshire

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TfL's relationship with the DfT is improving, says London Mayor

The Mayor of London says the relationship between City Hall and Government has changed for the better.

rail 10 Oct

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Signal cable fire closes East Coast Main Line

There were major delays on the East Coast Main Line after a fire in signalling cabling near Stevenage on October 9.

rail 10 Oct

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East West Rail excursion

Rail passengers will have the opportunity to travel from Oxford to Milton Keynes direct for the first time since the 1990s.

rail 9 Oct

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Exclusive: Cleethorpes to London train plans on hold

RAIL can reveal that a new direct train service linking Cleethorpes and Grimsby with London will not start as had been planned in December 2024.

rail 9 Oct

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RMT in dispute with Merseyrail

The RMT union has gone into dispute with Merseyrail over pay and conditions.

rail 8 Oct

Photo of engineering apprentices at Northern Trains

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Northern recruits more apprentice engineers

Eighteen young people from across the North of England have taken their first step in a rail career, joining Northern Trains on an engineering apprenticeship.

rail 8 Oct