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Division over 5.9% increase in regulated rail fares

Regulated rail fares in England will rise by 5.9% from March 5, the Government has confirmed.

4 Jan

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Trevelyan: “take your seats at the negotiating table”

There is a “deal to be done” over rail strikes, new Secretary of State for Transport Anne-Marie Trevelyan

14 Oct

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Storms: Shapps says railway was “overly cautious”

Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps has expressed concern over the scale of cancelled trains during recent storms

7 Mar

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WILLIAMS REVEALED: Great British Railways to end rail fragmentation

A new and fully integrated public body is to take control of owning and maintaining infrastructure, collecting fare revenue, running and planning the network...

20 May

Eurostar 374009 at Paris Gare Du Nord on June 3. RICHARD CLINNICK.

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Shapps: Eurostar “not our company to rescue"

"Eurostar is a majority French state-owned company. We are obviously interested and concerned, particularly about jobs" - Shapps

3 Feb

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Government to take over services on Northern network

Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps has announced that, from March 1, the Government will take over running services on the Northern network.

29 Jan

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Government commits funding for Beeching reversal plans

Government announces more funding for Beeching reversal plans

28 Jan

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Grayling advises successor on transport ‘minefield’

Grayling on transport - "it affects more people, in more of their lives, than any other area of government”

26 Jul

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Shapps take top Transport post

Grant Shapps replaces Chris Grayling as Secretary of State for Transport

25 Jul

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Grayling confirmed as Rail Live headline speaker

Secretary of State for Transport Chris Grayling is to speak at Rail Live.

10 Apr

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RMT motion seeks Grayling resignation

RMT tables motion for Transport Secretary to leave role

30 Jul

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Business case requested for Middlewich reopening

Government requests strategic business case to reopen Middlewich line to passengers

11 Jul

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“Hard review” to precede decision on GTR’s future

Johnson: "The Secretary of State has set in train a hard review of GTR."

9 Jul

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More and faster journeys planned via Midlands Rail Hub

A 20-year strategy is launched to create a Midlands Rail Hub that is expected to be worth up to £649 million a year to the region’s economy by 2037.

9 Jul

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Northern and GTR passengers face “unsatisfactory service” - Grayling

Grayling: "Let me be absolutely clear: passengers on these franchises are facing totally unsatisfactory levels of service.”

5 Jun

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Operators blame Network Rail for timetable chaos

Operators have largely blamed Network Rail for the problems suffered by rail passengers following last month’s overhaul of timetables

4 Jun

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Grayling taken to task over bi-mode comments

Secretary of State forced to defend comments about bi-mode trains

23 Apr

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Withdrawal of HSTs prompts fears of Midland Main Line stock shortfall

Grayling claims bi-modes will be delivered in 'early-2020s', yet HSTs must be withdrawn by the end of next year, leaving a shortfall of sets on MML

5 Mar

Alstom 654602 is pictured at Velim test track in the Czech Republic during the first day of test runs on April 25. The two-car Coradia iLint is scheduled to go into passenger service in Germany in January 2018 as the world’s first hydrogen fuel cell-powered train. ENRICO SCHREURS.

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Grayling: "I want the first hydrogen train to operate on our rail network within a short period of time"

Transport Secretary "expects to see a transformation in technology on our railways over the coming years"

19 Jan

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CBT: “uneven progress” on fares improvements

Progress on implementing the Fares and Ticketing Review published in 2015 is “highly uneven with very limited progress” in some areas says CBT.

13 Oct

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