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Mar 4, 20212 min read

Mixed Response from Railway Industry to Budget Speech

According to Rail News, the railway industry has given a mixed response to the Budget. There has been a welcome for confirmation of £50...

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Mar 2, 20212 min read

Rail Minister’s Plan to Accelerate Major Projects

Britain’s rail industry has been urged to pioneer “radical” new ways of working to fast-track major projects. Rail minister Chris...

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Mar 2, 20212 min read

More trains for leisure and a new name for Network Rail?

According to a report in Rail News, the chairman of Network Rail Sir Peter Hendy has predicted that leisure and holiday travel by train...

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Final route for Northern Powerhouse Rail agreed

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Mar 1, 20212 min read

Final route for Northern Powerhouse Rail agreed

Transport for the North has written to Government with its official plan for rail investment over the coming decades. They say now is...

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Boris Johnson's Irish Sea tunnels and roundabout have sunk serious plans for bridge claims professor

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Mar 1, 20211 min read

Boris Johnson's Irish Sea tunnels and roundabout have sunk serious plans for bridge claims professor

The world’s first undersea roundabout, part of an 11km Atlantic tunnel connecting the Faroe islands of Eysturoy andStreymoy and built...

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Feb 9, 20213 min read

RIA Devolution Week to Discuss and promote key rail issues ahead of elections

The Railway Industry Association (RIA), the national trade body for the rail supply community, has launched a ‘Devolution Week’ involving...

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Feb 9, 20213 min read

£9 million Fund opens to Railway Innovators and Inventors

A new £9 million competition to find cutting-edge ideas set to transform the future of the railways has opened, as Rail Minister Chris...

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Wales and Borders rail franchise into public ownership

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Feb 9, 20212 min read

Wales and Borders rail franchise into public ownership

THE Wales and Borders rail franchise - which runs trains running through north Shropshire - has been taken into public ownership by the...

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£760m will lay new track for trains to Cambridge from Oxford

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Jan 23, 20213 min read

£760m will lay new track for trains to Cambridge from Oxford

A train leaving Oxford station. Picture: Jon Lewis A £760m fund will be spent to break ground on a new railway link between Oxford and...

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Government and Industry Unite to launch Rail Innovation Exhibition

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Jan 22, 20211 min read

Government and Industry Unite to launch Rail Innovation Exhibition

Innovate UK, KTN, the Department for Transport (DfT) and the Railway Industry Association (RIA) are partnering to hold a four-day Rail...

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Jan 21, 20213 min read

Rail Proposals to 'Strengthen Union'

A series of key improvements to the UK's rail network has been proposed to the government in an effort to "strengthen the union". The...

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First Group Agrees Termination Sums for Avanti West Coast and South Western Railway Franchises

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Jan 20, 20212 min read

First Group Agrees Termination Sums for Avanti West Coast and South Western Railway Franchises

First Group PLC has announced that it has reached an agreement with the Department for Transport over the termination sums for the rail...

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Jan 20, 20212 min read

How Green is My Railway?

Industry bosses called for battery, hydrogen and electric-powered trains to help meet environmental targets The industry wants to make...

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Jan 20, 20212 min read

Network Rail’s Enhancement Budget for CP6 Cut

Rail Minister Chris Heaton-Harris has confirmed, in a written answer to a question from Shadow Secretary of State for Transport Jim...

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Jan 20, 20212 min read

Rail Industry Responds to Reduction in Rail Enhancements Funding

The Railway Industry Association (RIA), the trade body for the UK rail supply community, has responded to news that the rail enhancements...

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Jan 4, 20213 min read

A Bridge Over Troubled Waters or a Tunnel?

After approval by Mr Johnston, Sir Peter Hendy, chairman of Network Rail, has asked experts to conduct a review of a potential tunnel...

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