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News 27 Sep
ORR accepts NR Wales and Western Region's Improvement Plan
The Office of Road and Rail (ORR) has approved Network Rail’s plan to improve train performance across the Wales and Western England region.
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News 27 Sep
A step in the right direction to meet freights ambitions
As further reform to rail continues apace, changes to rail freight and the charges attached to it have already been made. In a move designed to encourage further modal shift to rail freight, Network Rail and the Department for Transport (DfT) has waived track access charges for new freight flows for the next six months in a bid to bring new business onto the nation’s tracks.
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Insight 27 Sep
The new rail recruits adding business benefits with diversity
Why should rail employers take on people from disadvantaged backgrounds? As well as the right thing, Paul Clifton learns that it’s essential for the future.
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Opinion 27 Sep
Opinion: Passenger support at stations - and making them safe for all
Philip Haigh examines two incidents which highlight the need for excellent customer service to go hand-in-hand with reliable services
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News 26 Sep
Kit for Kyiv: Saving lives in Ukraine
Every day, railway workers are at risk in Ukraine. More than 2,500 have been killed or injured since the start of the war in 2022.
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Opinion 26 Sep
Opinion: Moving fast on rail reform: but will things be fixed?
The government should not be blaming the private sector for all the problems the railway faces, says Andy Bagnall, Chief Executive of Rail partners.
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News 26 Sep
NR attends to tree hazards at Widnes
Network Rail will begin essential woodland management work in Cheshire this September.
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News 26 Sep
Hydrogen mooted as a route to net zero in Scotland’s Far North
The Far North and West Highland lines could be decarbonised through discontinuous electrification, RIA Scotland chair Campbell Braid tells SNP conference.
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News 25 Sep
Long-running rail dispute is over
Rail staff in the RMT union have voted to accept pay offers from train operating companies (TOCs) and Network Rail.
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News 25 Sep
Class 99 hybrid unveiled at Innotrans
GB Railfreight (GBRf) has unveiled its new hybrid bi-mode Class 99 locomotive at InnoTrans.
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News 25 Sep
New accessible tube ticket hall opens at Paddington
The new ticket hall at Paddington London Underground station which serves the Bakerloo line is now open.
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News 25 Sep
First acquires Stirling-London Grand Union open access operation
FirstGroup has taken over Ian Yeowart’s Stirling-London open access operation, which holds five-year track access rights and is proposed to start in June 2025.
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Opinion 25 Sep
Opinion: Haigh launches Shadow GBR - but we’re still in the dark
Labour's nationalisation plan is driven by ideology, says Christian Wolmar, and it's unclear if and when it will solve the industry's problems.
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Insight 25 Sep
What do the rail unions really want next?
How will the unions work with the new government and a future Great British Railways? Joe Campbell reports.
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News 25 Sep
You can name an NR leafbuster train
Network Rail has launched a publicity campaign ahead of the autumn leaf-clearing season, inviting people to think up a name for one of its ‘leafbuster’ trains.
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News 24 Sep
Transport Committee Chair to investigate track access charges and HS2
The new chair of the Transport Select Committee wants to investigate restrictions on flying, rail freight track access charges and HS2.
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News 24 Sep
"Not too late to change course on public ownership"
It’s “not too late” for Louise Haigh to change course on public ownership and get “the best of both worlds,” says Rail Partners chief executive, Andy Bagnall.
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Features 24 Sep
How previous generations celebrated the first passenger rail journey
Momentum is gathering for next year’s ‘Railway 200’. Richard Foster looks at how previous anniversaries celebrated the railway’s birth.
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News 24 Sep
Holyrood support for Clyde Metro
The Clyde Metro project will be backed with public funding from the Scottish government, Scotland’s Transport Minister Fiona Hyslop has confirmed.
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Opinion 24 Sep
Guest Opinion: Our railway needs a lot more now than nationalisation
Sidestep the public vs private debate and focus more closely on better public transport, says the new Liberal Democrat MP Olly Glover.
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UK's first Intercity battery train hits the tracks
Main line tests have started on the nation's first intercity battery train. The class 802 bi-mode unit has seen one of its engines replaced and retrofitted with batteries, a first for the UK rail network.
How to grow off-peak leisure travel by rail
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“It is hard not to be inspired” by Ukraine’s Iron People
Q&A with Rail Partners’ Andy Bagnall, who is spearheading an appeal to provide vital safety kit to fellow railway workers in Ukraine.
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