A total of 85 separate applications have been lodged to launch new rail services or extend existing ones, prompting concerns that the busiest parts of the UK network could fall under increasingly intense pressure over the next five years.
Many are from full-risk concerns that will be independent of government control when existing train operators’ current contracts expire or are terminated early.
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Network Rail Eastern has been ordered to develop an improvement plan by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) following a significant rise in delays across the region
08/10/2024
A milestone has been reached in the project to increase capacity at London’s Elephant & Castle underground station.
01/10/2024
The Office of Rail and Road has released its latest quarterly passenger and freight rail performance reports which showed a slight decline in performance across the network for the passenger performance but a marked improvement for freight in the three months of April to June.
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