News - Page 284
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Fleet
Brodie-owned DMU enters traffic with ScotRail
Brodie returns a Class 156 to traffic after it was badly damaged by floods. It's first '156' owned by a company other than Porterbrook or Angel Trains.
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Network
Network Rail lights plan for Anglia crossings
Warning lights will be installed at three level crossings in East Anglia where no warning systems or barriers are in place.
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Network
CrossCountry extension a “lost opportunity”
Transport lead of West Midlands Combined Authority says recent Direct Award for CrossCountry franchise is a “lost opportunity” to boost passenger capacity.
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Network
Enhanced Delay Repay to start on GTR
Better compensation for late-running trains will be introduced on Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) within the next six months.
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Network
5.7 pence per mile subsidy for passengers in 2015-2016
The amount of subsidy per passenger mile rises from 5.6p per mile in 2014-15 to 5.7p in 2015-16, according to statistics from DfT.
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Network
John Smith to give speech at RAIL's National Rail Conference
GB Railfreight's CEO and founder will speak at the NRC in Manchester on November 1
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Network
Eurotunnel reports another increase in traffic carried
September was an 11th consecutive record-breaking month for Eurotunnel, with the company reporting an 11% increase in traffic compared with September 2015.
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Network
“Get Brexit bids in quickly” says MP
Freight and transport companies “need to decide quickly what their bottom line is on Brexit, or risk not having any say at all over the future”.
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Network
£500 million plan for Devon sea wall
Network Rail planning a 400-metre-long causeway around 30 metres into the sea at Teignmouth, to act as a wave-breaker to prevent cliff falls in the area.