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Freightliner and Dapol commemorate armistice
Freightliner and Dapol honour Britain’s war dead for 100th anniversary of the Armistice on November 11 2018, to raise money for former servicemen and women.
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Eurotunnel sets new truck shuttle record
Eurotunnel reported the highest number of trucks carried on its Channel Tunnel shuttle service this August, with a 24% increase on 2015’s figure.
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Nationalise the railways, says TUC
The TUC Congress in Brighton has repeated its call to renationalise the railway as a way of ending the “chaos”.
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Commuters plan legal challenge against Government handling of Southern
A recently formed rail passenger group is to fund a legal review of the Government’s handling of Southern Railway.
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Cancellations “worst since records began”
Nearly 3 in 10 GTR services failed to reach their destination on time between June 26 and July 23, according to figures from the ORR.
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More Southern services restored
Southern Railway restored more services to its emergency timetable from today.
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MPs discuss compensation as Southern dispute continues
Rail Minister Paul Maynard has denied that plans to increase compensation to Southern Railway commuters are “on the backburner”.
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Grayling refutes accusations of DfT HS2 failings
Chris Grayling describes claims that the Government has failed to set a workable, realistic timetable for HS2 Ltd as “a lot of nonsense”.
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Major improvements to trains and services needed for East Midlands - EMT
East Midlands Trains says decisions on the acquisition of new rolling stock and service enhancements need to be taken now, to speed up and improve services.
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DfT unlikely to repeat GTR model
Rail Minister Paul Maynard said it is unlikely that DfT will “wish to let such a franchise in the future”, when discussing GTR.
