News - Page 419
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Stagecoach and Virgin awarded East Coast franchise
Eight-year deal for Inter City Railways, a joint venture of Stagecoach Transport Holdings Ltd and Virgin Holdings Ltd. New franchise begins March 1 2015.
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More direct c2c trains to Stratford
More than 80,000 seats direct to Stratford and Liverpool Street for Christmas shoppers.
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December start for Class 387/1s
Govia Thameslink Railway confirms start date for new Electrostars
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Sixteen-day part closure of London Bridge station
Four weeks until London Bridge part closure… Thameslink trains will not serve until 2018
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Basildon station turns 40
c2c gives birthday cake to 500 commuters for Basildon station’s 40th
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Hitachi unveils first five-car IEP for DfT’s £6bn order
NIGEL HARRIS reports from Hitachi’s Kasado Works in Kudamatsu City, Southern Japan
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Hitachi sidesteps questions about IEP’s detailed costs
Hitachi’s Intercity Express programme (IEP) has made an impressive debut, but the Class 800 continues to be dogged by unanswered questions
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“HS2: plan ahead with confidence” - Perry
“The debate has moved on from whether to build HS2, to how we should build it,” Transport Minister Claire Perry asserted at RAIL’s National Rail Conference
