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FirstGroup orders 14 Hitachi 80x units for Lumo services on Great Western and East Coast Main Lines
FirstGroup's order comes a day after acquisition of Grand Union's Paddington-Carmarthen operation is announced
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Reinstating Lincoln-Newark service depends on East Coast Main Line timetable recast
The East Midlands Railway service was withdrawn in June 2021
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Speculation over possible reuse of Class 350 units with Northern
The 37 EMUs will soon become available once London Northwestern Railway starts to introduce its Class 730/2 units
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FirstGroup buys Grand Union's Carmarthen-Paddington open access operation and requests new Paignton service
FirstGroup is to run both services under its Lumo brand, with Carmarthen still set to start in 2027
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Government to take over from train operators at 'average rate of one every three months'
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has given an outline timetable of DfT Operator Ltd taking over passenger operations after the first three TOCs are taken in house in 2025
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Avanti West Coast announces final day for its Class 221 Voyagers
Avanti West Coast has confirmed the final diagram for its last Class 221 Voyager fleet
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Details of Rail 200 tour train announced ahead of 12-month tour
The train will be used for a year, criss-crossing Britain to visit hundreds of thousands of people
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Greater Anglia among first TOCs to be taken over by DfT operator in 2025, government confirms
The government has announced that three train operators will be publicly operated next year
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2025 ECML timetable agreement reached
A breakthrough in the East Coast Mainline 2025 timetable is close with details expected to be announced later this month by the Department for Transport (DfT).
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Adhesion issue ruled out after Southeastern Javelin goes through end of Ramsgate siding
The EMU derailed at Ramsgate Maintenance Depot and has since been sprayed with graffiti