Author: railwatch
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Published Sun 18 of Jun, 2006 12:01 BST
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(3530 Reads)
The campaign to rebuild the Wensleydale railway has won support from TV actor Robert Hardy.
Author: railwatch
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Published Sun 11 of Jun, 2006 12:39 BST
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(2598 Reads)
The Government is at last beginning to recognise that something needs to be done about the appalling road congestion in the south east of England.
Author: railwatch
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Published Sun 04 of Jun, 2006 19:42 BST
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(3918 Reads)
July 4th is a special day for all who have been campaigning to reopen the scenic Wensleydale Railway.
Author: railwatch
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Published Thu 25 of May, 2006 12:25 BST
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(2657 Reads)
Funding has yet again been identified as the main reason why rail cannot play its proper function in national transport policy.
Author: railwatch
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Published Wed 17 of May, 2006 11:21 BST
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(3295 Reads)
A £329million contract to supply rubber-tyred trains and to help build a new 10-mile long rapid transit line has been won by Bombardier Transportation which has a factory in Derby.
Author: railwatch
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Published Fri 05 of May, 2006 22:54 BST
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(2748 Reads)
The Government is being urged to back the East London Line Extension, now that a judge has rejected blocking tactics by a group which wanted to preserve Bishopsgate viaduct and goods yard.
Author: railwatch
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Published Sun 30 of Apr, 2006 14:03 BST
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(3024 Reads)
A ten-point programme to improve rural rail services has been issued by rail experts.
Author: railwatch
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Published Mon 24 of Apr, 2006 09:44 BST
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(2951 Reads)
More than 40,000 tonnes of paper which is currently transported by road will in future go by rail thanks to a £100,000 award by the Strategic Rail Authority.
Author: railwatch
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Published Sat 15 of Apr, 2006 10:52 BST
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The row over Luton council's plan to junk the intact - but disused - rail line to Dunstable and build a guided busway on it has entered a new phase with the local MP suggesting that both busway and light rail could be accommodated.
Author: railwatch
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Published Fri 14 of Apr, 2006 17:18 BST
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(3102 Reads)
The Government and the Strategic Rail Authority were urged today to introduce a national railcard.
Author: rdsnews
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Published Wed 05 of Apr, 2006 21:36 BST
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(3570 Reads)
The payment to Railtrack that was brought forward by the Government (described in our latest news feature ‘£7.5bn rail boost’) is good news to Railfuture.
Author: railwatch
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Published Mon 03 of Apr, 2006 17:26 BST
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(2979 Reads)
The work of Friends of Handforth Station was recognised at the Rail Oscars award ceremony in London on 24 March.
Author: railwatch
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Published Mon 03 of Apr, 2006 14:23 BST
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(3149 Reads)
The largest information technology contract ever awarded by Britain’s rail industry will allow train operators to divide up the revenue from ticket sales between them more efficiently.
Author: railwatch
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Published Mon 27 of Mar, 2006 17:47 BST
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(3019 Reads)
Forty years after a rail line was condemned to die by Dr Beeching, it is celebrating a new lease of life.
Author: railwatch
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Published Sun 26 of Mar, 2006 13:18 BST
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(2953 Reads)
A new not-for profit company called Network Rail is expected to take over Railtrack plc's responsibility for maintaining Britain's railways from July this year.
Author: Ray King
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Published Mon 20 of Mar, 2006 08:03 GMT
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(7619 Reads)
Bristol Temple Meads station