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Shapps: HS2 will go all the way to Leeds despite ‘mounting costs’
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Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has confirmed the HS2 rail project will go all the way to Leeds after fears over mounting costs had prompted speculation over the full scheme going ahead.
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Government announces £401m rail funding boost
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A £401 million government funding boost promises rail services in the North of England and the Midlands with new stations, faster journeys and more reliable services.
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Balfour Beatty rail workers urged to accept improved pay offer
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Rail workers are voting on an improved pay offer aimed at averting the threat of industrial action.
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Rail reforms ‘will make train journeys cheaper and more punctual’
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Reforms to Britain’s railways will make train services cheaper and more punctual, MPs have heard.
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Heritage Railway magazine strengthens editorial team
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Heritage Railway magazine, the trackside companion for preservationists and all-round rail enthusiasts has a new deputy editor.
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£6m refurbishment of Hither Green station completed providing more convenience to passengers post-lockdown
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A £6m refurbishment of one of London’s busiest suburban stations, Hither Green, has now been completed.
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Coroner calls for warning signs after boy electrocuted on railway line
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A coroner has called for Network Rail to improve warning signs at a railway station after a 17-year-old boy was electrocuted on the live rail after he went on to the tracks oblivious of the dangers.
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Rail union leaders and politicians question railway reform plans, accusing the Government of “papering over the cracks”
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Labour said it raised more questions than answers while a campaign group accused ministers of “rearranging deckchairs on the Titanic”.
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UK Rail services to unify under state-owned body, Great British Railways
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The creation of a new public sector body to oversee Britain’s railways will simplify a system that is “too complicated”, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said.
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