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Shapps launches construction of HS2 Old Oak Common station
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Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has launched the first permanent construction work at a HS2 station.
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HS2 costs ‘rose by £1.7 billion in past year’
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HS2’s costs have reportedly jumped by another £1.7 billion in the past year as the coronavirus pandemic adds further pressure to the high-speed railway project.
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All Great Central Railway stations to reopen from June 26
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The Great Central Railway (GCR) has announced that it will be reopening all four of its stations from June 26, 2021.
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You can help choose name for HS2 tunnel boring machine
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HS2 has launched a public vote to name a Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) which will create a one-mile twin bore tunnel in Warwickshire.
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COP26: Network Rail and Porterbrook to showcase sustainable trains of the future
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Network Rail have announced a partnership with Porterbrook to showcase Britain’s low-carbon train technology at the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26).
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Rail passenger numbers sink to pre-1872 levels
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Passenger numbers on Britain’s railways in 2020/21 reached the lowest level in at least 150 years, new figures show.
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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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Eurostar secures £250m bailout after collapse in demand
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Eurostar has secured a £250 million rescue package after warning it was “fighting for its survival” due to the coronavirus crisis.
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2,500 more services in largest boost to rail timetables this year
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Rail companies have added more than 2,500 daily services to timetables as the next easing of lockdown restrictions go ahead.
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RAIB inquest into 2016 Croydon tram crash opens
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An inquest into the Croydon tram derailment in 2016 -which caused the deaths of seven people – has opened.
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