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Capacity for Channel Tunnel train services to be increased, says regulator
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Spare capacity at Eurostar’s Temple Mills maintenance depot will be allocated to either a new operator or Eurostar itself, meaning more choice for passengers, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has said.
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Rail firms taking ‘disproportionate action’ against passengers over ticket rules
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Actions by train operators against passengers who do not hold a valid ticket are “disproportionate”, according to an inquiry which criticised Britain’s “complex” fares system.
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Britain’s most and least-used railway stations revealed
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New figures reveal a huge surge in passenger numbers at Britain’s busiest railway station, while the least used station only records 54!
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Most and least used railway stations in Britain revealed
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The most used station recorded 80.4 million entries and exits while the least used recorded only 34.
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Jacobite service could be halted amid health & safety row
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The popular ‘Hogwarts Express’ service could be at the end of the line as it awaits a ruling after challenging a safety rule.
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Backlog of inspections could cause ‘safety issues’ on railway, regulator warns
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Faults with railway bridges and tunnels could go undetected due to a backlog of safety inspections, a regulator has warned.
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TransPennine Express cancelled equivalent of nearly one in four trains in a month
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TransPennine Express cancelled the equivalent of nearly a quarter of services in a month, new figures show.
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Train reliability hits new low with 4% of services cancelled in past year
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Train reliability across Britain has fallen to a new low, with the equivalent of one in 25 services cancelled during the past 12 months.
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Train firms ordered to stop misusing cancellation loophole
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Train operators have been ordered by a regulator to stop misusing a process which removes services from schedules without them being classed as cancelled.
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Rail signal deal being investigated by competition watchdog
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The UK competition watchdog has launched a more in-depth investigation into Hitachi’s proposed purchase of Thales’s rail infrastructure division after warning the deal could lead to higher prices for passengers.
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