Office of Rail and Road
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Rail fare revenue at just 71% of pre-Covid levels
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Revenue from train fares was just 71% of pre-pandemic levels between July and September, new figures show.
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New service between London and south-west Wales approved
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Rail passengers travelling between London and south-west Wales are set to have a choice of train operator.
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Government funding to railways at almost double pre-Covid levels
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Government funding to run Britain’s railways remains nearly double pre-pandemic levels, new figures show.
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Britain’s most and least-used railway stations revealed
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The most used station served over 40 million passengers. The least used only recorded 40.
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Train cancellations hit record high
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Train reliability in Britain reached the worst level on record after another month of disruption.
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Network Rail warned over increase in delays
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The decline in train performance has accelerated in recent months, new figures show.
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Progress made on improving rail performance but ‘final push’ needed
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Network Rail has made progress on issues which led to poor train performance in the North West and Central region of the network last year, the industry’s regulator has said.
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Norfolk’s Berney Arms named Britain’s least used railway station
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Just 42 passengers used the isolated station between April 2019 and March 2020.
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Construction traffic boom keeps UK railfreight stable
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A FIVE per cent increase in construction traffic took the sector to its highest quarterly volume in the first three months of 2019/20, according to new figures from the Office of Rail and Road (ORR). The movement of construction materials, fuelled by high levels of property development in London and the south-east of England, reached…
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TransPennine accepts first Hitachi-built ‘Nova 1’ set
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TRANSPENNINE Express has accepted the first Hitachi Class 802 bi-mode train into its fleet. Dubbed ‘Nova 1’, TPE received the set following approval from the Office of Rail and Road. TPE has ordered 19 five-carriage ‘Nova 1’ trains, each containing 342 seats, an extra 161 compared to its current Class 185 trains. They will be…
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