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Nationalising train services is ‘not a practical solution’, private firms say
The Railways Bill will ensure that appointing a public sector train operator as existing contracts expire will be the default position.
Bills to overhaul rail and bus services in King’s Speech
Effectively renationalising all train operations was a long-standing pledge for Labour while the party was in opposition.
Plans for new train services between London and Manchester
Operator London Northwestern Railway is seeking permission to extend its existing services which run between the capital and Crewe.
Plaid Cymru pledges to ‘fight for fairer funding’ as it launches manifesto
Windfall taxes, securing money ‘owed to Wales’ in rail funding and devolving the Crown Estate would all be key pledges, the party said.
Britain’s high-speed rail project announces new chief executive
Former Crossrail chief Mark Wild OBE has been selected as the new head of HS2 Ltd.
Northern cities will ‘remain poorly served’ by rail, Government advisers warn
Existing rail infrastructure is a ‘constraint’ on future passenger and freight growth, the National Infrastructure Commission said.
Minister dismisses train-making job losses as ‘peaks and troughs’, Labour says
Shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh said there has been a lack of action from Transport Secretary Mark Harper over securing the industry’s future.
HS2 hails ‘remarkable achievement’ as it completes excavation of longest tunnel
A second machine reached the end of its 10-mile journey under the Chiltern Hills.
Development of HS2 trains continues despite doubts over order
Alstom told MPs ‘cost is being incurred right now’.
Landowners on axed HS2 route left ‘suicidal’, MPs told
Rail expert Trevor Parkin told the Commons’ Transport Select Committee that HS2 Ltd officials are ‘dragging their feet’.