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5 January 2015
Demonstrators stage New Year protests at stations

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13 January 2015
Northampton station opens and North moves forward

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5 February 2015
Dawlish closure 'could have cost £1.2 billion'

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6 February 2015
Railfreight link restored at Sunderland Port

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10 February 2015
Horses killed by trains

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27 February 2015
Northern, Transpennine Express details published

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5 March 2015
First 319s run on Northern route

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6 March 2015
Bold plans revealed for more northern electrification

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18 March 2015
New Great Western franchise confirmed by Chancellor

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20 March 2015
Major rail investment plans for North unveiled

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24 March 2015
Lords Committee gives thumbs down to HS2

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9 April 2015
Government rules out North Cotswold Line upgrade

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6 June 2015
Train travel totals reach new heights

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10 June 2015
Dutch franchise scandal triggers call for ScotRail probe

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12 June 2015
ORR investigates Network Rail's 'slow start'

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26 June 2015
Dismay after Network Rail cash crisis revealed

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6 July 2015
Government’s robust rejection of Lords’ HS2 criticisms

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9 July 2015
'Rock solid' strikes reduce London to a crawl

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13 July 2015
Sheffield-Leeds HS2 route ‘to be shared with HS3’

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16 July 2015
ORR denies Network Rail 'split up' reports

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20 July 2015
Transport secretary admits NR costs are still not clear

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3 August 2015
TfL signs controversial contract for subsurface signalling

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11 August 2015
Northern Powerhouse plan to be unveiled

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20 August 2015
Blow for Northern Powerhouse with new electrification delay

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3 September 2015
'Momentous occasion' as Intercity Express factory opens

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29 September 2015
Labour conference confirms plans for rail re-nationalisation

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30 September 2015
Dismay as electrification plans are ‘un-paused’ but delayed by four years

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2 October 2015
Passenger growth continues – and North/South gap widens

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6 October 2015
£44m transformation completed at Manchester Victoria

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9 December 2015
Arriva and FirstGroup promise new trains for North

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9 December 2015
Franchise awards 'make Northern Powerhouse a reality'

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14 December 2015
New stations and routes mark timetable changes

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18 January 2016
Scottish High Speed plans are shelved 'in secret'

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22 January 2016
Spanish-built trains ordered for Northern in £490m deal

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12 February 2016
Major landslip will close Settle line for months

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17 February 2016
Derby company becomes train operator

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23 February 2016
HS2 Bill Committee report has 'failed to deliver'

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7 March 2016
Heathrow problems go on, but Northern rules out link

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15 March 2016
Green light for HS3 and Crossrail 2

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16 March 2016
“We are laying the track” – Chancellor confirms HS3

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22 March 2016
New Scottish high speed plans unveiled

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24 March 2016
House of Commons gives approval to HS2

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29 March 2016
Railways' rate of improvement is 'unacceptably slow'

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1 April 2016
New start for north as franchises are launched

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14 April 2016
New railfreight hub proposed for West Midlands

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15 April 2016
Upgrading West Coast line 'not an alternative to HS2'

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18 May 2016
Disruption as Southern conductors strike for third day

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8 June 2016
Flash floods cause line closure in Yorkshire

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8 June 2016
Northern to be divided into four regions

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5 July 2016
Southern reveals extent of service reductions

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14 July 2016
Northern and Network Rail form new alliance

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10 August 2016
Holiday season strikes called on Eurostar

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16 August 2016
New strike threat on 'meltdown' Govia Thameslink

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18 August 2016
RMT promises 'extreme vigilance' as Night Tube starts

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19 September 2016
Consultation launched over new Govia Thameslink services

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19 September 2016
Services on landslip line return to normal

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23 November 2016
Funding for East West rail and Digital Railway

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17 January 2017
New gloomy rail survey figures prompt calls for devolution or nationalisation

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23 January 2017
Alex Hynes named as head of ScotRail Alliance

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23 January 2017
Alex Hynes named as new head of ScotRail Alliance

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24 January 2017
Timetables a 'work of fiction' says Transport Focus

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27 January 2017
Government plays down Southern ‘nationalisation’ reports

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17 February 2017
DOO discontent spreads across north

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13 March 2017
Three operators hit by DOO strikes

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22 March 2017
New DOO strike ‘a barefaced attack’

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28 March 2017
Liverpool Mayor intervenes over Merseyrail strike

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3 April 2017
Hundreds celebrate reopening of Ilkeston station

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4 April 2017
ASLEF seeks new talks: RMT strikes set to go ahead

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6 April 2017
Allegations multiply as DOO strikes loom

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7 April 2017
Uncertainty continues over DCO dispute

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8 April 2017
RMT claims ‘rock solid’ support as strikes go ahead

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13 April 2017
RMT to strike on Northern in DCO dispute

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11 May 2017
Labour manifesto includes slow fade-out for franchises

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12 May 2017
Network Rail takes next key step towards devolution

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16 May 2017
Three new RMT strikes called over DCO

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22 May 2017
New ‘green’ station opens in Cambridge

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12 June 2017
Chris Grayling faces new call for safety talks

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23 June 2017
Southern warns of service cuts when ASLEF ban starts

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12 July 2017
Competition concerns on routes to Exeter

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13 July 2017
Newport chosen for new train-building plant

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20 July 2017
DfT scraps electrification schemes

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10 August 2017
RMT voices new staffing concerns

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16 August 2017
Platforms reopen after Waterloo derailment

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22 August 2017
Former Chancellor George Osborne ignites high speed row

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23 August 2017
Mayor warns North has ‘run out of patience’ over transport

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13 September 2017
Conductor disputes spread again

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20 September 2017
Latest rail strikes condemned as ‘opportunistic’

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22 September 2017
Chris Grayling offers digital future to north

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5 October 2017
Strikes go ahead, but Underground walkout is cancelled

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23 October 2017
Lime Street is back in business

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25 October 2017
RMT makes widest strike call yet over DOO

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26 October 2017
Grayling DOO letter is ‘unprecedented, damaging and dangerous’

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8 November 2017
Safety debates continue as five strikes begin

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22 November 2017
More funding for city regions in Autumn Budget

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8 January 2018
RMT calls for summit to break DOO deadlock

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10 January 2018
Thameslink Programme ‘not yet value for money’

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12 January 2018
Mayor renews call for TfL control in wake of GTR report

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16 January 2018
Emerging vision for Northern Powerhouse rail unveiled

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18 January 2018
New Transport ministers facing ‘key challenges’

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2 March 2018
Siemens signs lease for British train-building factory

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20 March 2018
More Northern strikes confirmed

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26 March 2018
New Northern strike ‘rock solid’ says RMT

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3 April 2018
‘Peace talks agreed’ in Merseyrail DOO disputel

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17 April 2018
Stop-skipping figures blamed on railway congestion

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23 April 2018
Protests as Scottish trains depart for England

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27 April 2018
Report condemns DfT’s ‘totally unacceptable’ franchise management

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10 May 2018
Digital Railway plans move to next stage

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18 May 2018
East Coast: now the post-mortem begins

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21 May 2018
Uneven start for major timetable changes

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24 May 2018
Northern crisis deepens amid more RMT strikes

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30 May 2018
Protests mount as disruption goes on

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5 June 2018
Grayling announces disruption inquiry

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6 June 2018
Northern crisis continues, as new strike dates are called

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11 June 2018
Criticism of honour for Mark Carne

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12 June 2018
Network Rail ‘must spend more on reliability’

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13 June 2018
Continuing disruption boosts compensation demands

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18 June 2018
New station opens at Maghull North

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19 June 2018
Grayling faces confidence challenge

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19 June 2018
South Western strikes cancelled

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20 June 2018
Chris Grayling survives confidence challenge

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28 June 2018
MPs want cancelled electrification schemes rescued

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3 July 2018
Senior Conservatives ‘discuss scrapping HS2’

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11 July 2018
Former Network Rail chief rejects franchising model

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16 July 2018
Thameslink tries more new timetables

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19 July 2018
GTR crisis grows ahead of recess

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23 July 2018
Hitachi breakthrough after Scottish windscreens hitch

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30 July 2018
Many services restored on Northern

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31 July 2018
Green light for demolition of historic Wolverton works

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2 August 2018
£100 billion needed for ‘transport revolution’ in north

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2 August 2018
Edinburgh-Glasgow route goes all-electric for first time

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3 August 2018
More South Western strikes loom after peace talks fail

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6 August 2018
HS2 needs £43bn invested in related transport links

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13 August 2018
More Northern problems fuel fares debate

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3 September 2018
Merseyrail dispute ends with provisional agreement

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5 September 2018
Major franchising shake-up could be on the way

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13 September 2018
Compensation boost for delayed Northern passengers

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14 September 2018
New talks arranged in Northern dispute

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14 September 2018
New trains for Northern start British tests

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17 September 2018
Major railway review ‘could be announced this week’

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18 September 2018
Bad weather and over-ambitious timetables dented performance

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20 September 2018
ORR condemns timetable chaos: Grayling promises reform

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21 September 2018
More strikes called on Northern, SWR after talks failed

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1 October 2018
Boris Johnson under fire over anti-HS2 remarks

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12 October 2018
RMT announces more strike days on Northern

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30 October 2018
Roads took lion’s share of Budget

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5 November 2018
Northern ‘in crisis talks’ over revenue shortfall

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6 November 2018
‘No winners’ in RMT disputes

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8 November 2018
Blackpool’s economy was hit by Northern disruption

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16 November 2018
Chris Grayling ‘set to stay’ in worsening Brexit row

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19 November 2018
Most likely causes of rail growth unveiled in report

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23 November 2018
RMT accuses Northern, SWR of ‘snubs’

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29 November 2018
Northern strike goes ahead, in spite of RMT offer

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4 December 2018
Thameslink profits confiscated as MPs publish scathing report

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5 December 2018
Northern peace talks collapse

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7 December 2018
RMT calls new South Western strike

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8 December 2018
RMT Christmas strike on SWR will cause ‘maximum misery’

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17 December 2018
Christmas present for delayed Northern passengers

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19 December 2018
Discreet open access plan sparks Christmas fluster

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20 December 2018
New Northern strikes called as RMT rejects inquiry

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4 January 2019
RMT set to stage 43rd Northern strike

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10 January 2019
Complaints and compensation claims rose last year

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24 January 2019
HS2 must be completed in full, say business leaders

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25 January 2019
Lack of delay investigation is ‘scandalous’, says NR chief

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29 January 2019
Passengers’ trust in rail is lowest for a decade

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7 February 2019
Northern strikes suspended by RMT

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8 February 2019
RMT digs in over SWR deadlock

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11 February 2019
Scrapping HS2 to North ‘would be criminal’

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21 February 2019
Performance is still falling back

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14 March 2019
ORR fines GTR £5m for poor information after timetables failed

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8 April 2019
Open access operators near top of complaints list

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2 May 2019
Branson says franchise competitions should be cancelled

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14 May 2019
HS2 alternatives report is ‘fantasy and fiction’

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16 May 2019
HS2 has ‘fundamental flaws’ says Lords committee

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20 May 2019
New timetables get first rush hour test

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29 May 2019
Frustrated mayors call for Northern franchise to end

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30 May 2019
Retiring Pacers could become village halls

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6 June 2019
6 June: news in brief

HS2 under spotlight
Crossing dangers
Time to go?

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7 June 2019
Changes signalled for HS2 route in North

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10 June 2019
Fourth HS2 rolling stock bidder revealed

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14 June 2019
14 June: news in brief

FLIRT accepted
First train
Bids invited for Heathrow line
Something to say

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17 June 2019
17 June: news in brief

Arriva bidders
Open access proposal for Wales
Borders electrification
Electrification needed to meet zero emissions goal

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19 June 2019
Pressure increases on Northern franchise

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1 July 2019
1 July: news in brief

First of Northern’s new trains enter service

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5 July 2019
5 July: news in brief

RMT announces strikes on East Midlands Trains
Chris Grayling in ‘misunderstanding’ row
Tests underway on first Bombardier train for Great Anglia
Land for Crossrail 2 ‘should be safeguarded’
Only First Class will do

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10 July 2019
10 July: news in brief

Welsh rail network has been ‘underfunded for years’
Victoria back in business
Pacers still on the way out

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15 July 2019
Pacers set to miss withdrawal deadline

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16 July 2019
Williams wants to take railway management away from DfT

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18 July 2019
Ambitious transport plans unveiled for Sheffield region

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24 July 2019
Chris Grayling reaches the end of the line

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29 July 2019
Johnson promises support for cross-Pennine rail link

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12 August 2019
12 August: news in brief

More Caledonian Sleeper problems leave passengers stranded
HS2 restarts competition to build track on Phases 1 and 2a
Gatelines ‘could become obsolete’, claims Hitachi

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12 August 2019
Inquiry launched into power cuts

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13 August 2019
13 August: news in brief

Drug user jailed after setting fire to station
Union calls for action after Caledonian Sleeper overran at Edinburgh
New Merseyrail trains will be ‘too long’ for some stations
HS2 ‘should be built more quickly in north’

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23 August 2019
23 August: news in brief

Further HS2 rethink reported

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27 August 2019
Ministers accused of HS2 costs cover-up

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13 September 2019
13 September: news in brief

RMT announces industrial action on Underground and CrossCountry
Leaders call for HS2 and NPR ‘all the way, in full’

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26 September 2019
RMT to stage industrial action over tube track noise

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8 October 2019
8 October: news in brief

Protests following HS2 ‘scrapping’ reports
New Merseyrail train under test in Germany
Thomas Cook employees could transfer to railway
More trams for West Midlands Metro

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16 October 2019
16 October: news in brief

Northern leaders say Oakervee HS2 review is causing ‘significant damage’

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21 October 2019
21 October: news in brief

First Azumas run from Lincoln today
Call for lower fares for Pacer passengers

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12 November 2019
Peak rail fares could soar unless HS2 is built, says leaked report

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13 November 2019
Next government will be urged to commit to railway improvements

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17 December 2019
Northern fallout continues after cancellations

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5 January 2020
Storm breaks after Berkeley publishes his HS2 review

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9 January 2020
Franchising crisis deepens as West Midlands joins the doubtful list

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9 January 2020
Northern franchise ‘can only continue for a number of months’

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16 January 2020
Doubts grow over future of HS2 between London and Birmingham

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20 January 2020
Cost of HS2 could rise to £106bn, according to leaked report

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27 January 2020
Northern franchise likely to end within days

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29 January 2020
Northern franchise to be terminated by DfT

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29 January 2020
Scrapping HS2 ‘would cause 30 years of delays’

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6 February 2020
DfT defends record of dealing with SWR

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30 March 2020
GWR and Southeastern receive new direct awards

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6 April 2020
Monday essay: can competition work?

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14 April 2020
Tuesday essay: the end of franchising

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6 May 2020
6 May: news in brief

Rail freight hub gets green light in face of protests
Weather-damaged line due to reopen at end of month
c2c managing director to retire
Station plans are lawful
Grand Central launches survey as part of plans to return

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18 May 2020
HS2 ‘off course’ report welcomed by critics

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30 June 2020
Prime Minister announces £10m for Manchester railways

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3 July 2020
Open access comes out on top in National Rail survey

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20 July 2020
New plan for south west railways unveiled

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12 August 2020
Government asked to invest £5bn in northern England

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2 September 2020
Operators announce increased services to meet demand

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8 October 2020
HS2 eastern spur to Leeds ‘in doubt’

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9 October 2020
Northern train driver awarded BEM for work as paramedic

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11 November 2020
Serious disruption at Sheffield after freight derailment

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12 November 2020
Sheffield derailment disruption set to continue

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30 November 2020
Last of Northern’s Pacers departs later than planned

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14 December 2020
New team of Travel Safe Officers for Manchester

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12 January 2021
Eastern leg of HS2 is ‘critical’, government told

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13 January 2021
Alstom urges closing of ‘green gaps’ in British urban transport

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8 February 2021
Welsh railways return to public ownership

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16 February 2021
Concern grows over Northern Powerhouse Rail

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25 February 2021
Politicians clash over Transport for the North funding

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2 March 2021
Northern Powerhouse Rail plans submitted on eve of Budget

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10 March 2021
Train operators call for ‘level playing field’ over tax

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15 March 2021
DfT to open new offices in Midlands and North

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29 March 2021
Kirkby driver used emergency brake before buffers crash

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19 April 2021
Protests over East West Rail’s route into Cambridge

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21 June 2021
Northern Powerhouse Rail ‘faces axe’, claims report

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4 August 2021
Protests mount in reaction to East Coast changes

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5 August 2021
HS2 Bill for Crewe to Manchester expected soon

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10 October 2022
RMT ScotRail staff walk out

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