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RAILNEWS

2 March 2015
Virgin promises new £3m East Coast fund

Railnews report

10 March 2015
FirstGroup lays down gauntlet on East Coast

Railnews report

21 May 2015
London Overground set to be hit by strike

Railnews report

4 August 2015
RMT calls Bank Holiday strike on Great Western

Railnews report

15 February 2016
Virgin extends more East Coast services to Scotland

Railnews report

25 February 2016
Flying Scotsman trespassers block East Coast Main Line

Railnews report

21 March 2016
Number of trains in British fleet 'could almost double'

Railnews report

12 May 2016
Revenue threat on East Coast Main Line

Railnews report

9 August 2016
RMT staff vote for industrial action on Virgin Trains East Coast

Railnews report

10 August 2016
Holiday season strikes called on Eurostar

Railnews report

12 August 2016
RMT announces Bank Holiday strike on VT East Coast

Railnews report

15 August 2016
Strikes suspended as talks continue

Railnews report

16 August 2016
Regulated rail fares set to rise by 1.9%

Railnews report

17 August 2016
Virgin Trains East Coast strikes go on hold

Railnews report

3 October 2016
New deadline set to end Southern dispute

Railnews report

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

Railnews report

13 April 2017
RMT announces two days of strikes on East Coast

Railnews report

13 April 2017
RMT to strike on Northern in DCO dispute

Railnews report

5 May 2017
Work starts on building new East Coast IE trains

Railnews report

3 July 2017
Franchising timetable slips again

Railnews report

5 July 2017
Industry eases Advance purchase rules

Railnews report

4 December 2017
City celebrates Virgin East Coast exit

Railnews report

29 January 2018
Probe launched into early scrapping of East Coast

Railnews report

7 February 2018
Chris Grayling faces dilemma over Virgin East Coast

Railnews report

12 February 2018
MPs launch second probe into East Coast collapse

Railnews report

27 March 2018
Falling franchise earnings trigger emergency support

Railnews report

17 April 2018
Stop-skipping figures blamed on railway congestion

Railnews report

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

Railnews report

15 May 2018
East Coast announcement rumours grow

Railnews report

16 May 2018
‘Disappointed’ Stagecoach loses East Coast franchise

Railnews report

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

Railnews report

31 May 2018
Tim O’Toole resigns from FirstGroup

Railnews report

25 June 2018
East Coast rebranding ‘costing £8m’

Railnews report

17 July 2018
DfT admits it had doubts about East Coast revenue targets

Railnews report

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

Railnews report

12 September 2018
‘Fundamental’ railway reform needed, says East Coast report

Railnews report

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

Railnews report

2 October 2018
Compensation for train delays to be boosted again

Railnews report

19 October 2018
Greater Anglia funding crisis: union says ‘renationalise’

Railnews report

23 October 2018
Grayling faces difficult Thameslink decision

Railnews report

11 March 2019
New train deliveries remain stalled as passengers wait

Railnews report

12 March 2019
Green light for East Coast Azumas

Railnews report

12 April 2019
RMT threatens strikes and MPs protest as pensions row goes on

Railnews report

3 June 2019
Arriva takes franchise leak claim to court

Railnews report

4 July 2019
4 July: news in brief

Railnews report

14 August 2019
First, Trenitalia win West Coast Partnership franchise

Railnews report

14 October 2019
Rail franchising could face the axe in 2020

Railnews report

8 January 2020
Survival of South Western Railway franchise in ‘significant doubt’

Railnews report

27 January 2020
Northern franchise likely to end within days

Railnews report

KNOWLEDGE

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Business ::: franchises
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Business ::: franchises
Virgin Trains East Coast

Press release
Directly Operated Railways ::: 27 November 2014
Statement from DOR regarding new East Coast franchise
2014-11-27 DOR-001

Press release
Inter City Railways ::: 27 November 2014
Stagecoach-Virgin company awarded Intercity East Coast rail franchise
2014-11-27 ICR-001

Press release
Department for Transport ::: 10 December 2014
New East Coast Mainline franchise confirmed
2014-12-10 DfT-001

Press release
Stagecoach Group and Virgin Rail Group ::: 12 February 2015
Stagecoach and Virgin announce senior management team for Virgin Trains East Coast
2015-02-12 STG-001

Press release
Department for Transport ::: 2 March 2015
New East Coast franchise starts
2015-03-02 DfT-001

Press release
Virgin Trains East Coast ::: 2 March 2015 12.34
Virgin Trains East Coast launches Customers and Communities Fund
2015-03-02 VTE-001

Press release
FirstGroup ::: 10 March 2015
New London-Edinburgh rail plans revealed
2015-03-10 FIR-001

Press release
Rail Delivery Group ::: 27 April 2015
Rail workers remembered as new World War I exhibition launches at Edinburgh Waverley station
2015-04-27 RDG-001

Press release
Department for Transport ::: 21 May 2015
Rail strike, May 2015
2015-05-21 DfT-001

Press release
Department for Transport ::: 28 May 2015
Rail strike, June 2015
2015-05-28 DfT-003

Press release
Stagecoach Group ::: 7 July 2015
South West Trains franchise
2015-07-07 STG-001

Press release
Stagecoach Group ::: 8 July 2015
Department for Transport rail franchise schedule
2015-07-08 STG-001

Press release
Virgin Trains East Coast ::: 25 September 2015 : 14.39
Virgin Trains to launch new service from Sunderland
2015-09-25 VTE-001

Press release
East Midlands Trains ::: 30 September 2015
East Midlands Trains respond to today's announcement by the Department for Transport regarding the Midland Mainline electrification scheme
2015-09-30 EMT-001

Press release
Department for Transport ::: 9 December 2015
Boost to rail services in Scotland as UK government awards next TransPennine Express franchise
2015-12-09 DfT-003

Press release
Centre for Policy Studies ::: 12 May 2016
CPS welcomes government plan to improve rail competition
2016-05-12 CPS-001

Press release
Karl McCartney MP ::: 12 May 2016
Karl McCartney MP cautiously welcomes ORR’s decision that allows extra direct services between Lincoln and London
2016-05-12 McC-001

Press release
Office of Rail and Road ::: 12 May 2016
Rail regulator approves future new passenger services on the East Coast Main Line
2016-05-12 ORR-001

Press release
Stagecoach Group ::: 12 May 2016
ORR decision on applications for access to East Coast Main Line
2016-05-12 STG-001

Press release
Rail Delivery Group ::: 29 June 2016
Railway central to Somme offensive: new exhibition highlights rail’s decisive role during World War I’s deadliest battle
2016-06-29 RDG-001

Press release
Rail Delivery Group ::: 7 November 2016
The train now arriving is faster, smarter and better connected
2016-11-07 RDG-001

Press release
Department for Transport ::: 16 October 2017
All aboard the new Intercity Express trains that will transform journeys across Britain
2017-10-16 DfT-001

Press release
Hitachi Rail Europe ::: 17 October 2017
British-built Hitachi trains enter service on Great Western route today
2017-10-16 HIT-001

Speech (full)
Department for Transport ::: 17 November 2017
Office of Rail and Road's role in improving travel for disabled passengers
2017-11-17 DfT-001

Oral statement
Department for Transport ::: 5 February 2018
Update on the East Coast, West Coast and East Midlands rail franchises
2018-02-05 DfT-002

Press release
Stagecoach Group ::: 5 February 2018
Rail franchising update
2018-02-05 STG-001

Press release
Department for Transport ::: 15 February 2018
Future railways: £3.6 million invested in rail improvements
2018-02-15 DfT-001

Oral statement
Department for Transport ::: 16 May 2018
East Coast rail update
2018-05-16 DfT-001

Press release
LNER ::: 25 June 2018
First London North Eastern Railway (LNER) services to run on East Coast Main Line
2018-06-25 LNE-001

Press release
LNER ::: 9 January 2019
LNER launches Customer and Community Improvement Fund
2019-01-09 LNE-001

Press release
LNER ::: 29 January 2019
We're off to a good start
2019-01-29 LNE-001

Announcement
Stagecoach Group ::: 2 May 2019
Rail franchise update
2019-05-02 STG-001

Speech (full)
Department for Transport ::: 15 July 2019
Williams Rail Review: an update on progress
2019-07-15 DfT-001

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