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5 January 2015
Demonstrators stage New Year protests at stations

Railnews report

1 March 2015
Rail franchising faces 100-day deadline

Railnews report

18 March 2015
New recovery strategy for London Bridge

Railnews report

30 March 2015
Network Rail privatisation rumour rejected by DfT

Railnews report

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

Railnews report

13 November 2015
Network Rail report fuels privatisation debate

Railnews report

1 April 2016
New start for north as franchises are launched

Railnews report

12 May 2016
Revenue threat on East Coast Main Line

Railnews report

14 October 2016
Rail passengers have been ‘badly let down’, say MPs

Railnews report

21 November 2016
Scottish Government considers rail nationalisation

Railnews report

27 January 2017
Government plays down Southern ‘nationalisation’ reports

Railnews report

1 February 2017
Ticket-splitting comes in from the cold

Railnews report

3 April 2017
Tyne & Wear Metro ‘renationalised’

Railnews report

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

Railnews report

9 June 2017
RMT demands post-election rethink over DCO

Railnews report

26 June 2017
Corbyn confirms Labour rail nationalisation plans

Railnews report

15 August 2017
Fares rise leads to fresh calls for renationalisation

Railnews report

15 August 2017
Rail industry braces for fare increase decision

Railnews report

30 October 2017
Arriva makes surprise exit from Welsh competition

Railnews report

29 November 2017
Grayling report sets out new vision for rail

Railnews report

2 January 2018
Government may rethink basis for rail fare rises

Railnews report

27 March 2018
Falling franchise earnings trigger emergency support

Railnews report

23 April 2018
Protests as Scottish trains depart for England

Railnews report

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

Railnews report

21 May 2018
Uneven start for major timetable changes

Railnews report

30 May 2018
Protests mount as disruption goes on

Railnews report

15 June 2018
Beleaguered Thameslink chief steps down

Railnews report

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

Railnews report

22 August 2018
ScotRail under fire over Harris report and HSTs

Railnews report

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

Railnews report

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

Railnews report

24 September 2018
Labour widens railway nationalisation door

Railnews report

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

Railnews report

12 November 2018
ScotRail franchise faces early termination

Railnews report

4 December 2018
Thameslink profits confiscated as MPs publish scathing report

Railnews report

6 December 2018
Performance falls again

Railnews report

10 January 2019
Complaints and compensation claims rose last year

Railnews report

5 March 2019
Union rejects open access proposal as ‘nonsense’

Railnews report

8 March 2019
120 jobs set to be lost as Gemini closes Springburn

Railnews report

20 March 2019
‘No clear consensus’ for renationalisation angers RMT

Railnews report

24 April 2019
Virgin calls for all-reserved ‘airline style’ railways

Railnews report

6 June 2019
6 June: news in brief

Railnews report

19 June 2019
Pressure increases on Northern franchise

Railnews report

16 July 2019
Keith Williams rules out Network Rail as franchise controller

Railnews report

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

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

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

Railnews report

22 January 2020
SWR no longer sustainable, admits transport secretary

Railnews report

27 January 2020
Northern franchise likely to end within days

Railnews report

29 January 2020
Northern franchise to be terminated by DfT

Railnews report

6 February 2020
DfT defends record of dealing with SWR

Railnews report

1 April 2020
1 April: news in brief

Railnews report

8 April 2020
8 April: news in brief

Railnews report

16 June 2020
Rail bailout has cost £3.5bn so far – but there’s no end in sight

Railnews report

21 September 2020
Rail franchising comes to an end – official

Railnews report

16 October 2020
DfT awards new contract to CrossCountry

Railnews report

22 October 2020
Transport for Wales to be nationalised

Railnews report

8 February 2021
Welsh railways return to public ownership

Railnews report

22 February 2021
Union claims rail renationalisation is moving ahead

Railnews report

17 March 2021
ScotRail will move to state ownership

Railnews report

17 March 2021
ScotRail’s future may be revealed today

Railnews report

1 April 2021
Government proposes 10-year contract for West Coast Partnership

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Press release
Department of Transport ::: 1 September 1995
Watts welcomes sale of BR timber treatment business
1995-09-01 DoT-001

Press release
Department of Transport ::: 18 September 1995
Watts welcomes sales of two BR businesses
1995-09-18 DoT-001

Press release
Department of Transport ::: 13 November 1995
BR’s Quality & Safety Services business sold to MBO team
1995-11-13 DoT-002

Oral statement
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions ::: 3 June 1998
Channel Tunnel Rail Link
1998-06-03 DET-001

Press release
ATOC ::: 19 May 2000
More seats for more passengers in summer timetable
2000-05-19 ATO-001

Press release
Stagecoach Group ::: 10 Sep 2007
Stagecoach extends megatrain.com budget rail network
2007-09-10 STG-001

Press release
Stagecoach Group ::: 12 Nov 2007
Stagecoach pledge to passengers as East Midlands rail franchise begins
2007-11-12 STG-001

Press release
Stagecoach Group ::: 10 Dec 2007
Stagecoach extends budget rail service megatrain.com to East Midlands Trains
2007-12-10 STG-001

Press release
Department for Transport ::: 09 Jun 2009 07:02
More frequent and more secure rail services for London and the South East
2009-06-09 DfT-001

Press release
RMT ::: 9 June 2009
RMT blasts wasted opportunity to bring South Central trains under public ownership
2009-06-09 RMT-001

Press release
East Coast ::: 4 November 2010
Directly Operated Railways publishes first annual report
2010-11-04 EAS-001

Press release
East Coast ::: 19 September 2011
DOR publishes second annual report and financial results
2011-09-19 EAS-001

Press release
RMT ::: 7 March 2012
RMT warns of 'return of Railtrack' as Government prepares to unleash railways plan
2012-03-07 RMT-001

Press release
RMT ::: 8 March 2012
RMT reaction to Government Rail Command Paper
2012-03-08 RMT-001

Press release
East Coast ::: 8 October 2013
Directly Operated Railways publishes financial results for 2012/13
2013-10-08 EAS-001

Press release
Directly Operated Railways ::: 9 September 2014
Directly Operated Railways publishes financial results for 2013/14
2014-09-09 DOR-001

Press release
East Coast ::: 9 September 2014
Directly Operated Railways publishes financial results for 2013/14
2014-09-09 EAS-001

Press release
RMT ::: 10 November 2014
RMT warns of threat to Caledonian Sleeper as SERCO shares go into freefall
2014-11-10 RMT-001

Press release
RMT ::: 19 January 2016
RMT steps up pressure for Southern to be taken into public ownership as union launches fight to retain guards
2016-01-19 RMT-001

Press release
RMT ::: 19 January 2016
RMT steps up pressure for Southern to be taken into public ownership as union launches fight to retain guards
2016-01-19 RMT-002

Press release
RMT ::: 2 February 2016
RMT to fight “ticket office carnage� that threatens 81 stations across Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern
2016-02-02 RMT-001

Press release
RMT ::: 12 February 2016
Ticket office “carnage� plan across the South in disarray as RMT steps up campaign of resistance
2016-02-12 RMT-001

Press release
RMT ::: 22 February 2016
Mass rail ticket office closure plan across the South finally kicks off today in total chaos
2016-02-22 RMT-001

Press release
RMT ::: 2 March 2016
RMT fight over rail ticket office closures hits Balham tomorrow
2016-03-02 RMT-001

Press release
RMT ::: 27 May 2016
New train contract will allow Govia Thameslink Railway to inflict 9000 more train cancellations on their passengers
2016-05-27 RMT-001

Press release
Virgin Trains ::: 4 November 2016
Virgin Trains comments on news that West Coast franchise will partner with HS2
2016-11-04 VIR-001

Press release
RMT ::: 8 November 2016
RMT calls for Abellio to be stripped of ScotRail franchise as union prepares for rail “Day of Action� across Scotland
2016-11-08 RMT-001

Press release
Govia Thameslink Railway ::: 2 December 2016
Union industrial action to cause “severe and significant� disruption to services
2016-12-02 GTR-001

Press release
Rail Delivery Group ::: 5 December 2016
Chris Burchell appointed as chairman of the Rail Delivery Group
2016-12-05 RDG-001

Press release
Labour Party ::: 10 August 2017
Rachel Maskell comment on Abellio winning West Midlands rail franchise
2017-08-10 LAB-001

Press release
Welsh Government ::: 29 September 2017
Welsh Government show commitment to Wales and Borders staff
2017-09-29 WGO-002

Press release
Department for Transport ::: 29 November 2017
Strategic vision for rail
2017-11-29 DfT-004

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

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

Speech (full)
Department for Transport ::: 26 February 2019
The Bradshaw Address by Keith Williams
2019-02-26 DfT-001

Press release
Department for Transport ::: 26 February 2019
Rail Review Chair says franchising cannot continue in its current form
2019-02-26 DfT-002

Speech (full)
Department for Transport ::: 19 March 2019
Keith Williams at Accelerate Rail 2019
2019-03-19 DfT-001

Written statement
Department for Transport ::: 10 April 2019
East Midlands, South Eastern and West Coast Partnership franchise updates
2019-04-10 DfT-003

Press release
Labour Party ::: 10 April 2019
Andy McDonald comments on DfT's handling over rail franchise bids
2019-04-10 LAB-001

Press release
RMT ::: 10 April 2019
RMT demands that Stagecoach contracts be taken into public ownership as company is banned from bidding for rail franchises
2019-04-10 RMT-001

Statement
Go-Ahead Group ::: 7 August 2019
Go-Ahead statement regarding the Southeastern franchise
2019-08-07 GOA-001

Press release
Labour Party ::: 7 August 2019
NEWS FROM LABOUR: Shapps continues disastrous Grayling policy: DfT cancels Southeastern franchise competition - Rachael Maskell responds
2019-08-07 LAB-001

Press release
RMT ::: 7 August 2019
RMT slams franchise chaos on Britain's railways as Southeastern granted a Government extension
2019-08-07 RMT-001

Press release
TSSA ::: 7 August 2019
Southeastern decision equals vote of no confidence in franchising
2019-08-07 TSS-001

Press release
TSSA ::: 15 November 2019
TSSA General Secretary, Manuel Cortes, has blasted privatised train operating companies as ‘vampires’.
2019-11-15 TSS-002

Press release
TSSA ::: 27 November 2019
Avanti West Coast ‘ironic and retrograde’ after Virgin failures
2019-11-27 TSS-001

Press release
TSSA ::: 30 November 2019
Train fare rise shameful highway robbery – Cortes
2019-11-30 TSS-001

Press release
Labour Party ::: 1 December 2019
Labour announces biggest ever rail fares cut of 33% in a move that will save the average commuter over £1000 a year
2019-12-01 LAB-001

Press release
TSSA ::: 1 December 2019
TSSA cheers biggest ever rail fares cut as ‘massive boost for millions’
2019-12-01 TSS-001

Press release
Rail Partners ::: 17 July 2024
Rail Partners responds to King's Speech
2024-07-17 RPA-001

Press release
Rail Partners ::: 29 July 2024
Statement from Rail Partners ahead of the Second Reading of The Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill
2024-07-29 RPA-001

Press release
Rail Partners ::: 3 September 2024
Rail Partners' response to launch of Shadow Great British Railways
2024-09-03 RPA-001

Press release
Ashurst LLP ::: 6 January 2025
Ashurst comment: Secretary of State for Transport's expectations for how open access will operate alongside a publicly owned railway
2025-01-06 ASH-001

Letter
Department for Transport ::: 6 January 2025
Letter to the Office of Rail and Road: decisions for open access applications
2025-01-06 DfT-001

Press release
Department for Transport ::: 10 January 2025
Back and bigger than ever: rail sale offers up to half price discounts on over 2 million tickets
2025-01-10 DfT-001

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