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A new electric Class 700 train is set to improve the travel experience for passengers and boost the economy.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin visits initiatives helping boost growth and securing jobs.
Southern signs £180 million deal for additional 116 train carriages with Bombardier.
New faster, reliable trains to transform rail travel.
£1.2 billion deal to transform rail travel on East Coast Main Line.
Thameslink carriage contract awarded to Siemens Plc and Cross London Trains.
Siemens Plc with Cross London Trains have been awarded the circa £1.6 billion deal to build carriages for the Thameslink rail line.
DfT has decided to award the £1.6 billion Thameslink rolling stock contract to a consortium led by Siemens.
Extra local services on the Truro to Falmouth, Par to Newquay and the Severn Beach Lines added to 15 year Great Western franchise.
Intercity train investment creates 900 jobs along with 596 railway carriages at a new train factory.
Eighty new train carriages set to be introduced on the First TransPennine Express and London Midland networks from December 2013.
Over £80 million towards deal led by Southern Railways to build 130 new railway carriages.
Rail passengers are set to benefit from extra carriages to ease overcrowding and the former Waterloo International Station.
Country's busiest rail routes set to benefit from extra seats.
Corrects an answer to a parliamentary question about charges paid for roiling stock track access.
Commuter services in Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield and Newcastle to get greater seats and carriages.
Response to letters sent to the Department for Transport in 2011 following a Thameslink rail franchise preferred bidder announcement.
Announcing that the preferred bidder for the supply of the new Thameslink trains will be Siemens Plc with Cross London Trains.
Thameslink rail route to get new rail carriages doubling peak-time capacity.
£4.5 billion Intercity express programme and £704 million Great Western Main Line electrify plans give go ahead.
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