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  • Crossrail train procurement

    Crossrail Limited has opened the invitation for companies to negotiate for tender of rolling stock and depot facilities.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Have your say on the Essex Thameside rail franchise

    Rail passengers asked for their views on how train services could improve.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Making HS2 happen

    HS2 speech at the Transport Times Conference.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New senior staff for HS2 Ltd

    A recruitment process to strengthen HS2 Ltd's board has begun.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New West Coast rail franchise to deliver 28,000 more seats

    28,000 more seats for passengers travelling between London, Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • InterCity West Coast rail franchise

    The department has published an invitation to tender for the formal bidding stage to replace the operator on the West Coast Main Line.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • North West Rail passengers set for bigger say

    Mid-Cheshire railway line designated as a community rail service.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Essex Thameside, Great Western and Thameslink rail franchises 2012: clarification questions

    Summarises applicants' clarification questions and DfT responses in 2012 about the Essex Thameside, Great Western and Thameslink franchises.

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  • Britain to have new national high-speed rail network

    Britain will have a national high speed rail network providing vital new capacity and faster journeys across the country from 2026.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • High speed rail: 10 January 2012

    HS2 to go ahead.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • High Speed Rail 2

    HS2 oral statement regarding the decision to go ahead.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Southern carriages announcement

    Over £80 million towards deal led by Southern Railways to build 130 new railway carriages.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New platform and 60 extra carriages for Waterloo commuters

    Rail passengers are set to benefit from extra carriages to ease overcrowding and the former Waterloo International Station.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Have your say on the new Great Western Rail franchise

    Rail passengers to be asked how their rail services should be run.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Red Tape Challenge rail sector

    Theresa Villiers hosted a Red Tape Challenge stakeholder summit and urged the industry and passengers alike to contribute to the debate.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government boosts preparations to tackle severe weather and avoid winter travel misery

    £16 million investment in third rail heating to better prepare the rail network for severe winter weather.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Passengers to benefit from access improvements at stations

    More than £37 million of government funding to make stations more accessible.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Update on business plan

    Business plan for Department for Transport released and HS2 decisions delayed to 2013.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Rail minister visits East West Rail project

    Rail Minister Theresa Villiers visits the site for a new direct rail link between Oxford and Bedford.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Correction to the written answer to Parliamentary Question 71220

    Explaining an inaccuracy in an answer to a Parliamentary Question about transactions undertaken by British Transport Police.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government