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Rail staff perform ABBA hit for Waterloo Station’s 175th anniversary

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Alex Bestwick

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11 July 2023

A choir of rail workers sang the ABBA hit of the same name at Waterloo Station to celebrate its 175th anniversary.
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Boost train competition to ‘revitalise’ railways, report urges

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Alex Bestwick

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11 July 2023

More competition on rail routes should be encouraged to “revitalise” Britain’s railways, an industry body has said.
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Government must set out expectations for ‘floundering’ HS2 Euston project, MPs told

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Alex Bestwick

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7 July 2023

Pausing HS2 work at Euston shows the Government “does not know what it is trying to achieve” with the station despite more than eight years of planning, MPs warned.
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Fears that ticket office closures will ‘digitally excluded’ many

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Alex Bestwick

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5 July 2023

Rail passengers have raised concerns that elderly people could be “digitally excluded” if ticket offices close across England.
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Eurostar Group to transport Team GB to Paris 2024 Olympic Games

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Alex Bestwick

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5 July 2023

Eurostar Group has announced that it will transport Team GB to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
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Plans for mass closure of railway ticket offices revealed

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Alex Bestwick

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5 July 2023

Plans for a mass closure of railway station ticket offices in England have been announced.
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Railway station ticket office closure plans to be revealed

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Alex Bestwick

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4 July 2023

Plans to close almost every railway station ticket office in England will be revealed on Wednesday.
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Unions vow to oppose “mass” ticket office closures

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Alex Bestwick

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27 June 2023

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch has said that the union will “vigorously oppose” rumoured “mass” ticket office closures.
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Rail trespassing above pre-Covid levels

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Alex Bestwick

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27 June 2023

Trespassing on Britain’s railways remains above pre-pandemic levels, figures show.
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Three more days of rail strikes announced by RMT for July

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Alex Bestwick

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22 June 2023

A fresh wave of rail strikes will be held next month in the deadlocked row over pay, jobs and conditions, it has been announced
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Rail staff perform ABBA hit for Waterloo Station’s 175th anniversary

Boost train competition to ‘revitalise’ railways, report urges

Government must set out expectations for ‘floundering’ HS2 Euston project, MPs told

Fears that ticket office closures will ‘digitally excluded’ many

Eurostar Group to transport Team GB to Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Plans for mass closure of railway ticket offices revealed

Railway station ticket office closure plans to be revealed

Unions vow to oppose “mass” ticket office closures

Rail trespassing above pre-Covid levels

Three more days of rail strikes announced by RMT for July

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