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Cancelling HS2 contracts will cost hundreds of millions
Paying off contracts previously awarded for cancelled HS2 sections will cost hundreds of millions of pounds, Transport Secretary Mark Harper has indicated.
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Northern leg of HS2 cancelled
Rishi Sunak has confirmed that the northern leg of HS2 will not go ahead.
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Train named to honour rail guard who helped end racist recruitment policy
Avanti West Coast has named one of its trains after a railway worker who overturned a racist recruitment policy.
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ScotRail to scrap peak fares in six month trial
ScotRail passengers will pay off-peak fares on peak time trains in a six-month trial aiming to encourage train travel.
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Flying Scotsman involved in ‘shunting incident’ at Aviemore Station
Flying Scotsman was involved in a “slow speed” crash with another heritage train hours before visitors were due to board it. The crash happened at Aviemore Railway Station, in the Cairngorms, Scottish Highlands, at 7.10pm on Friday.
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Unions call for emergency summit to discuss HS2
Unions are calling for an emergency summit to discuss HS2 as speculation about the high-speed railway line’s future continues.
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County Durham station now believed to be the world’s oldest railway station
A County Durham railway station has been found to be older than first thought and is now believed to be the world’s oldest railway station, new research has discovered.
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‘Insane’ 11-hour Avanti West Coast journey goes viral
A rail passenger has described his “insane” 11-hour journey from Preston in Lancashire to Edinburgh which ended at 3.30am after a “ridiculous” taxi ride.
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Continuing to put money into HS2 ‘irresponsible’, says former transport secretary
It would be “irresponsible” to keep putting money into the HS2 project in the face of rising costs, a Cabinet minister has said as Rishi Sunak reportedly considered scrapping the Birmingham to Manchester leg of the route.
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Transport Select Committee sets tests for rail strike minimum service levels
MPs have set the Government a series of tests for its controversial new law on minimum levels of service during rail strikes.
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