Department for Transport

Avanti West Coast and CrossCountry handed contract renewals

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Alex Bestwick

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19 September 2023

The Department for Transport has granted Avanti West Coast and CrossCountry long-term contract renewals.
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Next year’s rail fares rise will be below inflation, says Government

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Alex Bestwick

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15 August 2023

Next year’s rise in English rail fares will be below inflation, the Government has announced.
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Manchester station upgrades announced but long-term extra platforms plan axed

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Alex Bestwick

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25 May 2023

A £72 million package to improve railway services in Greater Manchester has been announced, but a long-term project to add extra platforms to the city’s busiest station has been scrapped.
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Free Wi-Fi may be removed from trains in cost-cutting measure

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Alex Bestwick

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22 May 2023

Free Wi-Fi for train passengers may no longer be available under new cost-saving measures.
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Great British Railways project ‘watered down’

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Alex Bestwick

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19 May 2023

Plans to shake up the railway network may be watered down as legislation to give powers to a proposed new public sector body could be delayed, it has been reported.
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Rail fares to rise by 5.9%

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Alex Bestwick

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22 December 2022

Rail fares in England will rise by nearly 6% in March, the Department for Transport (DfT) said.
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Railway cleaners urge Government to end poverty pay ‘scandal’

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Alex Bestwick

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7 December 2022

Railway cleaners are to protest outside the Transport Department (DfT) on Wednesday, calling on the Government to end the “scandal” of poverty pay.
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Self-charging train project gets Government funding

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Alex Bestwick

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15 November 2022

A project developing so-called self-charging trains is among the winners of a Government funding competition to transform the future of transport.
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Government is ‘working on options’ for boosting Bradford’s rail services

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Alex Bestwick

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10 November 2022

New rail minister Huw Merriman said the Government is “working on our options” for improving train services at Bradford.
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Network Rail expects annual energy bill to exceed £1bn for first time

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Alex Bestwick

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2 September 2022

Network Rail expects its annual energy bill to exceed £1 billion for the first time.
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