Office of Rail and Road

Backlog of inspections could cause ‘safety issues’ on railway, regulator warns

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Alex Bestwick

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15 May 2023

Faults with railway bridges and tunnels could go undetected due to a backlog of safety inspections, a regulator has warned.
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TransPennine Express cancelled equivalent of nearly one in four trains in a month

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Alex Bestwick

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17 March 2023

TransPennine Express cancelled the equivalent of nearly a quarter of services in a month, new figures show.
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Train reliability hits new low with 4% of services cancelled in past year

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Alex Bestwick

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17 February 2023

Train reliability across Britain has fallen to a new low, with the equivalent of one in 25 services cancelled during the past 12 months.
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Train firms ordered to stop misusing cancellation loophole

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Alex Bestwick

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20 January 2023

Train operators have been ordered by a regulator to stop misusing a process which removes services from schedules without them being classed as cancelled.
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Rail signal deal being investigated by competition watchdog

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Alex Bestwick

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23 December 2022

The UK competition watchdog has launched a more in-depth investigation into Hitachi’s proposed purchase of Thales’s rail infrastructure division after warning the deal could lead to higher prices for passengers.
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Rail fare revenue at just 71% of pre-Covid levels

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Alex Bestwick

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15 December 2022

Revenue from train fares was just 71% of pre-pandemic levels between July and September, new figures show.
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New service between London and south-west Wales approved

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Alex Bestwick

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1 December 2022

Rail passengers travelling between London and south-west Wales are set to have a choice of train operator.
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Government funding to railways at almost double pre-Covid levels

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Alex Bestwick

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29 November 2022

Government funding to run Britain’s railways remains nearly double pre-pandemic levels, new figures show.
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Britain’s most and least-used railway stations revealed

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Alex Bestwick

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24 November 2022

The most used station served over 40 million passengers. The least used only recorded 40.
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Train cancellations hit record high

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Alex Bestwick

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21 November 2022

Train reliability in Britain reached the worst level on record after another month of disruption.
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