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Last minute peace talks have averted several days of RMT strikes on London Underground this week. The union suspended its action on 1 November, only hours before the first 24-hour stoppage. However, ASLEF members are still set to walk out on 7 and 12 November. Transport for London is warning of ...
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Welsh train collision kills one, injures 15. A fatal head-on collision between two passenger trains in mid-Wales may have been caused by low rail adhesion due to fallen leaves. The trains collided last night at Talerddig at about 19.30. One man was killed and 15 others are reported to have needed hospital treatment.
Welsh train in fatal collision had blocked sanders
2 days ago · Accident investigators have confirmed that the fatal head-on collision on the Cambrian line in mid-Wales on 21 October was caused by wheel slip, and that although the driver of the affected train made an emergency brake application the automatic sanders which should have been triggered by the slipping wheels were blocked.. The train concerned, 1J25 from Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth, continued ...
King’s Speech confirms creation of Great British Railways
Jul 17, 2024 · HM the King has confirmed that Great British Railways will be created and private sector passenger operators nationalised. ‘Shadow’ Great British Railways to be set up straight away to start industry collaboration Three railway bills planned to allow public ownership, create full GBR, and look again at rail projects north of the West Midlands
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Welsh train collision kills one, injures 15. A fatal head-on collision between two passenger trains in mid-Wales may have been caused by low rail adhesion due to fallen leaves. The trains collided last night at Talerddig at about 19.30. One man was killed and 15 others are reported to have needed hospital treatment.
Greens want publicly-owned railways and an end to train leasing
Jun 12, 2024 · The Green Party manifesto says privatisation of the railways has failed, and that the railways should be the ‘backbone of a sustainable transport system’.. Its MPs will support investment in a ‘modern, efficient, publicly owned railway, with affordable fares’. The party is also in favour of ‘more rapid electrification’ and a ‘national strategic approach’ to identifying lines ...
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Back on track at ScotRail and Island Line. ScotRail’s full timetable has been restored, after three months of reduced services. Meanwhile, trains have started running again on the Isle of Wight between Ryde and Shanklin after a month of engineering work, but not to Ryde Pier Head. Docklands Light Railway concession stays with KeolisAmey.
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Welsh train collision kills one, injures 15. A fatal head-on collision between two passenger trains in mid-Wales may have been caused by low rail adhesion due to fallen leaves. The trains collided last night at Talerddig at about 19.30. One man was killed and 15 others are reported to have needed hospital treatment.
Report claims possible rethink over National Rail Contracts
Nov 20, 2023 · The government is said to be poised to reintroduce a degree of commercial freedom in National Rail Contracts, with the intention of allowing operators to increase profits.. It is reported that the owners of operators are urging the government to loosen the tight restrictions of the present contracts.
Operators call for large increase in rail freight - Railnews
Oct 12, 2022 · Operators call for large increase in rail freight. Train operators are calling for the volume of freight carried by rail to be trebled by 2050. The call has come from Rail Partners, which is a successor to the Rail Delivery Group and lobbies on behalf of the operators for the greatest possible amount of commercial freedom, now that franchises ...