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New East Coast Mainline franchise confirmed
The Department for Transport today confirmed (10 December 2014) it has officially signed the East Coast rail franchise contract with Inter City Railways, a venture between Stagecoach and Virgin.
EMBARGO: Record-breaking Christmas investment programme to deliver bigger, better railway in London and South East
Millions of passengers are set to benefit from the biggest Christmas and New Year investment programme ever carried out on Britain's rail network including many locations around London.
Half of Heathrow's busiest airlines miss landing noise reduction targets
Half of the busiest 50 airlines at Heathrow are missing landing noise targets, the airport revealed today.
New 68-acre logistics centre project launched by Port of Felixstowe to combat rivals
Bosses at Britain’s biggest container port have announced the development of a huge new 68-acre project to provide much-needed warehousing space to compete with its rivals.
Wednesday, 10 December 2014
BBC News
- Regular rail delays 'not acceptable'Persistent rail delays on the commuter line between Reading and London Paddington are
- HS2 campaigners lose court challengeCampaigners lose their latest legal challenge to the first phase of the proposed HS2 high-speed rail line, between Birmingham and London.
- Rail work to cause Christmas delaysTrain travellers will once again face delays and cancellations because of engineering work on some of the country's biggest lines over Christmas.
Department for Transport
- New East Coast Mainline franchise confirmedThe Department for Transport today confirmed (10 December 2014) it has officially signed the East Coast rail franchise contract with Inter City Railways, a venture between Stagecoach and Virgin.
The Telegraph
- In pictures: the most beautiful railway stations in EnglandIn pics: English Heritage unveil the top 10 beautiful railway stations in England
Mail Online
- HS2 moves a step closer after judges throw out legal bid to hold up project Ministers were accused of failing to carry out a basic environmental checks before pushing ahead with the Ł40 billion project. But three appeal judges today unanimously rejected the challenge today.
Network Rail
- Route cancellations as rail network prepares for stormDue to severe weather conditions forecast for tomorrow a limited number of train services will be withdrawn on Wednesday (December 10) as a safety precaution.
- EMBARGO: Record-breaking Christmas investment programme to deliver bigger, better railway in London and South EastMillions of passengers are set to benefit from the biggest Christmas and New Year investment programme ever carried out on Britain's rail network including many locations around London.
- Army of 11,000 railway engineers to work on record-breaking Christmas investment programme to deliver a bigger, better railwayHundreds of thousands of passengers and freight users are set to benefit from the biggest Christmas and New Year investment programme ever carried out on Britain’s rail network.
London Evening Standard
- Stunning images show new tunnels being dug beneath central London for Crossrail Stunning images of the new tunnels being dug under London to make way for Crossrail have been released as the stretch is almost complete.
Other Regional Press
- Northampton rail passengers to benefit from faster London Midland faster to London EustonRail passengers in Northampton will benefit from a number of express trains to and from London Euston when a new timetable is introduced this weekend.
- MP to demand answers for Northampton’s train station delay at crunch Guildhall meetingCrunch talks are set to take place between Network Rail and Northampton North MP Brian Binley on Thursday - after the politician demanded answers as to why the town’s Ł20m new station is yet to open.
Railway Gazette
- From China to Spain by railINTERNATIONAL: The first direct rail freight service to operate between China and Spain arrived at...
Other News Sources
- More than 500 train journeys are cancelled in one week A combination of staff sickness and driver training has led to more than 500 train services being cancelled over the past week.
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