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Network Rail joins the public sector: but don't call it 'nationalisation'

On Monday, the track operator will be answerable to parliament to a chorus of executives and MPs playing the change downIt is June 2029, and the last train run by a private company rolls into platform 28 of the new Euston mega-station. The moment is marked only by a low-key ceremony with a handful of managers and long-retired staff, since few in the railways want to reignite the long-bubbling political row over what only the oldest members of the House of Lords still call "a return to the bad old days of British Rail".Yet, as Labour ministers are fond of pointing out, the fi...

MP Jim Paice demands better services at Ely railway station

MP Sir Jim Paice is backing calls for improvements to be made to services at Ely railway station. The South East Cambridgeshire MP is supporting rail users by calling for Abellio Greater Anglia to recruit more staff and to improve the station's ticket office.