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Rail fares to rise by average of 3.4%

The increase covers both regulated fares, which includes season tickets, and off-peak unregulated fares.

MPs to scrutinise £7bn Thameslink programme after National Audit Office report reveals completion has been delayed by a year

MPs on the Public Accounts Committee tomorrow kick off an inquiry into the £7bn Thameslink Programme, after a National Audit Office report last month revealed the completion of the project has been pushed back a year.

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  • TPE to invest £7m in new state-of-the-art Scarborough depotTransPennine Express (TPE) is set to invest £7m into a new train servicing depot in Scarborough. The facility, which is expected to open in summer 2018, will provide light maintenance services for trains between Scarborough and Liverpool Lime Street, and will create around 15 jobs. It...
  • Passenger fatalities increase for second year runningThe number of rail passenger fatalities has increased for the second year in a row, according to a report published this week.  The ORR’s annual Rail Statistics Compendium, has revealed that 2016-17 saw the deaths of 15 rail passengers - the highest number since 2010-11, which saw 12...
  • Original Midlands Metro tram fleet to be auctioned offThe original fleet of Midlands Metro trains is to be auctioned off. Transport for West Midlands (TfWM), part of the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) will sell of its Amsaldo T69 trams, which were taken out of service back in 2014. The trams, which served the Midland Metro between...
  • London Bridge station set to open in January as all track is completedLondon Bridge station is on course to reopen on 2 January next year following the completion of all track work around the area. There will be a period of 10 days of major re-signalling work, during which major service changes and line closures will hit a number of London stations, before the...
  • TfL completes largest ever test of new signalling systemTfL has completed its biggest test to date of its brand new signalling system. Engineers have worked over the weekend testing trains on a new computer-based signalling and controls system between Hammersmith and Edgeware Road, which will be the first section of the Tube to go live with the new...

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  • City celebrates Virgin East Coast exit The news that the Virgin Trains East Coast franchise is to end three years early in 2020 has been greeted enthusiastically by investors. Stagecoach shares ended last week 12 per cent higher, and the price had risen by a further 1.67 per cent or 3.0p by 11.45 today (Monday), with each Ordinary share valued at 183.0p. The troubled franchise is to be replaced by a form of regional partnership with the DfT and Network Rail with the aim of ˜bringing together the operation of track and train under a single leader and unified brand™. Discussions are already in progress. However, unions and oppositi...
  • Breaking: unregulated fares rise announced Rail fares are to rise by an average of 3.4 per cent at the start of January. Regulated fares will go up by 3.6 per cent, in line with the Retail Price Index in July this year.

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