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Electrify Uckfield!

Author: Chris Page - Published Tue 02 of Sep, 2014 12:55 BST - (15486 Reads)
Hard-pressed commuters across northern England would get 44 modern Southern diesel carriages to relieve crowding as soon as two short routes in Kent and East Sussex are electrified. Photo from Twitter.
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Northern double whammy

Author: Chris Page - Published Tue 26 of Aug, 2014 19:30 BST - (11415 Reads)
It could be argued that the subsidy quoted by the Department for Transport for passengers on Northern Rail services is helping to pay for infrastructure development such as Reading station, recently opened by the Queen but shown here under construction.
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Fare Increase Viewpoint

Author: Jerry Alderson - Published Mon 25 of Aug, 2014 16:29 BST - (14439 Reads)
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Graphic from the BBC web-site on day that RPI figures were published showing the relationship between rail fare increases in Britain (although actually the England-only increases for the last couple of years) and UK inflation over the last 26 years. The negative RPI on 2009 was caused by a huge drop in mortgage interest rates (which are excluded from CPI calculations).
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Tring welcomes Crossrail

Author: Chris Page - Published Thu 07 of Aug, 2014 22:41 BST - (13055 Reads)
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin today announced a feasibility study into the extension of Crossrail to Tring.
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The case for Okehampton

Author: Philip Shelton - Published Sun 03 of Aug, 2014 18:37 BST - (21982 Reads)
Why reopening Okehampton is the only solution - a purely personal view by Philip Shelton.
Photograph of Meldon Viaduct by Martin Cordon, reproduced under GNU Free Documentation License.
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Tube Staffing

Author: Jerry Alderson - Published Sat 19 of Jul, 2014 17:31 BST - (11385 Reads)
Vienna's modern underground system relies upon far fewer customer-facing staff than London Underground but is enormously popular and well-run. It has plenty of space for passengers to move around without the need for staff to prevent overcrowding. If only London had this luxury.

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Tavistock step closer

Author: Chris Page - Published Fri 11 of Jul, 2014 09:39 BST - (7154 Reads)
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Trains came a step closer to passing over Shillamill viaduct again on Wednesday as Devon County Council agreed to progress plans to reopen the railway to Tavistock.
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Wisbech funded

Author: Chris Page - Published Fri 11 of Jul, 2014 08:51 BST - (6416 Reads)
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The Government has funded the all important engineering study for the re-opening of the mothballed Wisbech to March line. The railway looks almost ready to use in this photograph, but this study will establish how much work is required to bring it back into passenger use. Photo by Paul Hollinghurst for Railfuture.
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National Express keep c2c

Author: Chris Page - Published Fri 27 of Jun, 2014 21:00 BST - (4436 Reads)
The Department for Transport announced today that National Express has won the Essex Thameside franchise competition, retaining c2c and so avoiding an unseemly exit from the British rail industry.
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