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Freightliner losses

Author: railwatch - Published Mon 11 of Sep, 2006 13:27 BST - (2707 Reads)
Freightliner is blaming ‘unprecedented disruption’ to the rail network following the Hatfield crash in October last year for its £7 million loss,announced on Monday 11 September.

MPs on track

Author: railwatch - Published Mon 04 of Sep, 2006 13:27 BST - (3049 Reads)
MPs, lords and bishops visited the North Yorkshire Moors Railway and the Esk Valley Line on 3 September 2003.

Super rail

Author: railwatch - Published Mon 07 of Aug, 2006 13:59 BST - (3030 Reads)
Expansion for the Leeds light rail scheme is being considered even before work really gets under way on the original project.

Reasons to be angry

Author: railwatch - Published Wed 02 of Aug, 2006 11:27 BST - (2571 Reads)
The world premiere performance of The Permanent Way will take place at the Theatre Royal, York, in November 2003.

Eurostar offer

Author: railwatch - Published Sun 30 of Jul, 2006 14:17 BST - (2822 Reads)
Eurostar stepped in this week to help BA passengers worried by the uncertainty of a strike threat by airline staff at Heathrow.

Cast iron

Author: railwatch - Published Wed 19 of Jul, 2006 11:09 BST - (2673 Reads)
The Cambridge and St Ives Railway Organisation has launched an appeal for volunteers and funds in its quest to reopen the railway in stages … and received a pledge of £100,000 within an hour of the proposals being published.

Yorkshire progress

Author: railwatch - Published Sat 15 of Jul, 2006 10:29 BST - (3380 Reads)
An inter-city style train is to be re-introduced to the Settle-Carlisle line as well as providing a peak-hour service between Leeds and Knaresborough.

Amtrak starved

Author: railwatch - Published Wed 12 of Jul, 2006 13:11 BST - (2671 Reads)
America's House of Representatives looks set to starve Amtrak of funds while handing out billions of dollars for road building.

More trams

Author: railwatch - Published Fri 07 of Jul, 2006 11:04 BST - (2945 Reads)
Plans to extend Croydon’s successful tram network have entered the next stage of development with Transport for London choosing three of six proposals to examine further.

Rail take-off

Author: railwatch - Published Tue 27 of Jun, 2006 16:55 BST - (2787 Reads)
The largest single project in the history of German Railways becomes reality this year.

Landmark victory

Author: railwatch - Published Mon 26 of Jun, 2006 16:33 BST - (2759 Reads)
Railway land will have a higher level of protection in future, thanks to a recent legal decision.

Motorway madness

Author: railwatch - Published Sun 11 of Jun, 2006 12:39 BST - (2598 Reads)
The Government is at last beginning to recognise that something needs to be done about the appalling road congestion in the south east of England.