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• On the wrong track
  The government says its multi-billion pound investment in transport is to maximise economic benefi ts for the entire country...
  January 16, 2012
• Ups and downs of fare rises
  Only a week before train operators were due to publish their January fares, George Osborne and Justine Greening moved the goalposts...
  December 15, 2011
• MPs back HS2
  The MPs think there is a ‘good case’ for a high speed rail link north from London...
  November 28, 2011
• Heathwick: Two become one?
  Here’s the plan: a 180mph, 15-minute train service linking Heathrow and Gatwick, running alongside the M25 and in tunnels...
  October 24, 2011
• Shaping the Greater Western
  Substantial changes to the next Greater Western franchise are needed to make it appropriate for the fastest growing region in the country, according to the first big document aimed at shaping the competition...
  October 4, 2011
• Tight timetables
  One of the most bizarre sights in Birmingham, after August’s riots of course, has to be the site of a former block of council flats that’s currently shrouded in a coloured tarpaulin...
  August 30, 2011
• Making tracks
  It’s claimed to be the largest domestic rail infrastructure project that’s been built without help from the UK taxpayer since World War Two...
  July 27, 2011
• Capacity constraints
  On the face of it, rail utilisation strategies might seem a bit on the dull side – lots of maps, diagrams and many thousands of words...
  July 4, 2011
• First presses ejector button
  After a rocky start, First Great Western’s services have run well...
  May 31, 2011
• Eureka moment
  May will see the launch of the new East Coast timetable – nicknamed Eureka during its planning – which will see the number of Monday to Thursday services jump from 136 to 155 per day, with Fridays getting 156 services...
  April 26, 2011

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