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February 04, 2012

www.rail.co Today's News........... 4th February 2012

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  • Train derailment causes travel chaos           Update: The Up and Down Slow lines have been re-opened and Network Rail are working to restore full service on the fast lines as ‘soon as possible’. A locomotive derailed at Bletchley on the West Coast Main Line last night. The train caused travel chaos for commuters this morning as no trains can run between [...]
  • Eurotunnel revenue up in 2011             Groupe Eurotunnel has said its revenue in 2011 increased by 16% to €844.8 million. In the Channel Tunnel, Eurotunnel Shuttles sustained a revenue growth of 10%. Eurostar services saw a growth of 2% and carried almost 9.7 million passengers in 2011. A total of almost 19 million people and 17.7 million tonnes of freight were [...]
  • Refurbished Marks Tey station opens                 The new and upgraded Marks Tey station was opened last week by Essex County Council. National Express East Anglia ‘rebuilt and transformed’ the station with a £2.2m investment as part of the National Stations Improvements Programme. The rebuilt station has a new access ramp and stairs up to the widened London bound platform with new [...]
  • Platform promise for Peterborough                  More platforms and a new ticket hall feature in a £43m plan to upgrade Peterborough station. The redevelopment heralds longer, more frequent trains and anticipates a surge in passenger volume. Four million people a year use the station and this number is expected to double over the next 25 years. Says Phil Verster, Network Rail [...]
  • Northern Hub plans promoted              People across the north of England want to see more railways and better services. Network Rail's biggest ever consultation exercise in the north promoted plans for the Northern Hub and a vision for rail investment across the region. If fully funded the Hub would allow faster, more frequent journeys. It includes the Ordsall Chord, a [...]
  • Plans to take high speed rail to Liverpool ˜quiety dropped"                 The Liverpool Daily Post has claimed that plans to take a high speed rail line to the edge of Liverpool ‘have been quiet dumped, apparently to save money’. High Speed Two was ‘expected to run at its top speed’ to Manchester and then slow down to run through Liverpool Lime Street. The news agency claims that [...]

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