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July 5, 2025 | Infrastructure

Private finance to upgrade Britain’s rail telecoms

Partnership with Neos Networks and Freshwave is expected to save taxpayer £300m.

July 4, 2025 | High-speed

London’s international rail terminal capacity to increase

London St Pancras Highspeed and Eurostar sign letter of intent to deliver three-phase programme.

July 3, 2025 | Main line

British open-access applications refused

Regulator says there is insufficient capacity on West Coast Main Line for new Lumo, Virgin and WSMR services.

June 18, 2025 | High-speed

HS2 will not open by 2033

Britain’s transport secretary, Heidi Alexander, has pledged to turn the troubled project around.

June 17, 2025 | Infrastructure

Network Rail agrees major rail contract with British Steel

British Steel will produce 337,000 tonnes of rail at its Scunthorpe plant over the next five years.

June 10, 2025 | High-speed

British regulator considers future cross-Channel services

Office of Rail and Road requests future plans from operators, including Eurostar.

June 6, 2025 | Main line

Fleet lease agreed for Lumo London - Stirling service

Alstom will refurbish five diesel trains for the open-access service starting in mid-2026. FirstGroup is also seeking to introduce a London - Hereford Lumo service.

June 4, 2025 | Financial

British government provides major transit funding boost

Transport for the City Regions funding package benefits light rail and regional rail projects outside of London.

May 25, 2025 | Policy

British passenger operator returns to public ownership

South Western Railway will have to meet specific performance targets before it is rebranded as Great British Railways.

May 21, 2025 | High-speed

Uber joins cross-Channel new entrant

Agreement with Gemini Trains covers ticket sales via Uber app and co-branding of Gemini fleet.

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