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June 13, 2019 | Europe

Innovative British rail projects to share £7.8m in grants

A competition seeking to fund innovative ideas has awarded up to £7.8m to 24 projects ranging from mainline testing of a hydrogen train to drones capable of inspecting railway infrastructure.

May 24, 2019 | Main line

SNCF, Stagecoach and Virgin launch legal action over West Coast Partnership franchise

STAGECOACH Group and its bid partners French National Railways (SNCF) and Virgin have launched legal action against Britain’s Department for Transport over the procurement of the West Coast Partnership (WCP) franchise.

May 13, 2019 | Financial

Arriva sues DfT over East Midlands franchise

ARRIVA has followed Stagecoach in launching legal action against the British government’s Department for Transport (DfT) over its failed bid for the East Midlands franchise.

May 8, 2019 | Main line

Stagecoach launches legal action against DfT over East Midlands franchise

STAGECOACH Group announced in a regulatory statement on May 8 that its Stagecoach East Midlands Trains (EMT) subsidiary has launched legal action against the Department for Transport (DfT).

May 3, 2019 | Metros

Crossrail “past the point of no return” says National Audit Office

BRITAIN’s National Audit Office (NAO) has released a report from an investigation into London’s Crossrail east-west rail link, outlining why and how the project ran into difficulty and what Crossrail Ltd needs to do to manage the remaining risks.

April 26, 2019 | Metros

Crossrail releases updated plan for delayed Elizabeth Line

CROSSRAIL has released details of a new plan to complete the outstanding works for the beleaguered Elizabeth Line, with the final central London section now due to open at the end of 2020 or the start of 2021.

April 16, 2019 | Financial

DfT confirms Arriva disqualification from East Midlands franchise

BRITAIN’s Department for Transport (DfT) has confirmed to IRJ that Arriva was also disqualified from bidding for the East Midlands passenger franchise along with Stagecoach ahead of awarding the franchise to Netherlands Railways subsidiary Abellio.

April 10, 2019 | Main line

Abellio selected for East Midlands franchise

BRITAIN’s secretary of state for transport Mr Chris Grayling confirmed on April 9 that Abellio has been selected as the winning bidder for the East Midlands franchise.

April 10, 2019 | Main line

Stagecoach disqualified from bidding for three British franchises

BRITAIN’s Department for Transport (DfT) has disqualified Stagecoach Group from participating in three rail franchise competitions.

April 3, 2019 | Commuter Rail

Crossrail project likely to open in 2021 and cost more

COMPLETION of London’s Crossrail project is likely to be further delayed until 2021 and cost even more according to a scathing report by the British parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) published on April 3.

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