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April 9, 2026 | Commuter Rail

New stations open in Britain’s West Midlands

Five new stations added to West Midlands Railway commuter network centred on Birmingham.

May 6, 2025 | Financial

CAF wins €400m maintenance contracts

The Spanish manufacturer has agreed deals to service trains in Britain and Colombia.

January 17, 2025 | Fleet

Northern progresses major fleet renewal programme

British operator invites five manufacturers to bid to supply up to 450 new trains.

December 16, 2024 | Infrastructure

British Northumberland Line reopens to passengers

28.8km line connects Newcastle with Ashington with further stations due to reopen in 2025.

August 7, 2024 | Main line

Driver training starts on Britain’s Northumberland Line

December reopening planned for line closed to passenger trains since 1964.

August 9, 2023 | Fleet

British operators embark on fleet replacement

Northern and Chiltern are looking to replace ageing DMUs with low-carbon trains.

January 27, 2023 | Main line

Northern operators apologise for poor performance

MPs told that driver overtime is key to service reliability.

May 13, 2021 | Passenger

Out of the franchise and into the fire? British train operators ready for reform

Covid-19 spelt the end of the British franchising system for passenger operations. Kevin Smith analyses the impact of the pandemic on the sector and asks what should come next.

March 2, 2020 | Main line

New managing director appointed as Northern franchise enters public ownership

THE British government’s operator of last resort (OLR) took over operation of the Northern franchise on March 1, after secretary of state for transport, Mr Grant Shapps, transferred control from Arriva Rail North.

March 15, 2019 | Main line

Govia Thameslink Railway fined for timetable disruption

BRITAIN’s Office of Rail and Road (ORR) announced on March 14 that Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) faces a £5m fine after it failed to provide appropriate, accurate and timely information to passengers following the severe disruption caused by the introduction of the May 2018 timetable.

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