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October 4, 2021 | Fleet

Lumo class 803s authorised for London - Edinburgh services

Hitachi EMUs to begin ECML open-access operations later this month.

September 24, 2021 | Europe

More freight travelling by rail in Britain than before Covid-19 pandemic

British operators achieve 1.3% increase in net tonne-km of freight transported compared with April-June 2019.

September 9, 2021 | Europe

ORR reveals stress corrosion and fatigue cracks affected Hitachi UK fleets

Full report into the problems to be published this December.

May 10, 2021 | Fleet

Hitachi taking “safety first approach” to returning GWR and LNER fleets to operation

Major disruption to GWR and LNER services set to continue.

August 17, 2020 | Europe

RAIB confirms landslip caused Stonehaven derailment

BRITAIN’s Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has confirmed that the 06.38 southbound service from Aberdeen to Glasgow Queen Street, which derailed near Stonehaven on August 12, did so following a collision with a landslip.

July 1, 2020 | Policy

Britain releases guidance for post-Brexit operation

THE British government has issued a baseline guidance for domestic and cross-border operation following the end of the Brexit transition period on January 1 2021.

January 7, 2020 | Financial

ORR reduces increase in British high-speed access charges

BRITAIN’s Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has cut the proposed increase in track access charges requested by HS1 by 32% or £12.3m per year.

September 30, 2019 | High-speed

ORR proposes annual HS1 track access charges of £26m

BRITISH rail regulator the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has proposed setting track access charges for the High Speed 1 (HS1) line at £26m per year, £9m less than requested by HS1 concessionaire HS1 Ltd.

July 18, 2019 | Infrastructure

ORR releases final Network Rail CP5 report

BRITAIN’s Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has released its final annual assessment of infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) for Control Period 5 (CP5), which ran from 2014 to March 2019, highlighting good results in managing its infrastructure assets and for the freight sector, but continued underperformance in the key areas of passenger train performance and efficiency.

June 17, 2019 | Europe

British passenger journeys reach record high

PASSENGER journeys in Britain reached a record-high of 1.759 billion in 2018-19, a 3% increase following a drop of 1.4% in 2017-18, the largest decrease recorded since 1993-94.

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