Rail Minister Lord Hendy writes to ORR after the regulator initially rejected request to continue running early-morning Manchester-London service

Provision likely to be on an ‘as required’ basis

Running a rail timetable relies on the right number of locos, coaches, and staff being fit and in the right place. But on a network the size and complexity of British Rail, sometimes – in fact, often

Could HS2 bring faster and easier journeys between the South West, South Wales and the Midlands, the North West and Scotland? CHRIS HOWE has been doing some calculations

BOTH THE West Coast and East Coast Main Lines are to change the operators providing Thunderbird cover to rescue stricken trains. The two Newark Thunderbirds will now be supplied by Colas for the ECML.

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