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With combined delays of 14-years why are Greater Manchester's rail upgrade projects now so off-track?
Major rail upgrades around Greater Manchester have been delayed by a combined total of more than 14 years, the M.E.N can reveal.
Trains through Shropshire on track to improve
One of the companies shortlisted to run trains through Shropshire later this year was in partnership with the failed firm Carillion.
Kier and Eiffage form 50/50 joint venture for HS2 contracts following Carillion collapse
The two remaining members of HS2’s CEK joint venture are to move forward as a 50/50 partnership to deliver two of the seven construction contracts for the London to Birmingham line.
Rail access “central” to Heathrow expansion
Improved rail access should be central to plans for an expanded Heathrow, according to the organisation proposing a new southern route into the airport.
Monday, 22 January 2018
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Mail Online
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Manchester Evening News
- With combined delays of 14-years why are Greater Manchester's rail upgrade projects now so off-track?Major rail upgrades around Greater Manchester have been delayed by a combined total of more than 14 years, the M.E.N can reveal.
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Plymouth Herald
- Four years on, why has nothing happened to our vulnerable railway line?Campaigners’ fury at rail link upgrade failure four years after sea wall and railway track was destroyed
Other Regional Press
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- Trains through Shropshire on track to improveOne of the companies shortlisted to run trains through Shropshire later this year was in partnership with the failed firm Carillion.
- Comment: Nationalising our railways is the only way to fix chronic problemsJust who exactly supports the UK’s privatised railway industry?
Global Rail News
- Kier and Eiffage form 50/50 joint venture for HS2 contracts following Carillion collapseThe two remaining members of HS2’s CEK joint venture are to move forward as a 50/50 partnership to deliver two of the seven construction contracts for the London to Birmingham line.
Rail Magazine
- Rail access “central” to Heathrow expansionImproved rail access should be central to plans for an expanded Heathrow, according to the organisation proposing a new southern route into the airport.
- Spring start for Gospel Oak-Barking electric trainsLondon Overground’s Gospel Oak-Barking line reopened in time for the start of service on January 15, following an eight-week closure by Network Rail to complete electrification of the route.
RMT
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