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Network Rail’s Western Region recovery plan accepted

Rail industry offers united approach to sustainability

Hybrid Class 99 offers “greener rail network”

LU trains lead as Siemens opens £200m Goole factory

Northern: try train for school trips

Bleed control kit at Norwich

Pelaw junction closes for upgrade

More contactless on Wales Metro

ICE wants lessons learned from HS2 cancellation

London Gateway to Southampton service doubles

Rail services start at Grand Central

DLR operator extends contract

Blind passenger assists with Thameslink Class 700 audio guide

Island Line reopens, but pier section remains closed until May

LNER’s Cleethorpes-London train plans put on hold

LNER profits up but punctuality declines

West Midlands’ Shoaf to chair Shadow GBR

Beable is new MD at Greater Anglia

Public Ownership Bill progresses

Tarmac boost for Freightliner

Network Rail confirms the closure of Deepcar branch

Paddington ticket hall brings accessibility boost

Alstom plans Railway 200 open weekend at Derby

Mayor Khan hopeful of long-term deal for TfL

Signalling work closes stations

Rail regulator consults on reduction in HS1 charges

Merriman to lead Partnership Board

Stewart joins the Chiltern team

Freightliner Class 70 sports new livery

Chiltern’s Class 168 DMUs receive third refresh

MP fights for station reopening

Unite deal brings an end to England’s pay disputes

GBRf names ‘66s’ after female staff

The final push to help Ukraine’s railway workers

Optimism for growth, but rail freight ‘running to stand still’

New intermodal uses discount scheme

Class 58 is the headline act at Severn Valley diesel gala

West Midlands Trains ends Class 323 operations

Class 37 repainted

Rodney revived for Epping gala

Class 397 moves via the ECML

News In Brief

Class 40 restricted from main line work

West Coast ‘33s’ and ‘20s’ work steam tours

Lanark and Leven visits are highlights for ‘47’

Ex-British locomotives to star on groundbreaking tour

Freight operators start autumn RHTT workings

Last WCML mail working for ‘325s’

NR five-point plan to address Euston crowding concerns

Regional News

Ashley Down is back on the railway map

Consultation on Stalybridge work

News in pictures

GBR is now in motion… but change will be a slow process • In the build-up to July’s General Election (RAIL 1012), we consulted closely with the industry to devise a seven-point manifesto to create a sound base for Britain’s railways. HOWARD JOHNSTON assesses the progress with point 1: Great British Railways…

Growing pains in the West Midlands • Now 25 years old, the West Midlands Metro has been slow to expand. New lines are being built, but COVID and inflationary pressures have meant funding issues and delays. PETER PLISNER reports

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