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19 February 2015
East Anglia franchise competition begins

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10 March 2015
FirstGroup lays down gauntlet on East Coast

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18 March 2015
£6m rail innovation competition is opened for bids

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23 March 2015
More new Great Western trains are part of franchise award

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20 April 2015
SNP could change route priorities for HS2

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11 May 2015
McLoughlin to stay in top transport job

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11 May 2015
New Whitehall transport team to be named

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24 June 2015
Eurostar 'shambles' as ferry workers strike at Calais

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30 June 2015
Striking French ferry workers disrupt Eurostar again

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7 July 2015
Stagecoach to rebid for SWT after talks fail

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24 July 2015
Latest Calais incidents risk 'long-lasting damage' to railfreight

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7 August 2015
Green light for open access to Blackpool

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18 September 2015
DfT demands 'Norwich in 90' from next Anglia operator

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19 October 2015
Sweet flavour for East Midlands Trains relaunch

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24 November 2015
Franchising poses 'emerging risks' three years after West Coast collapse

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11 December 2015
Abellio makes East Anglia pledge after Stagecoach exit

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14 December 2015
National Express launches first German rail services

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14 December 2015
New stations and routes mark timetable changes

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16 December 2015
National Express wins German franchise challenge

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8 March 2016
Competition authority calls for more open access

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7 April 2016
West Midlands shortlist announced

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10 May 2016
West Coast franchise consultation launched

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12 May 2016
Revenue threat on East Coast Main Line

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16 June 2016
First and MTR join forces to bid for South Western

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22 June 2016
MTR withdraws from West Midlands franchise bid

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14 July 2016
Cabinet reshuffle: Patrick McLoughlin leaves DfT

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8 September 2016
Think tank urges part-privatisation of Network Rail

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13 October 2016
Contenders named for next Welsh franchise

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13 October 2016
Delay compensation threshold halved to 15 minutes

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6 December 2016
Grayling urges an end to rail maintenance confrontation

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7 December 2016
Network Rail puts project funding under spotlight

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6 February 2017
Franchising 'fails to deliver for passengers' say MPs

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1 March 2017
Three shortlisted for East Midlands franchise

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19 April 2017
Bechtel wins controversial HS2 contract

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22 June 2017
More foreign contenders on franchise shortlists

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12 July 2017
Competition concerns on routes to Exeter

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17 July 2017
West Midlands award slips back again

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10 August 2017
Trenitalia backs out of South Eastern contest

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30 October 2017
Arriva makes surprise exit from Welsh competition

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29 November 2017
Grayling report sets out new vision for rail

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18 January 2018
Abellio says Welsh bid has survived Carillion collapse

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23 February 2018
Abellio withdraws its bid for Wales & Borders

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24 April 2018
First/Trenitalia back away from East Midlands

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18 May 2018
East Coast: now the post-mortem begins

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4 July 2018
Bombardier, Hitachi join forces for HS2 train bid

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23 August 2018
ScotRail to be opened up to public sector

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3 September 2018
HS2 ‘delayed’, while critics plan alternative transport schemes

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20 September 2018
ORR condemns timetable chaos: Grayling promises reform

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19 December 2018
Discreet open access plan sparks Christmas fluster

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14 January 2019
DB may sell Arriva to plug E4bn funding gap

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6 February 2019
Alstom-Siemens merger decision is ‘set back’

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5 March 2019
Union rejects open access proposal as ‘nonsense’

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14 March 2019
Virgin Trains in clash with actors’ union

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19 March 2019
DfT should stop ‘intervening’ in railway affairs–RDG chief

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10 April 2019
Franchise ban for Stagecoach: Abellio wins East Midlands

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12 April 2019
RMT threatens strikes and MPs protest as pensions row goes on

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15 April 2019
Stagecoach demands ‘full and transparent explanation’ over pensions ruling

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17 April 2019
DfT response to Stagecoach ‘vague and incomplete’

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29 April 2019
SNCF may challenge Chris Grayling in court over pensions row

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30 April 2019
Rail Delivery Group proposes revival of Strategic Rail Authority

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2 May 2019
Branson says franchise competitions should be cancelled

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8 May 2019
Stagecoach to sue DfT over franchise bid rejection

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12 May 2019
Now DB sues Grayling as well

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14 May 2019
HS2 alternatives report is ‘fantasy and fiction’

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24 May 2019
West Coast bidders start legal action against DfT

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28 May 2019
Poll claims most people oppose rail privatisation

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29 May 2019
Bombardier Derby to build monorail trains for Egypt

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30 May 2019
Retiring Pacers could become village halls

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7 June 2019
Southeastern deal unresolved as deadline approaches

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10 June 2019
Fourth HS2 rolling stock bidder revealed

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13 June 2019
13 June: news in brief

Southeastern rescue deal
Hydrogen train breakthrough

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8 July 2019
Virgin says British franchise market ‘becoming uninvestable’

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11 July 2019
11 July: news in brief

New HS2 report insists project is essential
Track worker killed by train was ‘probably fatigued’
Network Rail to invest £70m in new track safety initiative
Branson says rail franchising is a ‘real mess’
No progress in Underground pay talks
Shuttle traffic falls back amid ‘political uncertainty’
New £64m railway research centre for Leeds
Are you sitting comfortably?

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11 July 2019
DfT hints that franchising is reaching the end of the line

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15 July 2019
15 July: news in brief

Euston funding gap defended by DfT
Grayling’s £9m payout to Heathrow comes under fire

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15 July 2019
Pacers set to miss withdrawal deadline

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19 July 2019
Arriva sues government for £200m over rejected East Midlands bid

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5 August 2019
5 August: news in brief

High Court refuses to reject claims from frustrated franchise bidders

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7 August 2019
South Eastern franchise competition cancelled

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8 August 2019
New pressure on DfT after franchise competition was cancelled

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12 August 2019
12 August: news in brief

More Caledonian Sleeper problems leave passengers stranded
HS2 restarts competition to build track on Phases 1 and 2a
Gatelines ‘could become obsolete’, claims Hitachi

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16 November 2019
16 November: news in brief

Weekend extra
Green light for West Coast franchise
Great Western line reopens in Somerset after six day closure
Union leader criticises ‘vampire’ train operators
Eurostar plans to launch Amsterdam-London services in 2020

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15 January 2020
Union threatens national rail strike as pensions row flares

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20 January 2020
Rejected franchise claims move to High Court as firms sue DfT

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21 January 2020
Arriva settles legal dispute with DfT over East Midlands franchise

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23 January 2020
23 January: news in brief

Channel Tunnel operator’s revenue hit by Brexit and French unrest
Pacer winners announced

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6 April 2020
6 April: news in brief

West Midlands Railway axes trains
Yorkshire consultation extended
GWR helps with home learning

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6 April 2020
Monday essay: can competition work?

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14 April 2020
Tuesday essay: the end of franchising

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21 September 2020
Rail franchising comes to an end – official

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30 November 2020
Last of Northern’s Pacers departs later than planned

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21 January 2021
£1.7 billion boost for Bombardier in Derby

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17 March 2021
ScotRail will move to state ownership

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