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19 February 2015
Labour victory could mean end of the line for franchises

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1 March 2015
Rail franchising faces 100-day deadline

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2 March 2015
Virgin promises new £3m East Coast fund

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18 March 2015
New Great Western franchise confirmed by Chancellor

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20 March 2015
First wins TransPennine Express extension

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

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31 March 2015
All change for Scots as new franchises start

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10 April 2015
Driver took charge of wrong train

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11 May 2015
McLoughlin to stay in top transport job

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26 June 2015
Dismay after Network Rail cash crisis revealed

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7 July 2015
Stagecoach to rebid for SWT after talks fail

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29 September 2015
Labour conference confirms plans for rail re-nationalisation

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19 October 2015
Sweet flavour for East Midlands Trains relaunch

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19 November 2015
Major Midland Metro expansion plans unveiled

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

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8 March 2016
Competition authority calls for more open access

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18 March 2016
New rail compensation plans are unveiled

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14 July 2016
Cabinet reshuffle: Patrick McLoughlin leaves DfT

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14 October 2016
Rail passengers have been ‘badly let down’, say MPs

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8 November 2016
Franchise contracts could block greater transparency over late trains

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9 November 2016
Audit Office calls for GW electrification rethink

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11 January 2017
National Express to sell c2c to Italian railways

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17 January 2017
Mitsui to own 40% of Greater Anglia franchise

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

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13 February 2017
Italian purchase of c2c franchise confirmed

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1 March 2017
Three shortlisted for East Midlands franchise

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11 May 2017
Labour manifesto includes slow fade-out for franchises

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3 July 2017
Franchising timetable slips again

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10 August 2017
Trenitalia backs out of South Eastern contest

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7 September 2017
CAMPAIGN: It’s time to get real about rail

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30 October 2017
Arriva makes surprise exit from Welsh competition

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7 February 2018
Chris Grayling faces dilemma over Virgin East Coast

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12 February 2018
MPs launch second probe into East Coast collapse

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27 March 2018
Falling franchise earnings trigger emergency support

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24 April 2018
First/Trenitalia back away from East Midlands

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27 April 2018
Report condemns DfT’s ‘totally unacceptable’ franchise management

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

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11 July 2018
Former Network Rail chief rejects franchising model

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5 September 2018
Major franchising shake-up could be on the way

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12 September 2018
‘Fundamental’ railway reform needed, says East Coast report

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17 September 2018
Major railway review ‘could be announced this week’

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18 September 2018
Bad weather and over-ambitious timetables dented performance

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20 September 2018
ORR condemns timetable chaos: Grayling promises reform

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11 October 2018
Chris Grayling set to announce scope of rail review

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19 October 2018
Greater Anglia funding crisis: union says ‘renationalise’

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23 October 2018
Grayling faces difficult Thameslink decision

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25 January 2019
Lack of delay investigation is ‘scandalous’, says NR chief

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27 February 2019
Williams sets the stage for rail revolution

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

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

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

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24 April 2019
Virgin calls for all-reserved ‘airline style’ railways

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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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24 May 2019
West Coast bidders start legal action against DfT

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3 June 2019
Arriva takes franchise leak claim to court

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7 June 2019
Southeastern deal unresolved as deadline approaches

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13 June 2019
13 June: news in brief

Southeastern rescue deal
Hydrogen train breakthrough

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24 June 2019
24 June: news in brief

New Network Rail regions launched
Manchester sets out integrated transport plan

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28 June 2019
RMT prepares for national rail strike ballot over pensions

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4 July 2019
4 July: news in brief

LNER could stay much longer

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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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16 July 2019
Keith Williams rules out Network Rail as franchise controller

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7 August 2019
South Eastern franchise competition cancelled

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20 August 2019
20 August: news in brief

Franchising is ‘set to continue’ according to industry chief

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14 October 2019
Rail franchising could face the axe in 2020

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28 October 2019
News in brief: 28 October

More hints about Williams Review expected today
DfT starts negotiations over next Greater Western franchise
Welsh Marches Line blocked by flood damage

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1 November 2019
New trains and more services next year, say TOCs

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18 December 2019
Abellio’s ScotRail franchise to end in 2022

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9 January 2020
Franchising crisis deepens as West Midlands joins the doubtful list

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22 January 2020
SWR no longer sustainable, admits transport secretary

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27 January 2020
Northern franchise likely to end within days

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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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22 February 2021
Union claims rail renationalisation is moving ahead

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17 March 2021
ScotRail will move to state ownership

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1 April 2021
Government proposes 10-year contract for West Coast Partnership

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