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Network Rail expects annual energy bill to exceed £1bn for first time

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Alex Bestwick

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2nd September 2022

Network Rail expects its annual energy bill to exceed £1 billion for the first time.
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Massive water leak floods train tracks

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Alex Bestwick

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1st September 2022

Train services are severely disrupted in parts of northern England following a major water leak on the tracks.
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Rail union announces new 24-hour strike

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Alex Bestwick

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31st August 2022

Rail workers are to stage a new 24-hour strike next month in an escalation of the national dispute over pay, job security and conditions.
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Rail dispute could be prolonged ‘indefinitely’, warns RMT chief

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Alex Bestwick

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18th August 2022

A union leader has warned the rail dispute could be prolonged “indefinitely” as the latest strike by thousands of workers caused travel chaos.
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Six towns and cities shortlisted to be home of Great British Railways

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Sam Hewitt

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8th July 2022

The Department for Transport (DfT) announced that Birmingham, Crewe, Derby, Doncaster, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and York are all in the running.
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Rail strike: Talks held to avert industrial action later this month

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Sam Hewitt

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8th June 2022

Railway workers will go on a three-day strike over pay and jobs later this month.
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Royals on Rails at the National Railway Museum to mark the Platinum Jubilee

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Sam Hewitt

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24th May 2022

The National Railway Museum is inviting visitors to share in the luxury of royal travel with a season of royal-themed activities and a new exhibition to coincide with Her Majesty the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
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Emergency workers ‘did not treat blind man amid live railway track concerns’

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Shannon Butcher

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27th April 2022

A blind man who died after being hit by a train lay untreated for 10 minutes because emergency services were unsure whether the tracks were still live, an inquest heard.
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Half-price sale on rail fares announced to help with cost-of-living pressures

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Shannon Butcher

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19th April 2022

Train tickets are set to be slashed by as much as half as the Government looks to address cost-of-living pressures with cheaper travel in April and May.
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Great Central Railway approves plans for £1m bridge replacement

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Sam Hewitt

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7th April 2022

The Great Central Railway PLC’s Board have approved for work on the replacement of Bridge 326 crossing the A60 adjacent to the former Brush Works in Loughborough to begin.
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