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March 5, 2024 | Technology

Britain takes leap towards smart ticketing

Unicard’s cloud-based back office system will support the Rail Delivery Group’s Smart Ticketing Hub programme.

November 2, 2023 | Policy

Government scraps plan to close station ticket offices in England

Objections formed 99% of 750,000 responses to public consultation.

July 6, 2023 | Policy

Ticket offices in England face closure as consultation starts on staff redeployment

Only 12% of tickets now sold at station ticket offices, operators say.

February 4, 2022 | Policy

Haines highlights continued uncertainty surrounding timetables

Political decisions to be made over service provision and continued funding for rail.

January 6, 2022 | News

Passenger operators respond to Omicron variant

Operators continue to cancel and amend service levels in the face of rising infections.

November 19, 2021 | Policy

Britain’s £96bn Integrated Rail Plan receives mixed response

Some groups express anger over the decision to axe the majority of the HS2 Eastern Leg and key components of Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR).

October 13, 2021 | Fleet

Rising electricity charges forces British rail freight operator to revert to diesel traction

210% increase in wholesale energy prices from September to October forces “temporary” traction policy change just weeks before climate change conference in Britain.

August 12, 2020 | Policy

Rail Delivery Group proposes decarbonisation policies

BRITAIN’s Rail Delivery Group (RDG), which represents rail operators, has submitted a policy proposal to the Department for Transport (DfT) for the decarbonisation of the country’s rail network.

May 31, 2019 | Europe

Sqills to install software for cross-operator reservations across Britain

DUTCH ticketing and reservation software provider Sqills has announced it will provide its S3 Passenger Software as a Service (SaaS) platform for reservations across Britain, which will allow passengers to reserve seats across multiple operators when booking tickets.

April 30, 2019 | Policy

Rail Delivery Group proposes franchising alternative

BRITAIN’s Rail Delivery Group (RDG), which represents passenger and freight operators and infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR), has submitted proposals to the Williams Review of the British railway industry which advocate a radical alternative to the existing passenger franchise system.

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