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July 5, 2021 | Policy

Britain’s rail reform announced, but how will it work?

The long-awaited and much-anticipated Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail was finally published in May, more than a year later than planned. Richard Clinnick asks whether it was worth the wait.

June 21, 2021 | Fare collection

Flexible ticketing introduced to meet changing British commuter patterns

British government calls this the first step in reform of railways.

October 14, 2019 | Policy

British government to proceed with rail reform in 2020

SIGNIFICANT reforms to Britain’s rail franchising system have been included in the Conservative government’s new legislative agenda announced in a Queen’s Speech on October 14.

August 7, 2019 | Commuter Rail

Southeastern franchise bid cancelled

BRITAIN’s Department for Transport (DfT) has cancelled the competition to operate the Southeastern franchise and awarded incumbent operator Go-Ahead Southeastern a direct-award contract extension that will run until April 2020.

May 2, 2019 | Main line

Stagecoach outlines objections to DfT’s pension terms for East Midlands franchise

STAGECOACH Group has released more information about its approach to pension risks for the three recent bids for British rail franchises, after it was disqualified by the Department for Transport (DfT).

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