Industry News
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CONTENTS Industry News
Network Rail on target for effi ciency savings, rail regulator reports
RT Training Solutions Ltd received ‘outstanding’ award from the National Skills Academy for rail engineers at Derby conference
Network Rail starts bridge replacement work in Slough and Hillingdon
Work to start on £5.1m Llandudno station upgrade
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New East Midlands trains engineering apprenticeship scheme launched
Borders railway delivery plan fi nalised
Mayor sets out major plan for transport investment with fare rise at one percent above infl ation for 2013
Ridout’s racing for Railway Children
Network Rail gets UK DfT approval to build North Doncaster Chord
Diary of Events
Essential events to put in your diary for the start of 2013.
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New Street renewed: Birmingham’s gift to the glorious future of rail Christian takes a tour of the huge project currently in motion to revamp the most unloved station in the country; Birmingham New Street.
The wild west franchise fi asco The row between Virgin, FirstGroup and the DfT over the right to run the lucrative West Coast line has thrown the franchise process into chaos and could change the industry forever.
Make no mistake, HS2 is ‘blazing ahead’ With £750 million already being spent, this grand project is most certainly on track, found Christian Wolmar on a recent visit to its headquarters in London’s Victoria.
Going Dutch: Abellio brings a breath of fresh thinking to UK transport
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