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1. www.reuters.com › world › ukUK sets up Great British Railways but ‘without the terrible ...

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   May 20, 2021 · LONDON, May 20 (Reuters) - Britain will create a new public railway operator called Great British Railways (GBR) in the biggest reform in a quarter of a century of a network plagued by...

2. www.ft.com › content › e2844ae9-dd66-45c3-a747-f84fWhat next for Britain’s broken railways? - Financial Times

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   Apr 4, 2024 · Almost 40 per cent of passenger mainline rail travel in Britain is now by trains directly controlled by the state, after ministers were forced to bail out privatised operators as they ran into...

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3. www.investorschronicle.co.uk › news › 2023/07/20The companies benefiting from the rail crisis - Investors ...

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   Jul 20, 2023 · Tracsis’s expansion to the US through its RailComm acquisition might also comfort investors worried about the company becoming fully reliant on a single UK rail entity for work. Meanwhile, Trainline’s fastest revenue growth is coming from its international business, which operates in Spain, Italy and France.

4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Virgin_Rail_GroupVirgin Rail Group - Wikipedia

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   Virgin Rail Group (WCT Group since 2021) is a British rail transport company that was formed by the Virgin Group to bid for rail franchises in the United Kingdom during the privatisation of British Rail in the late 1990s.

5. cdn.railuk.co › wp-content › uploadsThe Economic Contribution of UK Rail, published 2021

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   rail, the more UK plc gets out. We hope this report is a useful contribution to the discussion on how rail can support the UK economy, providing not just railway jobs, investment and growth across the country, but also boosting UK plc more widely as we all seek to Build Back Better after the pandemic. Yours sincerely, Darren Caplan

6. www.economist.com › business › 2021/11/20Times are good for American railways - The Economist

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   Nov 20, 2021 · At Union Pacific ( UP ), one of America’s two largest rail operators, fuel costs have risen by 74% over the past year and locomotive productivity has fallen by 8%. Freight car “velocity ...

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   How much of Britain's mainline rail travel is controlled by the state?

   • Almost 40 per cent of passenger mainline rail travel in Britain is now by trains directly controlled by the state, after ministers were forced to bail out privatised operators as they ran into trouble in recent years, according to an FT analysis of official data.

   What next for Britain’s broken railways? - Financial Times

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   Will GBR replace Network Rail in 2023?

   • GBR will replace the current track operator, Network Rail, in 2023 and the government says the new system will look more like Transport for London, with multiple operators under one brand. The systems will differ slightly in Scotland and Wales, where transport is devolved, but GBR will still operate in those nations.

   Better rail services promised in huge shake-up - BBC

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   What is the growth rate of passenger rail in the UK?

   • Within that total, passenger growth on the national rail network in Great Britain (i.e. the lines overseen by Network Rail) averaged 2.6% per annum, while that on the London Underground averaged 3.3% per year, and that on Northern Ireland Railways, 5.7% per year. Fig. 25. Volume of passenger rail travel in the UK, 2009-2019

   The Economic Contribution of UK Rail, published 2021

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   How important is rail to the UK economy?

   • Firstly, the rail transport system’s direct contribution to UK economy, at £12.2 billion in terms of GDP in 2019, is significant in its own right. And with every £1 worth of work on the rail network itself generating a further £2.50 of income elsewhere in the UK economy, the total rail-related GVA ‘footprint’ is very substantial.

   The Economic Contribution of UK Rail, published 2021

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8. www.bbc.com › news › business-57176858Better rail services promised in huge shake-up - BBC

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   May 20, 2021 · Weather. Better rail services promised in huge shake-up. 20 May 2021. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps claims rail restructure will simplify fares. Rail passengers have been promised a better and ...