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1. www.theguardian.com › business › 2024What is Labour’s plan for rail travel and will it make ...

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   Apr 25, 2024 · What is Labour’s plan for rail travel and will it make tickets cheaper? Party wants to fully nationalise train network within five years of coming to power, in ‘biggest rail reform for a ...

   • Author: Gwyn Topham

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   2 days ago · To find out about more, please contact Sandra Evitt, events manager, 01733 468 123, sandra.evitt@bauermedia.co.uk. Britain's biggest-selling modern railway magazine. Bringing you new, comment and analysis from the rail industry.

3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Rail_transport_in_GreatRail transport in Great Britain - Wikipedia

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   May 8, 2024 · The railway system in Great Britain is the oldest railway system in the world. The first locomotive-hauled public railway opened in 1825, which was followed by an era of rapid expansion. Most of the track is managed by Network Rail, which in 2017 had a network of 9,824 miles (15,811 km) of standard-gauge lines, of which 3,339 miles (5,374 km ...

   • Passenger km: 66.8 km (41.5 mi) billion (2019/20)
   • Total: 15,811 km (9,824 mi)

   • Ridership: 1.738 billion (2019/20)
   • Infrastructure company: Network Rail (until 2024)

4. www.dailymail.co.uk › news › article-106510Railtrack shareholders to 'get money back' | Daily Mail Online

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   Apr 30, 2024 · Shareholders in Railtrack are to be offered 250p for their shares - only slightly less than their value when the company was forced into administration last year, according to reports today. Home...

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   What does CLG's deal with Railtrack mean for taxpayers?

   • The deal will mean the use of £300 million of taxpayers' money for a grant to enable Railtrack to be bought outright by the Company Limited by Guarantee (CLG), the non-profit making company set up by Mr Byers, the newspaper said.

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   How much will Railtrack shareholders get for their shares?

   • Shareholders in Railtrack are to be offered 250p for their shares - only slightly less than their value when the company was forced into administration last year, according to reports today. Transport Secretary Stephen Byers will this week back a £1.3 billion bailout for the shareholders, according to the Sunday Telegraph.

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   Where are light rail systems based?

   • Light rail systems in the form of trams are in Birmingham, Croydon, Manchester, Nottingham, Sheffield and Edinburgh. These systems use a combination of street running tramways and, where available, reserved right of way or former conventional rail lines in some suburbs. Blackpool has the one remaining traditional tram system.

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   Should high-speed rail be a long-term strategy?

   • The High Speed Rail Group has released a report calling for a comprehensive long-term strategy for high-speed rail which it says will help stimulate economic growth and develop the country’s inter-urban rail network. Innovations to improve Britain’s stations often meet stumbling blocks in the form of red tape.

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6. www.railforums.co.uk › threads › track-maintenanceTrack maintenance operation outside the UK | RailUK Forums

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   Apr 23, 2024 · 24,973. Location. Nottingham. When the state railway in the UK was privatised in the 1990s, the parts that did track maintenance were sold off as separate companies and had contracts to continue maintaining the tracks on behalf of the owner (Railtrack).

7. www.newstatesman.com › spotlight › economic-growthNew Labour would have already nationalised Thames Water

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   Apr 24, 2024 · It could be Network Rail’s privatised predecessor, Railtrack, or the company that provides water to a quarter of the UK population, Thames Water. Much of the commentary around Thames Water’s mounting difficulties has reached for the recent comparison of the collapsed energy supplier, Bulb.

8. www.railwaygazette.com › news › infrastructureRail infrastructure, project and engineering news - Railway ...

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   May 7, 2024 · Spain – Morocco tunnel investigations underway. 10 May 2024. INTERNATIONAL: Spanish state-owned engineering consultancy Ineco has told Railway Gazette International that the long-proposed Spain – Morocco inter-continental tunnel ’is highly complex and is currently undergoing feasibility studies’.