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31 Jan 2008 RAIB report released into the derailment of a London Underground Central Line train near Mile End station
31 Jan 2008 RAIB report released into derailment of a freight train at King Edward Bridge, Newcastle on Tyne
31 Jan 2008 Major rail improvements ahead between Birmingham and Warwickshire
31 Jan 2008 More Class 172s ordered by Angel Trains
30 Jan 2008 More delays for Grand Central
30 Jan 2008 Refurbishment of CrossCountry Class 170 fleet begins
30 Jan 2008 First GBRf and BBCJV announce new contract
29 Jan 2008 Italian private railway operator chooses Alstom to supply and maintain of 25 trains
29 Jan 2008 Official opening of Ebbsfleet International station
28 Jan 2008 40 new wagons make steel coil transportation more effective
28 Jan 2008 Siemens Desiro trains achieve 100 million miles in passenger service
28 Jan 2008 Girvan station is bloomin' marvellous
25 Jan 2008 CrossCountry signs deal to overhaul High Speed Trains
25 Jan 2008 Upgrade for Cambridge
25 Jan 2008 New man at the top at c2c
24 Jan 2008 High capacity Class 450 Desiro sets enter traffic
22 Jan 2008 Bombardier signs agreement with STIB for a total of 102 additional trams for Brussels
22 Jan 2008 First Great Western doubles customer compensation
21 Jan 2008 Agency staff to be cut in Network Rail shake-up
21 Jan 2008 Deutsche Bahn (DB) announces acquisition of Laing Rail
21 Jan 2008 Slovenian Railways orders Siemens locomotives worth EUR 48 million
18 Jan 2008 Isle of Wight goes ‘Heritage’
17 Jan 2008 RMS Locotec expands terminal services business with new Corus contract
17 Jan 2008 Seven Kings station improvements
16 Jan 2008 Aberdeen Station car park moves to new multi storey location
16 Jan 2008 'one' opens ticket office at Attleborough
14 Jan 2008 Freightliner announce Nameplate Auction
14 Jan 2008 Extra Friday service on East Coast
11 Jan 2008 RAIB report released into a collision at Willington, near Burton on Trent
11 Jan 2008 Ticket gates for Manchester Oxford Road
11 Jan 2008 Green light for rail depot at Wrexham
11 Jan 2008
08 Jan 2008 Record year for West Somerset Railway in 2007
08 Jan 2008 Double track through Axminster - a step closer
08 Jan 2008 Advance warning of major work on Chiltern route
08 Jan 2008 Virgin Trains seeks passengers' views
07 Jan 2008 New Street Gateway project to seek visionary designer
07 Jan 2008 Easter 2008 engineering work on SWT - advance information
07 Jan 2008 First TransPennine Express offer book ahead reductions
04 Jan 2008 £15 offer by First ScotRail (as long as you'r over 55)
04 Jan 2008 First Capital Connect launches free cycle alarms at St Albans Station
03 Jan 2008 Network Rail set to re-open Rugby at 05.00 on 4 January
03 Jan 2008 Chiltern Railways London Marylebone to West Ruislip joins 'Oyster'
02 Jan 2008 Graham Smith, EWS Planning Director, awarded MBE
01 Jan 2008 More security for National Express East Anglia
01 Jan 2008 And still the West Coast Main Line is not open at Rugby!
   
21 Dec 2007 Rail industry confirms 10 year strategy to meet passenger growth on Anglia routes
20 Dec 2007 Deutsche Bahn orders 64 Double-Deck coaches for Schleswig-Holstein in Germany
  For older items see UK news Archive December 2007

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