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News - March 2008
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Date Added News Headline
22 Mar 2008 Eight more Class 66s on the way
20 Mar 2008 Severn Valley Railway re-opens following flood damage
20 Mar 2008 First Capital Connect name '365' after Rufus Barnes
19 Mar 2008 Stratford Connections naming marks completion of Class 315 upgrade
18 Mar 2008 New liveries for two Northern Class 150s
18 Mar 2008 'Tram-Trains' for use on Penistone Line
18 Mar 2008 East Midlands Trains Class 222 reformations - Updated
17 Mar 2008 Scottish rail freight targeted with appointment of EWS Sales & Marketing Manager
14 Mar 2008 New Docklands Light Railway stock unveiled
14 Mar 2008 Restoration complete at art deco station
14 Mar 2008 10,000th passenger uses megatrain.com to get to the capital with East Midlands Trains
14 Mar 2008 Double Oyster boost for home and international passengers
13 Mar 2008 End of South West Trains west of Exeter
13 Mar 2008 Extra direct Eurostar service to Disneyland Paris
12 Mar 2008 New station for Greenhithe
12 Mar 2008 Postive news from First GBRf
11 Mar 2008 Move of Cross Country control
11 Mar 2008 Grand Central appoints EWS Network as operator of Passenger Control Desk
11 Mar 2008 £100k upgrade of NEEA rural train fleet completed (updated)
10 Mar 2008 Major engineering work at Clapham Junction at Easter
10 Mar 2008 Chiltern launch Rail Information Online
7 Mar 2008 £100k upgrade of NEEA rural train fleet completed
6 Mar 2008 Bombardier to build 11 further Electrostar sets for Southern
6 Mar 2008 Better Wi-Fi for Virgin
5 Mar 2008 Extra trains from First Great Western for the Cheltenham Festival
5 Mar 2008 Network Rail Easter work in the West Country
5 Mar 2008 EWS launches Duisburg to Manchester Channel Tunnel train
4 Mar 2008 More ticket barriers for Aberdeen
4 Mar 2008 Three-fold increase in Wi-Fi use on East Coast trains
4 Mar 2008 Better branding for Pendolino fleet
3 Mar 2008 More CCTV for First ScotRail
3 Mar 2008 EWS dedicates new livery to Teenage Cancer Trust
3 Mar 2008 Double naming weekend for First Great Western
   
   
29 Feb 2008 Double award win for First Great Western
29 Feb 2008 Network Rail publish East Coast Route Utilisation Strategy
29 Feb 2008 Residents to be consulted on use of station
28 Feb 2008 National Express East Anglia goes live - Now Illustrated
28 Feb 2008 RAIB report released into a derailment in Hooley Cutting, near Merstham, Surrey
28 Feb 2008 RAIB report released into a track worker fatality at Ruscombe Junction
28 Feb 2008 Falkland Islands wool goes by rail
28 Feb 2008 Northern wins Rail Business of the year title
  For older items see UK news Archive February 2008

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