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UK News - December 2006
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Date Added News Headline
29 Dec 2006 Service delivery improvements with extra staff for 'one' Railway in 2007
28 Dec 2006 'One' railway installs 552 vehicles with CCTV
28 Dec 2006 Aberdeen station revamp
27 Dec 2006 New platform numbers for Edinburgh Waverley
27 Dec 2006 Regenerative braking introduced on 'one' Railway Class 360 Desiro fleet
22 Dec 2006 First Capital Connect launches automatic ticket gates at Stevenage
22 Dec 2006 Hire service for open access Channel Tunnel freight trains
21 Dec 2006 Report released into collision between train and buffer stop at Sudbury 27 January 2006
21 Dec 2006 Network Rail cuts track renewal suppliers from six to four
21 Dec 2006 First Capital Connect to invest £2m in fleet
21 Dec 2006 Gospel Oak - Barking capacity increase?
20 Dec 2006 FGW HST 'refresh' rolled out Updated
19 Dec 2006 Network Rail awards contract for ERTMS in-cab signalling
19 Dec 2006 New passenger lifts for Epsom
19 Dec 2006 Major investment in Scotish Railways
19 Dec 2006 Rail Industry Group Recommends Changes affecting Train Horns
19 Dec 2006 Upgrade for Liverpool Street-Norwich route catering
18 Dec 2006 Andrew Chivers to head up 'one' Railway
18 Dec 2006 Kids go free on Heathrow Connect between 18 December 2006 and 31 January 2007
18 Dec 2006 Cycles go free on 'One'
15 Dec 2006 Hull Trains launch 7th weekday service on Hull-King's Cross route
15 Dec 2006 First Capital Connect opens new depot at Cricklewood
15 Dec 2006 End of the road for GNER as DfT invite bidders to take over franchise
15 Dec 2006 Two bidders fight out London Overground consession
14 Dec 2006 Grand Central Railway stock identified - updated
14 Dec 2006 Development of Bromsgrove station
14 Dec 2006 National Rail Timetable Moves Online
13 Dec 2006 Network Rail announce John Armitt to retire and appointment of Iain Coucher as new CEO
13 Dec 2006 Steam train heating ends in Ireland
13 Dec 2006 West Coast franchise deal is platform for massive growth
12 Dec 2006 Evergreen 2 complete
12 Dec 2006 FM Rail into 'Voluntary Administration'
12 Dec 2006 GBRf wins route conducting contract in deal with Balfour Beatty
12 Dec 2006 Fourth train from Caithness brings more travel opportunities for Inverness region
12 Dec 2006 North Woolwich comes off the National Network
12 Dec 2006 New passenger waiting shelter at Halesworth
11 Dec 2006 New role for Southern Class 09 No. 09026
11 Dec 2006 £35m four-year modernisation for Brighton Lovers Walk depot
10 Dec 2006 Joint Freightliner/Bardon Aggregate livery for 66s
8 Dec 2006 DMU news
8 Dec 2006 iPod technology for 'one' Railways new staff
7 Dec 2006 Rail improvements at Milton Keynes
7 Dec 2006 GNERs 43300 goes into service
6 Dec 2006 First ScotRail to introduce advertising Class 170s
6 Dec 2006 Improved facilities at Rayleigh
6 Dec 2006 More ticket barriers for Liverpool Street
6 Dec 2006 First TransPennine Express 'North West' passengers get '185s'
6 Dec 2006 Internal works to Lime Street Station begin
5 Dec 2006 South West Trains Class 159/1 goes into service
4 Dec 2006 GB Railfreight opens Bristol depot
4 Dec 2006 EWS Construction major new WBB Minerals contract
4 Dec 2006 Direct trains from Wrexham and Shropshire to London: a step closer
4 Dec 2006 Virgin Trains celebrates tenth birthday with massive ticket giveaway
4 Dec 2006 Automatic ticket gates for Exeter St Davids and Plymouth
4 Dec 2006 Christmas and New Year with Virgin Trains
2 Dec 2006 Major Infrabel works around Brussels will see improvement to Eurostar services Updated and illustrated
2 Dec 2006 GNER takes 'State Aid' case to European Commission
1 Dec 2006 Birmingham New Street 'Gateway' passes first planning hurdle
1 Dec 2006 ATOC announce 2007 rail price rises
1 Dec 2006 GNER wins 'Best Rail Operator' award
   
29 Nov 2006 Christmas travel advice from FGW
29 Nov 2006 RAIB publish report into Moy accident on 26 November 2005
29 Nov 2006 New 'Moccha-tunity' kisok opens at Milngavie
29 Nov 2006 Faster journeys between London and West Yorkshire from 10 December
29 Nov 2006 About a week left for Anglia DBSO stock
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