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UK News - June 2007
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Date Added News Headline
29 Jun 2007 Bittern Line gets its own Class 156
29 Jun 2007 New £5.5m platform for Newport
28 Jun 2007 Deutsche Bahn (DB) take over of EWS and Transfesa confirmed
28 Jun 2007 East Coast Main Line 'Route Utilisation Strategy'
28 Jun 2007 Eurostar teams up with Railschool a provides Class 73 for training
28 Jun 2007 Statement issued by Chiltern Railways re Tesco Gerrards Cross
27 Jun 2007 Improvements at Strathcarron
26 Jun 2007 Changes at Milton Keynes
26 Jun 2007 Through passenger services linking Bristol with Minehead WILL run this summer
25 Jun 2007 Plans for FGW Local stock refurbishment
24 Jun 2007 Class 180s to stay with FGW
23 Jun 2007 Captain George Vancouver honoured
22 Jun 2007 German rail operator DB to buy 55% stake in EWS?
22 Jun 2007 Midland Main Line/East Midlands franchise goes to Stagecoach Midland Rail
21 Jun 2007 New departure screens for Waterloo
21 Jun 2007 Airdrie-Bathgate construction work begins
21 Jun 2007 Return of 'London Midland' as Govia wins West Midlands franchise
20 Jun 2007 Thousands of extra train seats on FGW for Henley Regatta visitors
20 Jun 2007 GNER sign maintenance agreement with MTU
20 Jun 2007 Gatwick Express franchise changed - DfT information
20 Jun 2007 Mobile ticketing trial for Midland Mainline
20 Jun 2007 Class 444 to be named Destination Weymouth after the town of Weymouth
20 Jun 2007 Innovation at the Port of Southampton wins at the IFW awards
20 Jun 2007 One takes on sub-lease of two Silverlink 321s Amended
19 Jun 2007 Next batch of DRS Class 66s under production
19 Jun 2007 Brighton Main Line Route Utilisation Strategy key dates announced
19 Jun 2007 Eurostar loan Class 73 to Pride in Barry Updated
19 Jun 2007 MTRLaing appointed to run London Overground franchise
18 Jun 2007 Portsmouth re-signalling to be completed at last
18 Jun 2007 All change at Chiltern
18 Jun 2007 Bombardier and Siemens join forces to bid for UK InterCity Express
18 Jun 2007 Extra services on GNER for Open Golf Championship
17 Jun 2007 Metronet successfully starts new Tube train trials on Victoria line .. Updated with illustrations
16 Jun 2007 FirstGBRf wins new contact with Royal Mail
14 Jun 2007 Falkirk Grahamston is blooming
13 Jun 2007 Freightliner name 66594 NYK Spirit Of Kyoto
12 Jun 2007 FirstGBRf opens new depot at Wellingborough
11 Jun 2007 Metronet and London Underground celebrate heritage
11 Jun 2007 Gat-Ex Class 460 works through Kent
11 Jun 2007 South West Trains Class 158s and 159/1s
08 Jun 2007 Eurostar to open Ebbsfleet for service on 19 November 2007
07 Jun 2007 Old Dalby test track returns to Serco control
07 Jun 2007 Virgin Trains leads Europe with biodiesel train
06 Jun 2007 Freightliner start to dispose of old assets
06 Jun 2007 Freightliner make £4m investment in Birmingham terminal
06 Jun 2007 Freightliner Heavy Haul buys Lafarge cement wagon fleet
06 Jun 2007 Chiltern Railways commences £6 million train makeove on Class 168 fleet
06 Jun 2007 Virgin and Stagecoach with GNER submit bid for East Coast rail franchise
06 Jun 2007 Arriva submits bid for InterCity East Coast Rail Franchise
06 Jun 2007 No timetabled through service Minehead-Bristol-Minehead for summer 2007
05 Jun 2007 End of the line for smoking on railway property from 1 July
05 Jun 2007 Rail Minister announces £44m grants to transport freight by rail
05 Jun 2007 New door to door luggage service for Hull Trains passengers
05 Jun 2007 GB Railfreight becomes FirstGBRf
05 Jun 2007 Timetabled through service Minehead-Bristol-Minehead for summer 2007?
05 Jun 2007 Satisfaction with rail services drops
04 Jun 2007 Chapelfield livery for 156402
04 Jun 2007 c2c launches major energy saving with re-gen braking on Class 357 fleet
02 Jun 2007 Eurostar awards Cremonini Group catering contract
01 Jun 2007 Depot upgrade at Hornsey, extra units for FCC and refurbishment for Class 365s
   
31 May 2007 One Anglia - Summer Great Yarmouth loco hauled trains
31 May 2007 New underframe washer installed at Tyseley
30 May 2007 RAIB report released into a fatal accident involving a train driver at Deal
30 May 2007 Virgin cheap ticket bought every two-and-a-half seconds - but 10,000 go unsold every day!
  For older items see UK news Archive May 2007

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