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UK News - October 2007
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Date Added News Headline
31 Oct 2007 Hunslet Barclay go into administration
31 Oct 2007 RAIB releases Annual Report for 2006
31 Oct 2007 Hull Docks rail improvements - work starts
31 Oct 2007 Bombardier Joint Venture Awarded Contract For 40 High-Speed Trainsets In China
31 Oct 2007 Department for transport delivers £132m more funding to support freight
31 Oct 2007 New gateway for the Isle of Wight
31 Oct 2007 Partnership provides new benefits for 'one' station car park users
27 Oct 2007 GNER offer £5 tickets for one week only
26 Oct 2007 Out with the old and in with the new at FGW
26 Oct 2007 Three Bridges refurbishment
26 Oct 2007 London Overground senior management team announced
26 Oct 2007 Heathrow Express installs LED advertising system in tunnels
25 Oct 2007 ChurchRail Trail launched by 'one'
25 Oct 2007 Northern Rail unveils 'William Wilberforce' name on Class 158
24 Oct 2007 Drax Power Limited agrees terms with First GBRf - more HYA wagons to be ordered
24 Oct 2007 RAIB release report into a fire on a HGV shuttle in the Channel Tunnel
24 Oct 2007 New 'plastic' footbridge for St Austell
24 Oct 2007 £5.5bn Thameslink work gets underway
24 Oct 2007 Community mural celebrates essence of Gloucester
24 Oct 2007 Eurostar and ATOC announce through fares between UK and Mainland Europe
23 Oct 2007 The National Railway Museum and NYMR helps out flood-stricken Severn Valley Railway
23 Oct 2007 Hackney Downs station redecorated
19 Oct 2007 More upgrade work by Network Rail
18 Oct 2007 Final stage of Portsmouth resignalling to start
18 Oct 2007 The Pricess Royal names FGW power car
17 Oct 2007 New look Fort William
17 Oct 2007 Royal naming for Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers
16 Oct 2007 Trent Valley works progressing well
16 Oct 2007 Amended Eurostar service 18-19 October due to industrial action in France
15 Oct 2007 Network Rail looking for partners
12 Oct 2007 Drax Power Limited and EWS Energy agree new rail freight haulage arrangements
12 Oct 2007 Queen names No. 67029 'Royal Diamond'
11 Oct 2007 Angel Trains Cargo penetrates more markets
11 Oct 2007 Arriva announces senior appointments for CrossCountry franchise
10 Oct 2007 Govia announce new London Midland top team
10 Oct 2007 Buffer stop collision at Sherringham
10 Oct 2007 First Class Menu Changes for Virgin
9 Oct 2007 MoD awards rail contract to EWS Network
9 Oct 2007 10 new emergency vehicles for London Tube
9 Oct 2007 'one' honours station adopters on rural network
8 Oct 2007 Network Rail announce major works in Scotland over Christmas/New Year
8 Oct 2007 EDF Energy and EWS Energy announce new long term coal train contract
5 Oct 2007 Crossrail gets go ahead as funding deal secured
4 Oct 2007 SWT 158 and 159 fleets to be fitted with CCTV
4 Oct 2007 EWS unhappy with Crossrail track access option
4 Oct 2007 'One' Railway unveils new £1.2 m train driving simulators
3 Oct 2007 RAIB report released into collision between a train and a road vehicle at the M20 overline bridge at Aylesford
3 Oct 2007 Yet more West Country line closures for maintenance work
3 Oct 2007 Major maintenance and upgrade work for Highland Line
3 Oct 2007 RWE npower awards EWS Energy five year contract
2 Oct 2007 Hitachi opens new depot for Class 395s in Ashford
2 Oct 2007 Eurostar Engineering Centre Temple Mills officially opened
1 Oct 2007 Freightliner Heavy Haul name 66585 The Drax Flyer Updated
1 Oct 2007 High Wycombe station restored after fire
1 Oct 2007 Newark and Grantham stations to have new lifts
1 Oct 2007 China Clay contract renewed with EWS
1 Oct 2007 Govia appoints London Midland Managing Director
   
26 Sept 2007 FGW roll-out first refurbished Class 158
25 Sept 2007 Virgin Voyager provides shuttle for WSR Gala on 6-7 October
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