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UK News - May 2007
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Date Added News Headline
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!
29 May 2007 Network Rail awardeds contract for third platform at Manchester Airport
29 May 2007 Network Rail signals start of £13m Gretna-Annan upgrade
29 May 2007 Olympic Delivery Authority keeps Stratford station upgrade on track
29 May 2007 First-GBRf order 5 more Class 66s
27 May 2007 New name in UK railtour market - Spitfire Railtours
25 May 2007 RAIB report released into a locomotive runaway near East Didsbury
25 May 2007 Will we soon be reading DB-EWS rather than EWS?
25 May 2007 Reducing the Welsh transport carbon footprint through five key rail freight enhancements
25 May 2007 VT announce 2009 timetable plans for Manchester
24 May 2007 SWT mark 10th anniversary of Naomi House
23 May 2007 Major refurbishment at Bath
23 May 2007 Stamford goes ‘back to the future’ with £35,000 refurbishment
22 May 2007 Southern and the West London Line Group herald a new service
22 May 2007 Employee feedback leads to £700,000 Central staff facilities upgrade
21 May 2007 ScotRail extends 'FlexiPass'
21 May 2007 World art competition launched to find 'iconic landmark' for Ebbsfleet
21 May 2007 GNER launches 12 new trains on Leeds-London route
21 May 2007 All aboard! - Stay at Dent - England’s highest mainline railway station
21 May 2007 FGW start 'Selective Door Opening' trials
19 May 2007 FGW supports Community Rail Week in Devon and Cornwall
18 May 2007 Class 365 refurbishmen or 'refresh'
18 May 2007 New Eurostar Shop opens a Bluewater on 25 May to promote Ebbsfleet International
18 May 2007 10th anniversary of Exeter-Okehampton 'Rover Rail-Link' marked
17 May 2007 City of Derby name applied to Class 222
17 May 2007 More facilities at North Berwick
16 May 2007 RAIB report released into traction control failure causing a signal to be passed at danger, Camden Road
16 May 2007 RAIB report released into Huntingdon train door incident
16 May 2007 Thumbs up for the Desiro Class 185
16 May 2007 For Woodham Ferrers read South Woodham Ferrers
16 May 2007 Virgin West Coast enhances First Class menus and weekend catering
15 May 2007 The 'Bristol Coal-Stone Haul'
15 May 2007 Eurostar sets new punctuality record
14 May 2007 £40 million investment in NR Engineering Centre at Woodhouse
14 May 2007 Tiverton Parkway 'comes of age'
14 May 2007 Changes to Southern First Class Off-Peak upgrades
14 May 2007 'One' Railway celebrates 2007 Community Rail Partnership week
12 May 2007 Silverlink takes over Willesden TMD
12 May 2007 Freightliner Class 57s start to go 'off-lease'
11 May 2007 20 years of Cambridge electrification marked
10 May 2007 Royal opening for Siemens York
10 May 2007 EWS Class 37s for summer Weymouth trains??
9 May 2007 Bristol Parkway - new platform 4 opens
8 May 2007 £1 a ride on FGWs Severn Beach line
8 May 2007 Pendolino naming supports new book and charity
8 May 2007 For Walton-on-Naze read Walton-on-the-Naze
4 May 2007 Southern signs contract for extra Class 377s
3 May 2007 'Hybrid' HST takes to the rails for testing
2 May 2007 Settle & Carlisle vinyl applied to Class 156
1 May 2007 'RingGo' changes on First Great Western
1 May 2007 FGW announce May-December timetable changes
   
24 April 2007 Traffic takes off at Liverpool South Parkway
23 April 2007 CrossCountry passengers want a seat - say Passenger Focus
  For older items see UK news Archive April 2007

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