Archive ::: Press release

Department of Transport 19 September 1996
Watts announces major boost for rail freight

1996-09-19 DoT-001 1

Archive ::: Press release

Department of Transport 1 November 1996
Watts approves the re-opening of Cornish rail freight line

1996-11-01 DoT-001 2

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Railtrack plc 16 December 1996
Railtrack welcomes the announcement of European Union funding for rail projects

1996-12-16 RTK-001 3

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Railtrack plc 6 August 1997
Level crossing users put their safety at risk

1997-08-06 RTK-002 4

Archive ::: Press release

Railtrack plc 2 October 1997
New look for 18 Cornwall stations

1997-10-02 RTK-002 5

Archive ::: Press release

Railtrack plc 15 October 1997
River Exe gets £3 million railway bridge

1997-10-15 RTK-001 6

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Railtrack plc 22 October 1997
Royal Albert Bridge gets £1 million facelift

1997-10-22 RTK-003 7

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ATOC 6 August 1999
On track for the eclipse train operators respond with 11,000 extra seats

1999-08-06 ATO-001 8

Archive ::: Press release

Virgin Trains 10 August 2000
First Voyager train nears completion

2000-08-10 VIR-001 9

Archive ::: Press release 4

ATOC 22 September 2000
Record number of winter train services

2000-09-22 ATO-003 10

Archive ::: Press release 2

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 28 March 2001
Prescott delivers strategy for modern and sustainable transport system

2001-03-28 DET-001 11

Archive ::: Press release 2

Network Rail 19 November 2002
Network Rail’s commitment to track improvements in Cornwall

2002-11-19 NET-001 12

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Network Rail 4 December 2002
Network Rail completes public member selection process

2002-12-04 NET-001 13

Archive ::: Press release

Wessex Trains 13 January 2003
Relief for overcrowded Exmouth commuter train

2003-01-13 WES-001 14

Archive ::: Press release

Network Rail 27 February 2003
Essential repair work starts on Tregoss Moor bridge

2003-02-27 NET-001 15

Archive ::: Press release

Wessex Trains 12 May 2003
Summer brings improvement to South West region’s rail services

2003-05-12 WES-001 16

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Wessex Trains 21 July 2003
Rail and bus co-operation at Newquay

2003-07-21 WES-001 17

Archive ::: Press release 2

Department for Transport 4 Sep 2003 00:00
Cornish transport schemes win £800,000 funding boost

2003-09-04 DfT-001 18

Archive ::: Press release 2

Strategic Rail Authority 9 January 2004
£14.3 million West Country rail investment underway

2004-01-09 SRA-001 19

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Department for Transport 22 Nov 2004 00:00
Transport Secretary launches new vision for rural railways

2004-11-22 DfT-001 20

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Strategic Rail Authority 30 November 2004
Minister declares £14 million West Country rail improvement complete

2004-11-30 SRA-001 21

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Department for Transport 26 Jul 2006 00:00
Funding to improve access at stations announced

2006-07-26 DfT-001 22

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 1 Feb 2007 00:00
Community rail - new life for local lines

2007-02-01 DfT-001 23

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 1 Feb 2007 00:00
Community rail - new life for local lines

2007-02-01 DfT-002 24

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Department for Transport 28 Mar 2007 09:16
Community rail - new life for local lines

2007-03-28 DfT-001 25

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Department for Transport 15 May 2008 10:01
Extra funding for rural stations

2008-05-15 DfT-001 26

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 10 October 2011
Community rail designation in the ‘Heart of Wessex’

2011-10-10 DfT-001 27

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Department for Transport 22 November 2011
Thames Valley and West Country Rail passengers in line for extra seat boost

2011-11-22 DfT-001 28

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Network Rail 9 July 2012
New look for Newquay

2012-07-09 NET-002 29

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Department for Transport 27 July 2012 11:00
New Great Western franchise to deliver new express trains

2012-07-27 DfT-001 30

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Department for Transport 28 September 2012
Rail passengers in the south west set for bigger say

2012-09-28 DfT-001 31

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Department for Transport 27 November 2012
Widespread support for greater rail devolution

2012-11-27 DfT-001 32

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 3 October 2013
Franchising deal to boost services on Great Western Main Line

2013-10-03 DfT-001 33

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Department for Transport 13 December 2013
Road and rail projects to boost local and regional transport

2013-12-13 DfT-002 34

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Rail Delivery Group 7 February 2014
Rail industry responds to P11 performance figures

2014-02-07 RDG-001 35

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Department for Transport 11 February 2014
Government cuts cost of flying from Cornwall

2014-02-11 DfT-001 36

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Department for Transport 12 February 2014
Further flood support from government

2014-02-12 DfT-001 37

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Department for Transport 3 July 2014
Major package of rail improvements for Cornwall

2014-07-03 DfT-001 38

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Department for Transport 22 January 2015
Baroness Kramer opens Access for All improvements in Cornwall

2015-01-22 DfT-002 39

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Department for Transport 19 February 2015
Transport Secretary sees benefits of Cornwall transport investment

2015-02-19 DfT-002 40

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HM Treasury 2 March 2015
Infrastructure package for the south-west announced by Danny Alexander

2015-03-02 HMT-001 41

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Department for Transport 23 March 2015
New deal for rail passengers in west of England and Wales

2015-03-23 DfT-001 42

Archive ::: Written statement

Department for Transport 23 March 2015
Rail franchising: Great Western

2015-03-23 DfT-002 43

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Department for Transport 23 March 2015
Transport Secretary sees plans for investment in Cornwall

2015-03-23 DfT-004 44

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First Great Western 23 March 2015
Largest train fleet upgrade in a generation drives more seats, faster services and greater connectivity for First Great Western customers

2015-03-23 FGW-001 45

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FirstGroup 23 March 2015
Statement re: First Great Western franchise award

2015-03-23 FIR-001 46

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First Great Western 23 March 2015
New and more frequent trains for Thames Valley customers deliver more seats, as First Great Western agrees 3.5 year franchise deal

2015-03-23 FIR-002 47

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Hitachi Rail Europe 23 March 2015
Hitachi Rail Europe named as FirstGroup's preferred supplier to provide fleet of new AT300 trains for the South West

2015-03-23 HIT-001 48

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Department for Transport 30 July 2015
New fleet of trains to bring better journeys to the south west

2015-07-30 DfT-001 49

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Eversholt Rail Group 30 July 2015
Eversholt Rail to finance new trains for First Great Western

2015-07-30 EVE-001 50

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First Great Western 30 July 2015
New fleet of trains to bring better journeys to the south west

2015-07-30 FGW-001 51

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Hitachi Rail Group 30 July 2015
New high speed trains confirmed for the South West

2015-07-30 HIT-001 52

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Peninsula Rail Task Force 30 July 2015
New train services in South West

2015-07-30 PEN-001 53

Archive ::: Speech (full)

Department for Transport 29 September 2015
Cornwall Expo 2015

2015-09-29 DfT-001 54

Archive ::: Press release 2

Department for Transport 12 November 2015
Passengers invited to have their say on South Western train franchise

2015-11-12 DfT-002 55

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Department for Transport 25 November 2015
Department for Transport’s settlement at the Spending Review 2015

2015-11-25 DfT-001 56

Archive ::: Speech (full)

Department for Transport 27 November 2015
We are making the Midlands an engine for growth

2015-11-27 DfT-001 57

Archive ::: Press release 2

Department for Transport 9 February 2016
New funding for south west rail study

2016-02-09 DfT-001 58

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Department for Transport 23 February 2016
Crossrail to become the Elizabeth line in honour of Her Majesty the Queen

2016-02-23 DfT-001 59

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Department for Transport 25 May 2016
Rail tourism winners announced

2016-05-25 DfT-001 60

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Rail Logistics Company 12 September 2016
John Holwell joins The Rail Logistics Company

2016-09-12 RLC-001 61

Archive ::: Written statement

Department for Transport 8 November 2016
Rail update: rail investment in the Great Western route

2016-11-08 DfT-001 62

Archive ::: Press release 3

Department for Transport 17 November 2016
Government announces £10 million funding for rail resilience in the South West

2016-11-17 DfT-002 63

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Department for Transport 16 October 2017
All aboard the new Intercity Express trains that will transform journeys across Britain

2017-10-16 DfT-001 64

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Department for Transport 29 November 2017
The future of the Great Western franchise

2017-11-29 DfT-002 65

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Department for Transport 29 November 2017
Strategic vision for rail

2017-11-29 DfT-004 66

Archive ::: Speech (full) 2

Department for Transport 12 February 2018
Let’s raise our ambitions for a cleaner, greener railway

2018-02-12 DfT-001 67

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Department for Transport 28 February 2018
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling commits to delivering a modern railway in the south-west resilient to extreme weather

2018-02-28 DfT-002 68

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Department for Transport 15 May 2019
New trains to be rolled out across the country alongside £48 billion investment to upgrade tracks

2019-05-15 DfT-001 69

Archive ::: Speech (full) 5

Department for Transport 16 May 2019
Rail can no longer be a male preserve

2019-05-16 DfT-002 70

Archive ::: Written statement

Department for Transport 31 October 2019
Department for Transport: departmental update, 31 October 2019

2019-10-31 DfT-001 71

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Rail Delivery Group 14 December 2019
Rail industry will add over 1,000 extra weekly services in Winter timetable

2019-12-14 RDG-001 72

Archive ::: Oral statement

Department for Transport 11 February 2020
PM statement on transport infrastructure: 11 February 2020

2020-02-11 DfT-001 73

Archive ::: Guidance 5

Department for Transport 2 July 2020
Restoring Your Railway Fund

2020-07-02 DfT-001 74

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Department for Transport 25 September 2020
First phase of Dawlish seawall completed, securing South West’s rail links

2020-09-25 DfT-001 75

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Department for Transport 26 November 2020
Reconnecting the railways: communities awarded funding to restore Beeching rail links and forgotten stations

2020-11-26 DfT-001 76

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Department for Transport 19 March 2021
Dartmoor line rail services will be restored for first time in half a century

2021-03-19 DfT-001 77

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Department for Transport 18 June 2022
Moving ahead to reopen railway lines and stations including one not used since reign of King George V

2022-06-18 DfT-001 78

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Department for Transport 28 March 2024
£50 million boost to transform public transport in Cornwall

2024-03-28 DfT-001 79