Archive ::: Press release

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

1996-12-16 RTK-001 1

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Railtrack plc 20 February 1997
Railtrack to renew 2,500km of track

1997-02-20 RTK-008 2

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London Regional Transport 20 June 1997
Double entendre?

1997-06-20 LRT-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

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

1997-10-15 RTK-001 5

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

1997-10-22 RTK-003 6

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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 7

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ATOC 22 September 2000
Record number of winter train services

2000-09-22 ATO-003 8

Archive ::: Press release 2

Transport for London 14 January 2002
SRA plan only a start says Transport for London

2002-01-14 TfL-001 9

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

2002-12-04 NET-001 10

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Wessex Trains 13 January 2003
Relief for overcrowded Exmouth commuter train

2003-01-13 WES-001 11

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

2003-05-12 WES-001 12

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

2003-07-21 WES-001 13

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Transport for London 22 November 2005
DLR plans for London 2012 Olympics as Serco named preferred bidder for new £400m franchise

2005-11-22 TfL-001 14

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

2007-02-01 DfT-001 15

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

2007-02-01 DfT-002 16

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

2007-03-28 DfT-001 17

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

2008-05-15 DfT-001 18

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Department for Transport 8 Dec 2008 00:04
Winter timetable sees thousands more seats introduced

2008-12-08 DfT-001 19

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ATOC 15 June 2009 00.01
Rail report makes case for considering new community links

2009-06-15 ATO-001 20

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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 21

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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 22

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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 23

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

2012-11-27 DfT-001 24

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Department for Transport 15 May 2013
New £1.44 million railway station to be built in Devon

2013-05-15 DfT-001 25

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Department for Transport 15 May 2013
New £3.5 million railway station to be built in the Ebbw Valley

2013-05-15 DfT-002 26

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Department for Transport 15 May 2013
New £6.5 million railway station to be built in Derbyshire

2013-05-15 DfT-003 27

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Department for Transport 15 May 2013
New £6.5 million railway station to be built in Waltham Forest

2013-05-15 DfT-004 28

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Department for Transport 03 June 2013
Kenilworth new station

2013-06-03 DfT-001 29

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

2013-10-03 DfT-001 30

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Department for Transport 12 December 2013
Green light for Kenilworth Station

2013-12-12 DfT-001 31

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

2014-02-07 RDG-001 32

Archive ::: Speech (full)

Department for Transport 2 April 2014
Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire Chambers of Commerce Annual Dinner

2014-04-02 DfT-003 33

Archive ::: Commons speech (full)

Department for Transport 28 April 2014
HS2 closing speech for second reading

2014-04-28 DfT-004 34

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 5 September 2014
Baroness Kramer visits South West rail improvements

2014-09-05 DfT-001 35

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Department for Transport 31 October 2014
Baroness Kramer views progress at Pye Corner station

2014-10-31 DfT-001 36

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

2015-01-22 DfT-002 37

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

2015-03-02 HMT-001 38

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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 39

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

2015-03-23 DfT-004 40

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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 41

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

2015-03-23 FIR-001 42

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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 43

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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 44

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Stagecoach Group 7 July 2015
South West Trains franchise

2015-07-07 STG-001 45

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Department for Transport 10 July 2015
Lord Ahmad celebrates start of work on Lea Bridge station

2015-07-10 DfT-001 46

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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 47

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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 48

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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 49

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

2015-07-30 HIT-001 50

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

2015-07-30 PEN-001 51

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

2015-11-12 DfT-002 52

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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 53

Archive ::: Press release 2

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

2016-02-09 DfT-001 54

Archive ::: Speech (full) 5

Hansard (Commons) 19 May 2016
Queen’s Speech debate: transport and infrastructure

2016-05-19 HAN-001 55

Archive ::: Press release 4

Department for Transport 26 August 2016
Government announces £20 million fund for new railway stations

2016-08-26 DfT-001 56

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

2016-11-17 DfT-002 57

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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 58

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

2017-11-29 DfT-002 59

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Department for Transport 29 November 2017
Strategic vision for rail

2017-11-29 DfT-004 60

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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 61

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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 62

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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 63

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Department for Transport 13 February 2021
Transport Secretary hails work of transport industry in vaccination roll-out

2021-02-13 DfT-001 64

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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 65

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

2024-03-28 DfT-001 66

Archive ::: Oral statement

Department for Transport 8 July 2025
Transforming the UK's road and rail networks

2025-07-08 DfT-002 67