Archive ::: Press release

Department of Transport 3 July 1995
Mawhinney shortlists Eurorail and London & Continental in rail link competition

1995-07-03 DoT-001 1

Archive ::: Press release

Department of Transport 16 May 1996
[[Channel Tunnel Safety Authority publishes latest report]]

1996-05-16 DoT-001 2

Archive ::: Press release

Department of Transport 23 May 1996
New government advisers appointed to safeguard public interest in Channel Tunnel Rail Link

1996-05-23 DoT-001 3

Archive ::: Press release

Department of Transport 1 June 1996
Sir George Young welcomes formal handover of Eurostar to London and Continental Railways

1996-06-01 DoT-001 4

Archive ::: Press release

Department of Transport 13 June 1996
Angela Hooper CBE re-appointed as chairman of the Rail Users Consultative Committee for southern England

1996-06-13 DoT-002 5

Archive ::: Press release

Department of Transport 26 June 1996
Government appoints financial agent for Channel Tunnel Rail Link project

1996-06-26 DoT-001 6

Archive ::: Press release

Department of Transport 24 July 1996
Last BR maintenance business sold

1996-07-24 DoT-001 7

Archive ::: Press release 7

Department of Transport 30 September 1996
Government meets concerns of Channel Tunnel Rail Link Select Committee

1996-09-30 DoT-001 8

Archive ::: Press release

Department of Transport 24 October 1996
Transport statistics for London 1996

1996-10-24 DoT-001 9

Archive ::: Statement

Eurostar 3 December 1996
Channel Tunnel Safety Authority – Statement

1996-12-03 DoT-001 10

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Archive ::: Press release

Sema Group 3 February 1997
Sema Group buys BR Business Systems

1997-02-03 SEM-001 12

Archive ::: Press release

Railtrack plc 12 May 1997
Thameslink 2000 goes public

1997-05-12 RTK-001 13

Archive ::: Press release

Channel Tunnel Safety Authority/Department of Transport 13 May 1997
Channel Tunnel Safety Authority report into Channel Tunnel fire published

1997-05-13 CTS-001 14

Archive ::: Press release

Department of Transport 13 May 1997
Prescott calls for clear timetable on Channel Tunnel Safety Authority report

1997-05-13 DoT-001 15

Archive ::: Press release

Railtrack plc 13 November 1997
Railtrack Group PLC announces 38% increase in investment spend and 9% increase in operating profits for half year

1997-11-13 RTK-001 16

Archive ::: Press release

Office of the Rail Regulator 18 March 1998
ORR appoints new Director, Technical Services

1998-03-18 ORR-001 17

Archive ::: Statement

Railtrack plc 6 June 1998
Railtrack statement re: Channel Tunnel Rail Link

1998-06-02 RTK-001 18

Archive ::: Oral statement

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 3 June 1998
Channel Tunnel Rail Link

1998-06-03 DET-001 19

Archive ::: Press release

Office of the Rail Regulator 12 July 1999
Rail Industry Year 2000 compliance rating 70% Blue – Independent assessment shows substantial progress

1999-07-12 ORR-001 20

Archive ::: Press release

Shadow Strategic Rail Authority 1 December 1999
Integrating London’s rail services

1999-12-01 SRA-001 21

Archive ::: Press release

Sea Containers 7 December 1999
Sea Containers' GNER subsidiary selected by UK's Strategic Rail Authority for 20-year franchise replacement negotiations

1999-12-07 SEC-001 22

Archive ::: Press release

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 17 February 2000
Study of Regional Eurostar services published

2000-02-17 DET-001 23

Archive ::: Press release

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 30 March 2000
Pressing ahead with the PPP - Public Sector Comparator details published

2000-03-30 DET-001 24

Archive ::: Press release 3

Office of the Rail Regulator 4 May 2000
Broad support for West Coast Main Line enforcement action

2000-05-04 ORR-001 25

Archive ::: Press release

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 8 June 2000
Breakthrough on Channel Rail Link is on time and on budget - Prescott

2000-06-08 DET-001 26

Archive ::: Press release 6

Virgin Trains 3 July 2000
Virgin East Coast fleet proposal

2000-07-03 VIR-002 27

Archive ::: Press release 3

Sea Containers 17 August 2000
Sea Containers' GNER holdings subsidiary selected to bid for largest U.K. rail franchise, South West Trains

2000-08-17 SEC-001 28

Archive ::: Press release

ATOC 6 September 2000
ATOC strengthens senior management team

2000-09-06 ATO-001 29

Archive ::: Press release

ATOC 1 December 2000
Train information ready for Christmas

2000-12-01 ATO-001 30

Archive ::: Press release

ATOC 15 December 2000
National Rail operators issue travel tips for Christmas and the New Year

2000-12-15 ATO-001 31

Archive ::: Press release 3

ATOC 15 January 2001
New timetables bring further rail improvement

2001-01-15 ATO-001 32

Archive ::: Press release

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 20 February 2001
Stratford international rail station gets the go-ahead

2001-02-20 DET-002 33

Archive ::: Press release 2

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 3 April 2001
Final phase of Channel Tunnel rail link will be major regeneration boost - Prescott

2001-04-03 DET-001 34

Archive ::: Press release

ATOC 22 June 2001
Mass strike action averted by operators

2001-06-22 ATO-001 35

Archive ::: Press release

Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions 2 Jul 2001 00:00
Thousands of jobs and new investment brought on line by final stage of Channel Tunnel Rail Link

2001-07-02 DTR-001 36

Archive ::: Press release

GNER Holdings 16 January 2002
GNER franchise extended to 2005

2002-01-16 GNE-001 37

Archive ::: Press release

Hull Trains 1 February 2002
Business boom

2002-02-01 HUL-001 38

Archive ::: Press release

Railway Forum 26 March 2002
The Virgin Voyager train fleet project wins the Railway Forum/Modern Railways innovation award for 2002

2002-03-26 RFO-001 39

Archive ::: Press release

Railtrack Group plc 2 April 2002
Offers for Channel Tunnel Rail Link

2002-04-02 RTK-001 40

Archive ::: Press release

ATOC 19 April 2002
WHSmith board the train for the great spring getaway

2002-04-19 ATO-001 41

Archive ::: Press release

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

2002-12-04 NET-001 42

Archive ::: Press release

GNER 19 June 2003
GNER pleased by omission from rail report

2003-06-19 GNE-001 43

Archive ::: Press release

Eurostar 30 July 2003
208.0 mph / 334.7 km/h - Eurostar breaks UK high speed record

2003-07-30 EUR-001 44

Archive ::: Press release 9

Eurostar 16 September 2003
Prime Minister opens first section of Channel Tunnel Rail Link

2003-09-16 EUR-001 45

Archive ::: Speech

Personal statement 27 September 2003
Speech by Guillaume Pepy (excerpt). Paris, 27 September 2003

2003-09-27 EUR-001 46

Archive ::: Press release

Network Rail 29 September 2003
Network Rail takes control of CTRL Phase 1 high speed rail link

2003-09-29 NET-001 47

Archive ::: Press release

Eurostar 5 November 2003
Eurostar to run more peak services and faster trains between London and Brussels

2003-11-05 EUR-001 48

Archive ::: Press release

Eurostar 17 November 2003
Welcome to the new eurostar.com!

2003-11-17 EUR-001 49

Archive ::: Press release 5

Eurostar 18 November 2003
Eurostar carries one millionth passenger

2003-11-18 EUR-001 50

Archive ::: Press release

Network Rail 26 November 2003
Network Rail brings over 1,000 maintenance staff ‘back home’

2003-11-26 NET-002 51

Archive ::: Press release

Eurostar 8 December 2003
Eurostar to carry Ryanair passengers

2003-12-08 EUR-001 52

Archive ::: Press release

Eurostar 16 December 2003
Eurostar says extra runways will be a 'dent in the side' of low-cost air travel

2003-12-16 EUR-001 53

Archive ::: Press release

Eurostar 29 December 2003
Eurostar expands London - Brussels service with more peak services

2003-12-29 EUR-001 54

Archive ::: Press release

Midland Mainline 6 January 2004
Performance

2004-01-06 MML-001 55

Archive ::: Press release 5

Eurostar 14 September 2004
Eurostar achieves record market share

2004-09-14 EUR-001 56

Archive ::: Press release

Eurostar 15 November 2004
Eurostar's on the move in 2007 - to St. Pancras International

2004-11-15 EUR-001 57

Archive ::: Press release 2

Department for Transport 20 Dec 2004 00:00
Planning approval given to extend Midland Metro

2004-12-20 DfT-001 58

Archive ::: Press release

Transport for London 18 May 2005
TfL Board gives approval for next step for DLR Stratford extension

2005-05-18 TfL-001 59

Archive ::: Press release

Eurostar 9 January 2006
Eurostar celebrates 10 years at Ashford International

2006-01-09 EUR-001 60

Archive ::: Press release

Passenger Focus 8 February 2006
Open the box! – Passenger Focus responds to Department for Transport announcement on new Thameslink station

2006-02-08 PAS-001 61

Archive ::: Press release

Eurostar 14 November 2006
Eurostar to launch passenger services at St Pancras International on Wednesday 14 November 2007

2006-11-14 EUR-001 62

Archive ::: Press release

Eurostar 03 July 2007
European high speed rail operators launch railteam

2007-07-03 EUR-001 63

Archive ::: Press release

Eurostar 04 September 2007
Eurostar achieves record-breaking run between Paris and London

2007-09-04 EUR-001 64

Archive ::: Press release 3

HS1 Ltd 4 September 2007
Record set on the UK's first high speed line into Eurostar's new London terminal at St Pancras International

2007-09-04 HS1-001 65

Archive ::: Press release

Stagecoach Group 27 Sep 2007
East Midlands Trains top team announced

2007-09-27 STG-001 66

Archive ::: Press release 9

Eurostar 06 November 2007
Royal opening of St Pancras International will herald one week to go until start of Eurostar services

2007-11-06 EUR-001 67

Archive ::: Press release

HS1 Ltd 6 November 2007
HM the Queen opens St Pancras International

2007-11-06 HS1-001 68

Archive ::: Press release

East Midlands Trains 11 November 2007
East Midlands Trains celebrates launch

2007-11-11 EMT-001 69

Archive ::: Press release 8

Stagecoach Group 12 Nov 2007
Stagecoach pledge to passengers as East Midlands rail franchise begins

2007-11-12 STG-001 70

Archive ::: Press release

Eurostar 13 November 2007
Eurostar says goodbye to Waterloo International

2007-11-13 EUR-001 71

Archive ::: Press release

Eurostar 14 November 2007
Eurostar opens for business at St Pancras International station

2007-11-14 EUR-001 72

Archive ::: Press release

First Capital Connect 10 December 2007
New station within St Pancras International brings better journeys and European connections

2007-12-10 FCC-001 73

Archive ::: Press release 3

Network Rail 10 December 2007
New station within St Pancras International brings better journeys and European connections

2007-12-10 NET-001 74

Archive ::: Press release

HS1 Ltd 29 January 2008
Artists shortlist revealed for £2 million public art commission

2008-01-29 HS1-001 75

Archive ::: Press release

HS1 Ltd 10 February 2008
Wallinger's white horse wins Ebbsfleet landmark race

2008-02-10 HS1-001 76

Archive ::: Press release

HS1 Ltd 28 February 2008
High Speed 1 wins 'project' of the decade award

2008-02-28 HS1-001 77

Archive ::: Press release

HS1 Ltd 2 June 2008
The wrong side of the track – prosecution highlights dangers of trespassing

2008-06-02 HS1-001 78

Archive ::: Press release/Stock exchange announcement

Department for Transport 20 August 2008
[[South Central franchise]]

2008-08-20 DfT-001 79

Archive ::: Press release

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ BTMU Capital Corporation 14 January 2009
BTMU Capital Corporation Announces Launch of UK based Rolling Stock Lessor BEACON RAIL LEASING LIMITED and adds new Locomotives to its Portfolio

2009-01-14 BTM-001 80

Archive ::: Press release 3

Agility Trains 12 February 2009
Agility Trains announced as preferred bidder for Intercity Express Programme

2009-02-12 AGI-001 81

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 17 Mar 2009 15:55
Passengers set for faster more convenient rail services

2009-03-17 DfT-001 82

Archive ::: Press release

HS1 Ltd 23 April 2009
St George's Day celebrated at St Pancras International

2009-04-23 HS1-001 83

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 8 Jun 2009 09:05
London & Continental Railways restructured

2009-06-08 DfT-001 84

Archive ::: Press release

HS1 Ltd 17 July 2009
St Pancras International confirmed as London's safest station

2009-07-17 HS1-001 85

Archive ::: Press release 2

Grand Central 8 August 2009
New ‘West Riding’ service

2009-08-15 GCR-001 86

Archive ::: Press release

Eurostar 21 December 2009
Eurostar board announces independent review

2009-12-21 EUR-001 87

Archive ::: Press release

Eurostar 21 December 2009
Eurostar will not be operating services on Monday 21 December 2009

2009-12-21 EUR-002 88

Archive ::: Press release

Eurostar 23 December 2009
Update on Eurostar services

2009-12-23 EUR-001 89

Archive ::: Press release

Eurostar 24 December 2009
Eurostar resumes normal service from 26 December

2009-12-24 EUR-001 90

Archive ::: Press release

Eurostar 29 December 2009
Eurostar statement

2009-12-29 EUR-001 91

Archive ::: Press release 5

Eurostar 12 February 2010
Eurostar response to independent review

2010-02-12 EUR-001 92

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 21 Jun 2010 11:00
High Speed Rail sale to raise money for public purse

2010-06-21 DfT-001 93

Archive ::: Speech (full)

Department for Transport 20 July 2010
Local Transport Today conference

2010-07-20 DfT-001 94

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 5 November 2010
UK government sells right to operate its first High Speed railway for £2.1bn

2010-11-05 DfT-001 95

Archive ::: Press release

Eurostar Friday 25 March 2011
European sized rail freight to arrive in the UK soon, following successful locomotive trial

2011-03-25 DBS-001 96

Archive ::: Press release

HS1 Ltd 00 April 2011
High Speed 1 appoints new chairman and chief executive

2011-04-00 HS1-001 97

Archive ::: Press release

South West Trains 5 October 2011
South West Trains Managing Director to retire

2011-10-05 SWT-001 98

Archive ::: Press release

Network Rail 12 April 2012
National train performance for Period 13 is 93.4%

2012-04-12 NET-001 99

Archive ::: Press release

South West Trains 30 April 2012
Passengers to benefit as South West Trains and Network Rail form new alliance

2012-04-30 SWT-001 100

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 3 October 2012
West Coast Main Line franchise competition cancelled

2012-10-03 DfT-001 101

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 15 October 2012
Department for Transport to negotiate with Virgin on temporary operation of West Coast rail services

2012-10-15 DfT-001 102

Archive ::: Written statement 2

Department for Transport 15 October 2012
West Coast Main Line

2012-10-15 DfT-002 103

Archive ::: Oral statement 3

Department for Transport 15 October 2012
West Coast Main Line

2012-10-15 DfT-003 104

Archive ::: Letter 5

Department for Transport 15 October 2012
Text of letter from the Secretary of State to Richard Brown

2012-10-15 DfT-005 105

Archive ::: Oral statement 3

Department for Transport 29 October 2012
Statement on West Coast Main Line and Franchising

2012-10-29 DfT-001 106

Archive ::: Oral statement (Hansard)

Department for Transport 6 Dec 2012 : Column 1018
West Coast Rail Franchise

2012-12-06 DfT-003 107

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 10 January 2013
Government's rail strategy receives independent endorsement: Richard Brown’s review of the rail franchising programme

2013-01-10 DfT-001 108

Archive ::: Written statement

Department for Transport 10 January 2013
Richard Brown’s review of the rail franchising programme

2013-01-10 DfT-002 109

Archive ::: Written statement

Department for Transport 31 January 2013
Announcing the decision about 3 live rail franchise competitions.

2013-01-31 DfT-001 110

Archive ::: Press release

HS1 Ltd 11 February 2013
HS1 announces £1.6 billion refinance success

2013-02-11 HS1-001 111

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 25 April 2013
Franchise Advisory Panel members named

2013-04-25 DfT-002 112

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 11 July 2013
Rail franchising

2013-07-11 DfT-001 113

Archive ::: Press release

HS1 Ltd 4 November 2013
High Speed 1 welcomes Eurostar announcement to introduce services from London to Amsterdam

2013-11-04 HS1-001 114

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 17 January 2014
Shortlist for new InterCity East Coast rail services

2014-01-17 DfT-001 115

Archive ::: Written statement

Department for Transport 17 January 2014
Rail franchising: InterCity East Coast

2014-01-17 DfT-002 116

Archive ::: Press release

Eurostar 5 March 2014
Eurostar reports strong growth in 2013 as it enters twentieth year of services

2014-03-05 EUR-001 117

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 31 March 2014
Baroness Kramer visits Waterloo to see funding plans

2014-03-31 DfT-003 118

Archive ::: Press release

HS1 Ltd 9 May 2014
ORR approves five-year plan for HS1

2014-05-09 HS1-001 119

Archive ::: Written statement

Department for Transport 19 June 2014
London and Continental Railways

2014-06-19 DfT-003 120

Archive ::: Written statement

Department for Transport 22 July 2014
Transport resilience review

2014-07-22 DfT-001 121

Archive ::: Press release

Govia Thameslink Railway 14 September 2014
Welcome to Thameslink and Great Northern

2014-09-14 GTR-001 122

Archive ::: Press release

HM Treasury 13 October 2014
Expressions of interest sought for UK holding in Eurostar

2014-10-13 HMT-001 123

Archive ::: Press release

Rail Delivery Group 12 January 2015
Rail industry to conduct review of improvement work timing

2015-01-12 RDG-001 124

Archive ::: Press release

Eurostar 18 February 2015
Eurostar reports continuing growth in passenger numbers and sales revenues in 2014

2015-02-18 EUR-001 125

Archive ::: Press release

HM Treasury 4 March 2015
UK Government reaches agreement on the sale of its entire interest in Eurostar for £757.1m

2015-03-04 HMT-001 126

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 21 May 2015
Rail strike, May 2015

2015-05-21 DfT-001 127

Archive ::: Press release 3

Department for Transport 28 May 2015
Rail strike, June 2015

2015-05-28 DfT-003 128

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 26 June 2015
Calais situation: information and advice

2015-06-26 DfT-001 129

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 29 June 2015
Calais situation: information and advice

2015-06-29 DfT-001 130

Archive ::: Press release 4

Department for Transport 17 August 2015
Government starts sale of its investment in King’s Cross Central development

2015-08-17 DfT-001 131

Archive ::: Press release 5

HS1 Ltd 9 October 2015
St Pancras International awarded ‘Station of the Year’ at National Transport Awards

2015-10-09 HS1-001 132

Archive ::: Press release

National Audit Office 6 November 2015
The sale of Eurostar

2015-11-06 NAO-001 133

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 22 January 2016
Government sells King’s Cross development stake to reduce the deficit

2016-01-22 DfT-001 134

Archive ::: Press release 2

Stagecoach Group 25 April 2017
Stagecoach and Virgin to join forces with SNCF for West Coast Partnership bid

2017-04-25 STG-001 135

Archive ::: Press release 2

Virgin Trains 25 April 2017
Virgin & Stagecoach join forces with SNCF for West Coast Partnership bid

2017-04-25 VIR-001 136

Archive ::: Press release

HS1 Ltd 14 July 2017
Strategic review concludes with sale of High Speed 1

2017-07-14 HS1-001 137

Archive ::: Press release 6

Stagecoach Group 5 February 2018
Rail franchising update

2018-02-05 STG-001 138

Archive ::: Press release

LNER 5 December 2018
Stirling to London trains are reinstated

2018-12-05 LNE-001 139

Archive ::: Press release 4

LNER 9 January 2019
LNER launches Customer and Community Improvement Fund

2019-01-09 LNE-001 140

Archive ::: Press release

LNER 29 January 2019
We're off to a good start

2019-01-29 LNE-001 141

Archive ::: Press release 5

Department for Transport 15 October 2019
Workforce and volunteers at heart of #StationsDay celebrations

2019-10-15 DfT-001 142

Archive ::: Press release

Network Rail 5 November 2019
Rail network open for business this Christmas and New Year

2019-11-05 NET-001 143

Archive ::: Press release 5

Crossrail 8 November 2019
Update on progress to complete the Elizabeth line

2019-11-08 CRO-001 144

Archive ::: Stock Exchange announcement 6

Transport for London 8 November 2019
Crossrail opening and cost forecast update

2019-11-08 TfL-001 145

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 4 February 2020
Transport Secretary hails new horizons for rail travel across Europe

2020-02-04 DfT-001 146

Archive ::: Press release

Eurostar 4 February 2020
Eurostar transforms link between London and Amsterdam with services now direct both to and from the Netherlands

2020-02-04 EUR-001 147

Archive ::: Press release 5

Department for Transport 28 February 2020
£20 million to connect communities across the country with new railway stations

2020-02-28 DfT-001 148

Archive ::: Press release 5

Department for Transport 1 March 2020
Northern franchise enters new future

2020-03-01 DfT-001 149

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 20 March 2020
Reduced rail timetable agreed to protect train services and staff

2020-03-20 DfT-001 150

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 7 July 2020
New Eurostar treaties open up direct travel from Amsterdam to London

2020-07-07 DfT-001 151

Archive ::: Press release 2

Department for Transport 23 July 2020
£589 million to kickstart rail upgrades across the north

2020-07-23 DfT-001 152

Archive ::: Written statement

Department for Transport 13 May 2021
Draft legislation concerning bilateral arrangements to support the continuation of cross-border rail services between France and the UK has been published.

2021-05-13 DfT-002 153

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 4 December 2025
Plans for direct UK–Germany rail link one step closer

2025-12-04 DfT-002 154

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 12 January 2026
New chairs of Network Rail and DFTO named

2026-01-12 DfT-001 155