Archive ::: Press release

OPRAF 6 March 1998
£75million of additional passenger benefits agreed with FirstGroup plc

1998-03-06 OPR-001 1

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Strategic Rail Authority 14 January 2002
Building a better railway: SRA launches rail strategy delivering improvements for Wales' railway

2002-01-14 SRA-001 2

Archive ::: Press release 5

Strategic Rail Authority 10 April 2003
Go-Ahead and First to be invited to bid for Thames Trains franchise

2003-04-10 SRA-001 3

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Department for Transport 26 Feb 2008 07:39
Improving performance on First Great Western

2008-02-26 DfT-001 4

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 24 Jun 2009 14:27
Andrew Haines appointed new Chief Executive of the Civil Aviation Authority

2009-06-24 DfT-001 5

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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 6

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Department for Transport 29 March 2012
Bidders to oversee improvements on rail franchises announced

2012-03-29 DfT-001 7

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Department for Transport 25 July 2012
£4.5 billion investment in new trains creates new jobs

2012-07-25 DfT-001 8

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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 9

Archive ::: Written statement

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

2013-01-31 DfT-001 10

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Department for Transport 31 January 2013
The government is announcing its plans for the 3 live competitions which were put on hold last October.

2013-01-31 DfT-002 11

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Transport Scotland 28 June 2013
Caledonian Sleeper franchise

2013-06-28 TSC-001 12

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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 13

Archive ::: Written statement

Department for Transport 27 March 2014
Extension of Crossrail

2014-03-27 DfT-003 14

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Department for Transport 27 May 2014
Have your say on the Great Western rail franchise

2014-05-27 DfT-001 15

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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 16

Archive ::: Written statement

Department for Transport 23 March 2015
Rail franchising: Great Western

2015-03-23 DfT-002 17

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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 18

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

2015-03-23 FIR-001 19

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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 20

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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 21

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Porterbrook 2 November 2015
Porterbrook invests in additional Class 387 emus

2015-11-02 POR-001 22

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National Audit Office 24 November 2015
Reform of the rail franchising programme

2015-11-24 NAO-001 23

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Porterbrook 9 June 2016
Porterbrook announces the purchase of additional Class 387s

2016-06-09 POR-001 24

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Department for Transport 29 September 2016
Community rail plan for line between Swindon and Westbury to go ahead

2016-09-29 DfT-002 25

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National Audit Office 9 November 2016
Modernising the Great Western railway

2016-11-09 NAO-001 26

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

2017-11-29 DfT-002 27

Archive ::: Written statement

Department for Transport 29 November 2017
Strategic vision for rail, 29 November 2017

2017-11-29 DfT-003 28

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Department for Transport 29 November 2017
Strategic vision for rail

2017-11-29 DfT-004 29

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Department for Transport 29 November 2017
Rail update, 29 November 2017

2017-11-29 DfT-005 30

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Great Western Railway 29 November 2017
GWR responds to DfT announcement to extend GWR franchise

2017-11-29 GWR-001 31

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Department for Transport 28 December 2017
Better mobile and Wi-Fi connectivity for rail passengers

2017-12-28 DfT-001 32

Archive ::: Press release 3

Department for Transport 4 January 2018
Stephen Glaister reappointed as chair of rail and road regulator ORR

2018-01-04 DfT-001 33

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Labour Party 7 August 2019
NEWS FROM LABOUR: Shapps continues disastrous Grayling policy: DfT cancels Southeastern franchise competition - Rachael Maskell responds

2019-08-07 LAB-001 34

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Department for Transport 30 March 2020
Critical rail services protected in new deals for GWR and Southeastern

2020-03-30 DfT-001 35