Archive ::: Press release

Strategic Rail Authority 3 May 2001
Design work starts on new London east-west rail links

2001-05-03 SRA-001 1

Archive ::: Press release 4

Strategic Rail Authority 6 November 2002
SRA announces new franchise for the west

2002-11-06 SRA-003 2

Archive ::: Press release 5

Strategic Rail Authority 4 November 2003
Preferred bidder announced for new Thames Trains franchise

2003-11-04 SRA-001 3

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John Laing 12 December 2003
John Laing announces joint venture with GNER

2003-12-12 JLA-001 4

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Network Rail 8 March 2004
Network Rail starts hunt for top maintenance management team to run new organisation

2004-03-08 NET-001 5

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

2008-02-26 DfT-001 6

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Department for Transport 25 Nov 2008 13:11
£1bn to accelerate key transport projects

2008-11-25 DfT-001 7

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

2008-12-08 DfT-001 8

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Department for Transport 22 Dec 2008 14:39
Invitation to tender issued for 200 new diesel train carriages

2008-12-22 DfT-001 9

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Department for Transport 12 February 2009
Passengers and economy to benefit from biggest investment in trains for a generation

2009-02-12 DfT-001 10

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Department for Transport 5 Mar 2009 10:05
Delivery of new trains to be speeded up by new company

2009-03-05 DfT-002 11

Archive ::: Oral statement

Department for Transport 25 November 2010
Rail investment

2010-11-25 DfT-001 12

Archive ::: Oral statement

Department for Transport 1 March 2011
Intercity Express and rail electrification

2011-03-01 DfT-001 13

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Department for Transport 16 June 2011
Rail passengers to benefit from 1,200 new carriages

2011-06-16 DfT-001 14

Archive ::: Written statement

Department for Transport 16 June 2011
Thameslink rolling stock

2011-06-16 DfT-003 15

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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 16

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Department for Transport 16 July 2012
Investing in rail, investing in jobs and growth

2012-07-16 DfT-002 17

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Network Rail 8 January 2013
Network Rail sets out plans for bigger, better railway across the West of England

2013-01-08 NET-005 18

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Network Rail 8 January 2013
Network Rail sets out response to challenges of growing railway in the east of England

2013-01-08 NET-006 19

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Network Rail 8 January 2013
Network Rail sets out plans for bigger, better railway in the Thames Valley

2013-01-08 NET-008 20

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Network Rail 11 Jan 2013
Swindon to Kemble railway enhancement project begins

2013-01-11 NET-001 21

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Department for Transport 27 June 2013
Siemens Thameslink deal to create up to 2,000 new jobs

2013-06-27 DfT-002 22

Archive ::: Oral statement

Department for Transport 1 July 2013
Siemens Thameslink deal to create up to 2,000 new jobs

2013-07-01 DfT-001 23

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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 24

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Department for Transport 28 January 2014
New state-of-the-art passenger train unveiled

2014-01-28 DfT-001 25

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Rail Delivery Group 11 February 2014
Rail industry working hard to keep passengers moving during floods

2014-02-11 RDG-001 26

Archive ::: Written statement

Department for Transport 27 March 2014
Extension of Crossrail

2014-03-27 DfT-003 27

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Department for Transport 24 April 2014
Prime Minister visits infrastructure projects in Thames Valley

2014-04-24 DfT-001 28

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

2014-05-27 DfT-001 29

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Department for Transport 18 July 2014
Transport Secretary welcomes Reading Station redevelopment

2014-07-18 DfT-001 30

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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 31

Archive ::: Written statement

Department for Transport 23 March 2015
Rail franchising: Great Western

2015-03-23 DfT-002 32

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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 33

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

2015-03-23 FIR-001 34

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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 35

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

2016-06-09 POR-001 36

Archive ::: Written statement

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

2016-11-08 DfT-001 37

Archive ::: Press release 2

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

2017-10-16 DfT-001 38

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Transport for London 15 December 2019
TfL Press Release - TfL Rail begins operating services between London Paddington and Reading

2019-12-15 TfL-001 39

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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 40