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Department of Transport 13 December 1995
Rail freight revolution shifts into high gear – Sir George Young

1995-12-13 DoT-001 1

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Department of Transport 29 August 1996
Watts launches prototype rail freight wagon

1996-08-29 DoT-001 2

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

1996-09-19 DoT-001 3

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Department of Transport 9 October 1996
New freight grants keep 70,000 lorries off roads

1996-10-09 DoT-001 4

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Railtrack plc 15 October 1996
Railtrack launches awareness campaign to stop “bridge bashing”

1996-10-15 RTK-001 5

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Department of Transport 31 October 1996
Watts publishes plans to streamline freight grants

1996-10-31 DoT-001 6

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

1996-11-01 DoT-001 7

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Department of Transport 4 December 1996
More good news for rail freight industry

1996-12-04 DoT-001 8

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Railtrack plc 5 February 1997
Railtrack objects to heavier lorries

1997-02-05 RTK-002 9

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Railtrack plc 20 February 1997
Railtrack gives green light to Felixstowe line upgrade

1997-02-20 RTK-007 10

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Railtrack plc 21 August 1997
Railtrack welcomes integrated transport strategy consultation exercise by Deputy Prime Minister

1997-08-21 RTK-001 11

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Railtrack plc 3 November 1997
Work starts on Felixstowe line modernisation

1997-11-03 RTK-003 12

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Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 4 December 2000
Transport Bill receives Royal Assent - a better transport system for the new century

2000-12-04 DET-001 13

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Department for Transport 29 Aug 2002 00:00
Appointments to the Commission for Integrated Transport

2002-08-29 DfT-001 14

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Network Rail 23 June 2003
Summer 2004: Ipswich tunnel to close for 8 weeks

2003-06-23 NET-001 15

Archive ::: Oral statement

Department for Transport 19 Jan 2004
Railways

2004-01-19 DfT-002 16

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Department for Transport 16 Dec 2008 10:21
Transport Secretary renews focus on freight

2008-12-16 DfT-001 17

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Department for Transport 7 July 2010
Speech for Rail Freight Group annual conference

2010-07-07 DfT-001 18

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Network Rail 8 Jan 2013
Network Rail sets out response to challenges of Britain’s growing railway

2013-01-08 NET-001 19

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Network Rail 8 January 2013
Network Rail sets out plans for a better railway in the south east of England

2013-01-08 NET-002 20

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Network Rail 8 January 2013
Network Rail sets out plans for a better railway in south and south west England

2013-01-08 NET-003 21

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Network Rail 8 January 2013
Network Rail sets out response to challenges of Scotland's growing railway

2013-01-08 NET-004 22

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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 23

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South West Trains 8 January 2013
Network Rail sets out plans for a better railway in south and south west England

2013-01-08 SWT-001 24

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Department for Transport 28 January 2013
High speed rail for British jobs and prosperity

2013-01-28 DfT-001 25

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Department for Transport 28 January 2013
Announcing the HS2 phase two route that will link Birmingham with Manchester, the East Midlands, Sheffield and Leeds

2013-01-28 DfT-002 26

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Department for Transport 29 October 2013
The strategic case for HS2

2013-10-29 DfT-001 27

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Rail Delivery Group 31 October 2013
Rail industry responds to ORR final determination

2013-10-31 RDG-001 28

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

2014-04-02 DfT-003 29

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Rail Delivery Group 14 May 2014
Rail freight delivering £1.5 billion a year benefit to Britain

2014-05-14 RDG-001 30

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HS1 Ltd 4 June 2014
HS2 – impacts on HS1 Ltd and our customers

2014-06-04 HS1-001 31

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Department for Transport 7 August 2014
Government launches study into potential Crossrail extension

2014-08-07 DfT-001 32

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Rail Delivery Group 16 March 2015
Benefits of rail freight to GB economy continue to grow

2015-03-16 RDG-001 33

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Department for Transport 15 June 2015
The remarkable rise of rail freight

2015-06-15 DfT-001 34

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Southeastern 1 February 2016
Southeastern compensating Sandwich, Deal, Walmer, Martin Mill and Dover Priory passengers after sea wall collapse shut down services

2016-02-01 SEA-001 35

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Department for Transport 13 September 2016
HS2 Phase 2a working draft EIA and EqIA reports and design refinement consultations

2016-09-13 DfT-002 36

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Rail Delivery Group 13 September 2016
‘Rail freight is crucial to Britain’ – RDG response to government strategy

2016-09-13 RDG-001 37

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Department for Transport 15 November 2016
Secretary for State for Transport decisions on HS2 Phase 2b scheme

2016-11-15 DfT-003 38

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Freight Transport Association 15 November 2016
FTA says Government must ensure HS2 delivers on freight

2016-11-15 FTA-001 39

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Transport Scotland 1 March 2017
Transport Minister urges DfT to rethink investment in freight

2017-03-01 TSC-001 40

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Department for Transport 5 July 2017
Government launches transport investment plan for Britain

2017-07-05 DfT-002 41

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Department for Transport 17 July 2017
Huge economic boost for the north of England as Transport Secretary confirms HS2 routes

2017-07-17 DfT-004 42

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Department for Transport 22 September 2017
Government invests in northern transport infrastructure

2017-09-22 DfT-002 43

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Rail Delivery Group 30 November 2019
Rail fares for 2020 published – fares held below inflation for third year running as record investment continues

2019-11-30 RDG-001 44

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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 45