Archive ::: Press release

Department of Transport 1 September 1995
Watts welcomes sale of BR timber treatment business

1995-09-01 DoT-001 1

Archive ::: Press release

Department of Transport 18 September 1995
Watts welcomes sales of two BR businesses

1995-09-18 DoT-001 2

Archive ::: Press release

Department of Transport 13 November 1995
BR’s Quality & Safety Services business sold to MBO team

1995-11-13 DoT-002 3

Archive ::: Oral statement

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

1998-06-03 DET-001 4

Archive ::: Press release

ATOC 19 May 2000
More seats for more passengers in summer timetable

2000-05-19 ATO-001 5

Archive ::: Press release 7

Stagecoach Group 10 Sep 2007
Stagecoach extends megatrain.com budget rail network

2007-09-10 STG-001 6

Archive ::: Press release 8

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

2007-11-12 STG-001 7

Archive ::: Press release 8

Stagecoach Group 10 Dec 2007
Stagecoach extends budget rail service megatrain.com to East Midlands Trains

2007-12-10 STG-001 8

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 09 Jun 2009 07:02
More frequent and more secure rail services for London and the South East

2009-06-09 DfT-001 9

Archive ::: Press release 2

RMT 9 June 2009
RMT blasts wasted opportunity to bring South Central trains under public ownership

2009-06-09 RMT-001 10

Archive ::: Press release

East Coast 4 November 2010
Directly Operated Railways publishes first annual report

2010-11-04 EAS-001 11

Archive ::: Press release

East Coast 19 September 2011
DOR publishes second annual report and financial results

2011-09-19 EAS-001 12

Archive ::: Press release

RMT 7 March 2012
RMT warns of 'return of Railtrack' as Government prepares to unleash railways plan

2012-03-07 RMT-001 13

Archive ::: Press release 2

RMT 8 March 2012
RMT reaction to Government Rail Command Paper

2012-03-08 RMT-001 14

Archive ::: Press release

East Coast 8 October 2013
Directly Operated Railways publishes financial results for 2012/13

2013-10-08 EAS-001 15

Archive ::: Press release

Directly Operated Railways 9 September 2014
Directly Operated Railways publishes financial results for 2013/14

2014-09-09 DOR-001 16

Archive ::: Press release

East Coast 9 September 2014
Directly Operated Railways publishes financial results for 2013/14

2014-09-09 EAS-001 17

Archive ::: Press release 2

RMT 10 November 2014
RMT warns of threat to Caledonian Sleeper as SERCO shares go into freefall

2014-11-10 RMT-001 18

Archive ::: Press release 4

RMT 19 January 2016
RMT steps up pressure for Southern to be taken into public ownership as union launches fight to retain guards

2016-01-19 RMT-001 19

Archive ::: Press release

RMT 19 January 2016
RMT steps up pressure for Southern to be taken into public ownership as union launches fight to retain guards

2016-01-19 RMT-002 20

Archive ::: Press release

RMT 2 February 2016
RMT to fight “ticket office carnage” that threatens 81 stations across Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern

2016-02-02 RMT-001 21

Archive ::: Press release

RMT 12 February 2016
Ticket office “carnage” plan across the South in disarray as RMT steps up campaign of resistance

2016-02-12 RMT-001 22

Archive ::: Press release

RMT 22 February 2016
Mass rail ticket office closure plan across the South finally kicks off today in total chaos

2016-02-22 RMT-001 23

Archive ::: Press release

RMT 2 March 2016
RMT fight over rail ticket office closures hits Balham tomorrow

2016-03-02 RMT-001 24

Archive ::: Press release

RMT 27 May 2016
New train contract will allow Govia Thameslink Railway to inflict 9000 more train cancellations on their passengers

2016-05-27 RMT-001 25

Archive ::: Press release

Virgin Trains 4 November 2016
Virgin Trains comments on news that West Coast franchise will partner with HS2

2016-11-04 VIR-001 26

Archive ::: Press release

RMT 8 November 2016
RMT calls for Abellio to be stripped of ScotRail franchise as union prepares for rail “Day of Action” across Scotland

2016-11-08 RMT-001 27

Archive ::: Press release

Govia Thameslink Railway 2 December 2016
Union industrial action to cause “severe and significant” disruption to services

2016-12-02 GTR-001 28

Archive ::: Press release

Rail Delivery Group 5 December 2016
Chris Burchell appointed as chairman of the Rail Delivery Group

2016-12-05 RDG-001 29

Archive ::: Press release

Labour Party 10 August 2017
Rachel Maskell comment on Abellio winning West Midlands rail franchise

2017-08-10 LAB-001 30

Archive ::: Press release

Welsh Government 29 September 2017
Welsh Government show commitment to Wales and Borders staff

2017-09-29 WGO-002 31

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 29 November 2017
Strategic vision for rail

2017-11-29 DfT-004 32

Archive ::: Press release 6

Stagecoach Group 5 February 2018
Rail franchising update

2018-02-05 STG-001 33

Archive ::: Oral statement 8

Department for Transport 16 May 2018
East Coast rail update

2018-05-16 DfT-001 34

Archive ::: Speech (full) 7

Department for Transport 26 February 2019
The Bradshaw Address by Keith Williams

2019-02-26 DfT-001 35

Archive ::: Press release 7

Department for Transport 26 February 2019
Rail Review Chair says franchising cannot continue in its current form

2019-02-26 DfT-002 36

Archive ::: Speech (full)

Department for Transport 19 March 2019
Keith Williams at Accelerate Rail 2019

2019-03-19 DfT-001 37

Archive ::: Written statement 4

Department for Transport 10 April 2019
East Midlands, South Eastern and West Coast Partnership franchise updates

2019-04-10 DfT-003 38

Archive ::: Press release

Labour Party 10 April 2019
Andy McDonald comments on DfT's handling over rail franchise bids

2019-04-10 LAB-001 39

Archive ::: Press release

RMT 10 April 2019
RMT demands that Stagecoach contracts be taken into public ownership as company is banned from bidding for rail franchises

2019-04-10 RMT-001 40

Archive ::: Statement 8

Go-Ahead Group 7 August 2019
Go-Ahead statement regarding the Southeastern franchise

2019-08-07 GOA-001 41

Archive ::: Press release 3

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 42

Archive ::: Press release

RMT 7 August 2019
RMT slams franchise chaos on Britain's railways as Southeastern granted a Government extension

2019-08-07 RMT-001 43

Archive ::: Press release 2

TSSA 7 August 2019
Southeastern decision equals vote of no confidence in franchising

2019-08-07 TSS-001 44

Archive ::: Press release 2

TSSA 15 November 2019
TSSA General Secretary, Manuel Cortes, has blasted privatised train operating companies as ‘vampires’.

2019-11-15 TSS-002 45

Archive ::: Press release 6

TSSA 27 November 2019
Avanti West Coast ‘ironic and retrograde’ after Virgin failures

2019-11-27 TSS-001 46

Archive ::: Press release 2

TSSA 30 November 2019
Train fare rise shameful highway robbery – Cortes

2019-11-30 TSS-001 47

Archive ::: Press release 7

Labour Party 1 December 2019
Labour announces biggest ever rail fares cut of 33% in a move that will save the average commuter over £1000 a year

2019-12-01 LAB-001 48

Archive ::: Press release 8

TSSA 1 December 2019
TSSA cheers biggest ever rail fares cut as ‘massive boost for millions’

2019-12-01 TSS-001 49

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 25 May 2025
New dawn for rail as South Western services return to public hands

2025-05-25 DfT-001 50

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 6 June 2025
Your chance to try simpler train tickets in Yorkshire and the East Midlands this September

2025-06-06 DfT-001 51

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 18 June 2025
Great British Railways in action – passengers benefit from track and train being united on South Eastern Railway

2025-06-18 DfT-003 52

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 18 July 2025
London to Essex c2c services return to public control in step towards Great British Railways

2025-07-18 DfT-001 53

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 24 July 2025
Rail passengers in the North to benefit from simpler fares and cheaper tickets thanks to public ownership

2025-07-24 DfT-001 54

Archive ::: Press release 3

Department for Transport 26 September 2025
Next train services to return to public ownership revealed as government delivers railways reset

2025-09-26 DfT-001 55

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 10 October 2025
Half of rail operators publicly owned with Greater Anglia onboard

2025-10-10 DfT-001 56

Archive ::: Written statement

Department for Transport 13 October 2025
Transfer of Greater Anglia's services into public ownership

2025-10-13 DfT-001 57

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 27 October 2025
New Beaulieu Park station pulls in ahead of schedule thanks to £141 million government investment

2025-10-27 DfT-001 58

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 4 November 2025
Journey to Great British Railways gathers steam with landmark legislation

2025-11-04 DfT-001 59

Archive ::: Press release

HM Treasury/Department for Transport 27 November 2025
Alex Hynes named as new CEO of DfT Operator

2025-11-27 DfT-001 60

Archive ::: Case study

Department for Transport/DfT Operator Ltd 8 December 2025
GBR: improvements train operators in public ownership are making for customers

2025-12-08 DfT-001 61

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 8 December 2025
All change: The future of British trains arrives as government reforms broken railways

2025-12-08 DfT-002 62

Archive ::: Press release

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

2026-01-12 DfT-001 63