Archive ::: Press release

Railtrack plc 28 January 1997
Railtrack mobilises £760K cross channel sea defence project

1997-01-28 RTK-001 1

Archive ::: Speech (excerpt) 5

Office of the Rail Regulator 4 June 1998
Regulator's speech to Rail Freight '98

1998-06-04 ORR-001 2

Archive ::: Press release 2

Office of the Rail Regulator 31 October 2000
Regulator proposes that Railtrack establish a separate safety company

2000-10-31 ORR-001 3

Archive ::: Press release 5

Stagecoach Holdings PLC 2 April 2001
Stagecoach Group welcomes South West Trains decision

2001-04-02 STG-001 4

Archive ::: Speech (full) 2

Strategic Rail Authority 26 June 2001
Coming out of the Shadow

2001-06-26 SRA-001 5

Archive ::: Press release

Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions 14 Sep 2001 00:00
Byers invites SRA to progress new Transpennine Express franchise

2001-09-14 DTR-001 6

Archive ::: Press release

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

2002-01-14 SRA-001 7

Archive ::: Press release

Strategic Rail Authority 1 August 2003
SRA announces preferred bidder for new integrated Wales franchise

2003-08-01 SRA-001 8

Archive ::: Press release

Strategic Rail Authority 20 October 2003
Wales and Borders franchise signing

2003-10-20 SRA-001 9

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 15 Dec 2003 00:00
Lessons learned from London's emergency exercise on Tube

2003-12-15 DfT-001 10

Archive ::: Press release 2

Transport for London 7 July 2005
Press Centre travel updates - 07 July 2005

2005-07-07 TfL-001 11

Archive ::: Press release

Transport for London 8 July 2005
06.40 hours - Tube services today

2005-07-08 TfL-002 12

Archive ::: Press release

Transport for London 8 July 2005
10:00 hours - Todays transport services

2005-07-08 TfL-003 13

Archive ::: Press release

Transport for London 8 July 2005
15:15 - Transport for London Update

2005-07-08 TfL-004 14

Archive ::: Press release

Grand Central 27 July 2006
Judicial Review rejects GNER claim against the Office of Rail Regulation

2006-07-27 GCR-001 15

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 15 Jan 2009 12:37
Hoon outlines air, road and rail improvements to boost economy and jobs

2009-01-15 DfT-001 16

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 13 May 2009 09:46
Britain better connected as Adonis opens £8.9bn rail upgrade

2009-05-13 DfT-001 17

Archive ::: Press release 5

Eurostar 12 February 2010
Eurostar response to independent review

2010-02-12 EUR-001 18

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 30 Mar 2010 11:06
Government to review transport response to severe weather

2010-03-30 DfT-001 19

Archive ::: Written statement

Department for Transport 24 May 2011
Provision of armed capability for the British Transport Police

2011-05-24 DfT_001 20

Archive ::: Oral statement

Transport Scotland 21 June 2012
Rail Statement

2012-06-21 TSC-002 21

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 10 July 2012
Giving train passengers more information on punctuality

2012-07-10 DfT-002 22

Archive ::: Written statement

Department for Transport 12 July 2012
Aviation Policy Framework

2012-07-12 DfT-001 23

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 20 December 2012 07:00
Government secures free travel for London Midland passengers

2012-12-20 DfT-001 24

Archive ::: Press release

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 25

Archive ::: Press release

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 26

Archive ::: Press release

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 27

Archive ::: Oral statement

Department for Transport 17 December 2013
Transport Infrastructure

2013-12-17 DfT-002 28

Archive ::: Press release

House of Commons Transport Committee 3 January 2014
Transport networks still vulnerable to winter weather disruption

2014-01-03 TCO-001 29

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 7 February 2014
Transport Secretary visits Dawlish in south-west

2014-02-07 DfT-002 30

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 12 February 2014
Further flood support from government

2014-02-12 DfT-001 31

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 4 April 2014
PM attends reopening of the Dawlish railway line

2014-04-04 DfT-001 32

Archive ::: Commons speech (full)

Department for Transport 28 April 2014
HS2 closing speech for second reading

2014-04-28 DfT-004 33

Archive ::: Press release

Network Rail 7 Jul 2014
Network Rail responds to regulator’s performance report for 2009-14

2014-07-07 NET-001 34

Archive ::: Press release

Network Rail 7 Jul 2014
Regulator reports on Network Rail’s performance between 2009 and 2014

2014-07-07 ORR-001 35

Archive ::: Press release

Network Rail 7 Jul 2014
ORR reports on Network Rail’s performance in Scotland from 2009 to 2014

2014-07-07 ORR-002 36

Archive ::: Press release

Rail Delivery Group 9 July 2014
Rail sector contributes billions to UK economy – new report

2014-07-09 RDG-001 37

Archive ::: Press release

Rail Delivery Group 10 July 2014
How much better off is Britain following the 1993 Railways Act?

2014-07-10 RDG-001 38

Archive ::: Written statement

Department for Transport 22 July 2014
Transport resilience review

2014-07-22 DfT-001 39

Archive ::: Press release

Rail Delivery Group 22 July 2014
Industry to build on progress made to improve rail’s resilience to extreme weather

2014-07-22 RDG-001 40

Archive ::: Press release

Transport for Greater Manchester 5 August 2014
One North launches promising key economic benefits for the North of England

2014-08-05 TfM-001 41

Archive ::: Written statement

Department for Transport 27 November 2014
Transport resilience

2014-11-27 DfT-003 42

Archive ::: Letter

Office of Rail Regulation 9 December 2014
Network Rail's delivery in CP5

2014-12-09 ORR-001 43

Archive ::: Letter

Office of Rail Regulation 16 December 2014
Network Rail's CP5 delivery and issues for CP6

2014-12-16 ORR-001 44

Archive ::: Press release

Rail Delivery Group 19 December 2014
Rail industry publishes winter weather plans

2014-12-19 RDG-001 45

Archive ::: Press release

Labour Party 30 December 2014
Rail chaos -- letter from Michael Dugher to Patrick McLoughlin

2014-12-30 LAB-001 46

Archive ::: Press release

Transport for the North 12 January 2015
Northern powerhouse gears up at Transport for the North’s first meeting

2015-01-12 TfM-001 47

Archive ::: Speech (full)

Department for Transport 17 September 2015
We are building a world class transport system for London

2015-09-17 DfT-003 48

Archive ::: Press release 2

Department for Transport 12 November 2015
Passengers invited to have their say on South Western train franchise

2015-11-12 DfT-002 49

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 13 January 2016
Transport sector all geared up for winter weather

2016-01-13 DfT-002 50

Archive ::: Speech (full)

Department for Transport 2 February 2016
Leading change in the rail industry

2016-02-02 DfT-001 51

Archive ::: Press release 2

Department for Transport 9 February 2016
New funding for south west rail study

2016-02-09 DfT-001 52

Archive ::: Speech (full)

Department for Transport 3 March 2016
Managing transport in an uncertain world

2016-03-03 DfT-001 53

Archive ::: Written statement

Department for Transport 21 March 2016
HS2 Ltd broad options report on northern England and Scotland

2016-03-21 DfT-001 54

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 21 March 2016
Three-hour Scotland to London rail journeys on track

2016-03-21 DfT-002 55

Archive ::: Press release

Campaign for Better Transport/Association of British Commuters 1 September 2016
Passenger campaigners respond to Government's Southern rail announcement

2016-09-01 CBT-001 56

Archive ::: Press release 3

Department for Transport 1 September 2016
Package of measures announced to help improve resilience of Southern network

2016-09-01 DfT-001 57

Archive ::: Press release 2

Govia Thameslink Railway 1 September 2016
GTR welcomes £20m improvement package

2016-09-01 GTR-001 58

Archive ::: Press release

RMT 1 September 2016
RMT responds to announcement of £20 million taxpayer bail-out of Southern Rail

2016-09-01 RMT-001 59

Archive ::: Press release

House of Commons Transport Committee 1 September 2016
Transport Cttee reaction to Govt measures for Southern Railway, announced today

2016-09-01 TCO-001 60

Archive ::: Written statement 4

Department for Transport 5 September 2016
Govia Thameslink update: 5 September 2016

2016-09-05 DfT-001 61

Archive ::: Press release 5

Competition and Markets Authority 9 September 2016
CMA concerned about rail franchise’s impact on some local fares

2016-09-09 CMA-001 62

Archive ::: Press release 4

Rail Freight Group 13 September 2016
Government backs rail freight with new strategy

2016-09-13 RFG-001 63

Archive ::: Written statement

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

2016-11-08 DfT-001 64

Archive ::: Press release 3

Department for Transport 17 November 2016
Government announces £10 million funding for rail resilience in the South West

2016-11-17 DfT-002 65

Archive ::: Oral statement

HM Treasury 23 November 2016
Autumn Statement 2016: Philip Hammond’s speech

2016-11-23 HMT-002 66

Archive ::: Speech (full)

Department for Transport 6 December 2016
An innovative, modern, passenger focused railway network

2016-12-06 DfT-003 67

Archive ::: Press release

Network Rail 10 January 2017
Major funding for Southern and Thameslink rail improvement works

2017-01-10 NET-001 68

Archive ::: Press release

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

2017-03-01 TSC-001 69

Archive ::: Written statement 4

Department for Transport 22 June 2017
Gibb report on Southern Rail network: government response

2017-06-22 DfT-003 70

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 28 February 2018
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling commits to delivering a modern railway in the south-west resilient to extreme weather

2018-02-28 DfT-002 71

Archive ::: Press release

FirstGroup 28 March 2018
Heathrow Express service confirmed to 2028

2018-03-28 FIR-001 72

Archive ::: Organisations can apply for a share of £5.5 million to integrate proven technologies into the UK rail industry.

The UK rail industry transported 1.7 billion passengers and 110 billion tonnes of freight between 2017 and 2018.

New technologies are needed to help meet passenger needs, offer better journeys and increase sustainability in rail services.

£5.5 million is available from the Department for Transport for organisations to develop ‘first of a kind’ demonstrators. These should use existing technologies and develop these further for the rail industry.

This is a Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) competition.

[Find out more about Innovate UK’s SBRI programme and how it works.]

Rail Minister Andrew Jones said:

We have already seen some truly innovative projects developed for the benefit of passengers in these competitions, helping to drive forward a greener, cleaner and more reliable rail network.

This additional funding will spark even more innovation and ideas that deliver for commuters.

We are also investing £48 billion to modernise our railways over the next 5 years, ensuring people have the safe, frequent and punctual journeys they deserve.

Improving resilience

The competition aims to reduce costs, double capacity, lower carbon emissions and improve customer experiences.

It is across 4 themes:

o infrastructure resilience, including protection against adverse weather conditions
o operational resilience, such as using data to inform train maintenance activities
o freight, including improved routing and tracking capabilities
o noise and environment, including innovations mitigating engine noise

16 projects are expected to be funded across all 4 themes.

Projects should produce an interactive and innovative demonstrator that shows rail industry stakeholders and customers how a technology will work in a real-world rail environment. This can be:

o within a railway station
o in rolling stock
o on railway infrastructure
o in the environment close to the railway

Competition information

o the competition opens on 25 February 2019 and the deadline for registration is at midday on 17 April 2019
o organisations of any size are eligible to apply, working alone or collaborating with others as subcontractors
o total eligible costs can be between £250,000 and £350,000 including VAT
o projects will be 100% funded
o briefing events will be held in London on 26 February 2019, Manchester on 28 February 2019 and Cardiff on 7 March 2019, where organisations can find out more about making an application

[Find out more about this competition and apply.]

Resilient technologies to improve UK railways: apply for funding

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Archive ::: Written statement 2

Department for Transport 12 February 2019
Second additional provision to the High Speed Rail (West Midlands – Crewe) Bill

2019-02-12 DfT-002 74

Archive ::: Press release 2

Department for Transport 15 February 2019
Grayling announces new Dawlish sea wall as part of £2 billion investment in south-west

2019-02-15 DfT-001 75

Archive ::: Speech (full) 7

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

2019-02-26 DfT-001 76

Archive ::: Press release 2

Department for Transport 13 June 2019
£7.8 million to drive forward innovative ideas to transform railways

2019-06-13 DfT-001 77

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 22 July 2019
Rail Minister visits zero-emission technology driving the future of railways

2019-07-22 DfT-001 78

Archive ::: Written statement

Department for Transport 31 October 2019
Department for Transport: departmental update, 31 October 2019

2019-10-31 DfT-001 79

Archive ::: Press release

West Midlands Combined Authority 13 November 2019
Travel advice ahead of industrial action on West Midlands rail network

2019-11-13 WMC-001 80

Archive ::: Press release 2

RMT 5 December 2019
RMT suspends strike action on West Midlands Trains to allow for referendum on new offer

2019-12-05 RMT-002 81

Archive ::: Press release 4

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

2020-03-30 DfT-001 82

Archive ::: Letter 3

Department for Transport 8 April 2020
Letter from the Rail Minister to the Rail Delivery Group on maintaining accessibility during the COVID-19 outbreak

2020-04-08 DfT-001 83

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 17 June 2020
New tech to tackle leaves on the line and de-ice platforms set to revolutionise British rail travel

2020-06-17 DfT-001 84

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 10 September 2020
Action taken to improve resilience of railway following Stonehaven tragedy

2020-09-10 DfT-001 85

Archive ::: Press release 2

Department for Transport 22 September 2020
Rail Minister thanks efforts of volunteer Journey Makers and work to provide cleaner, safer stations

2020-09-22 DfT-001 86

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 25 September 2020
First phase of Dawlish seawall completed, securing South West’s rail links

2020-09-25 DfT-001 87

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 18 November 2020
New rail tech roll-out set to bring more reliable journeys and boost jobs

2020-11-18 DfT-001 88

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 5 February 2021
State-of-the-art £31 million Feltham station update complete

2021-02-05 DfT-001 89

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 17 March 2021
Stonehaven report sets out measures to boost rail resilience

2021-03-17 DfT-001 90

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 19 March 2021
Dartmoor line rail services will be restored for first time in half a century

2021-03-19 DfT-001 91

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 14 March 2024
Further plans unveiled to improve rail journeys in the North

2024-03-14 DfT-001 92

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 8 July 2025
Green light for over 50 road and rail upgrades supporting over 39,000 new homes and 42,000 jobs

2025-07-08 DfT-001 93