Archive ::: Press release

Department of Transport 4 June 1996
John Watts unveils technology to help solve wheel slip on trains

1996-06-04 DoT-001 1

Archive ::: Press release

Department of Transport 8 November 1996
Passengers up, subsidy down – Watts hails rail privatisation as a winner

1996-11-08 DoT-001 2

Archive ::: Press release

London Regional Transport 9 December 1996
New access to North Greenwich Transport Interchange

1996-12-09 LRT-001 3

Archive ::: Press release

Railtrack plc 20 December 1996
Railtrack publishes first quality indicators

1996-12-20 RTK-001 4

Archive ::: Press release

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

1997-01-28 RTK-001 5

Archive ::: Press release

Railtrack plc 20 February 1997
Railtrack plans partnership to create a 'Better, Growing Railway Industry'

1997-02-20 RTK-009 6

Archive ::: Press release

Railtrack plc 5 June 1997
Railtrack's first year...

1997-06-05 RTK-001 7

Archive ::: Press release

Railtrack plc 1 July 1997
Railway golfers raise £2000 for children's charity

1997-07-01 RTK-002 8

Archive ::: Press release

Office of the Rail Regulator 17 May 1999
Rail Regulator changes licences to provide earlier timetable information

1999-05-17 ORR-001 9

Archive ::: Press release

Railtrack plc 20 January 2000
Railtrack announces third quarter operating improvements

2000-01-20 RTK-001 10

Archive ::: Press release

ATOC 16 March 2000
ATOC welcomes performance bulletin

2000-03-16 ATO-001 11

Archive ::: Press release 3

ATOC 25 May 2000
Train operators deliver commitments to passengers and government

2000-05-25 ATO-002 12

Archive ::: Press release

ATOC 13 July 2000
ATOC statement on passenger train performance

2000-07-13 ATO-001 13

Archive ::: Press release

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 2 November 2000
Prescott maintains momentum towards rail recovery

2000-11-02 DET-002 14

Archive ::: Press release

ATOC 9 November 2000
One thousand extra staff providing rail information at stations

2000-11-09 ATO-001 15

Archive ::: Press release

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 9 November 2000
Rail industry brief Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister

2000-11-09 DET-001 16

Archive ::: Press release

Railway Safety 17 November 2000
October SPAD figures show successive 15-month decline

2000-11-17 RSA-001 17

Archive ::: Press release 3

ATOC 22 November 2000
National Rail operators announce Britain's biggest ever rail compensation package

2000-11-22 ATO-001 18

Archive ::: Press release

ATOC 15 December 2000
Train performance disappointing: ATOC

2000-12-15 ATO-002 19

Archive ::: Press release

Railway Safety 22 December 2000
November SPAD figures continue to show decline

2000-12-22 RSA-001 20

Archive ::: Press release 2

Railtrack Group PLC 15 January 2001
Revised exceptional charge for the current financial year and response to the Regulatory Review

2001-01-15 RTK-001 21

Archive ::: Press release 2

Railtrack plc 2 April 2001
Railtrack secures £1.5 bn funding settlement and details final quarter business progress

2001-04-02 RTK-001 22

Archive ::: Press release 2

Strategic Rail Authority 12 April 2001
Latest performance figures

2001-04-12 SRA-002 23

Archive ::: Speech (full) 2

Strategic Rail Authority 26 June 2001
Coming out of the Shadow

2001-06-26 SRA-001 24

Archive ::: Press release

Railtrack plc 24 July 2001
Railtrack annual general meeting - Chairman’s statement

2001-07-24 RTK-001 25

Archive ::: Press release

ATOC 18 March 2002
Train performance late last year was poor: ATOC

2002-03-18 ATO-001 26

Archive ::: Press release

Stagecoach Group 29 April 2002
Company statement

2002-04-29 STG-001 27

Archive ::: Press release

Stagecoach Group 23 October 2002
Company statement

2002-10-23 STG-001 28

Archive ::: Press release

Network Rail 28 March 2003
Further cliff face protection measures at Dawlish

2003-03-28 NET-001 29

Archive ::: Press release

Network Rail 4 August 2003
Network Rail implements precautionary heat related speed restrictions to ensure the operation of a safe railway

2003-08-04 NET-001 30

Archive ::: Press release

Network Rail 6 August 2003
Precautionary heat related speed restrictions - update

2003-08-06 NET-001 31

Archive ::: Press release

Network Rail 6 August 2003
Precautionary heat related speed restrictions - update

2003-08-06 NET-002 32

Archive ::: Press release

Network Rail 7 August 2003
Changes to yesterday

2003-08-07 NET-001 33

Archive ::: Press release

Network Rail 16 October 2003
Response to RPC annual report

2003-10-16 NET-001 34

Archive ::: Press release

ATOC 2 November 2003
National Rail travel advice for Sunday and Monday (2Nd & 3Rd November) [[(2nd & 3rd November)]]

2003-11-02 ATO-001 35

Archive ::: Press release 5

ATOC 14 November 2003
National Rail travel advice for Sunday and Monday (14 November)

2003-11-14 ATO-001 36

Archive ::: Press release 3

ATOC 11 December 2003
ATOC response to SRA national rail trends – July to September 2003

2003-12-11 ATO-001 37

Archive ::: Press release

Network Rail 11 December 2003
Network Rail response to National Rail Trends report

2003-12-11 NET-001 38

Archive ::: Press release

Transport for London 26 February 2004
Work to enlarge Wembley Park starts in March

2004-02-26 TfL-001 39

Archive ::: Press release

Transport for London 8 July 2004
Jubilee line raises land value by estimated £2.8billion at Canary Wharf and Southwark Tube stations

2004-07-08 TfL-002 40

Archive ::: Press release

Sea Containers 22 March 2005
GNER signs new 10 year franchise

2005-03-22 SEC-001 41

Archive ::: Press release 5

Transport for London 19 July 2005
Progress in getting all Tube services back up and running

2005-07-19 TfL-002 42

Archive ::: Press release

Transport for London 31 December 2005
London Underground Service Update - 2000hrs

2005-12-31 TfL-001 43

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 1 Feb 2008 09:50
Metrolink's £102million upgrade gets final Government seal of approval

2008-02-01 DfT-001 44

Archive ::: Press release

ATOC 21 January 2009
ATOC comments on Guardian article rail firms ask for state help

2009-01-21 ATO-001 45

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 28 Jan 2009 00:05
Solihull drives change with £11m transport scheme

2009-01-28 DfT-001 46

Archive ::: Press release

Eurostar 21 December 2009
Eurostar will not be operating services on Monday 21 December 2009

2009-12-21 EUR-002 47

Archive ::: Press release 5

Eurostar 12 February 2010
Eurostar response to independent review

2010-02-12 EUR-001 48

Archive ::: Press release

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

2010-03-30 DfT-001 49

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 6 Dec 2010 16:40
New Permanent Secretary for Department for Transport

2010-12-06 DfT-001 50

Archive ::: Press release

HS1 Ltd 16 Jun 2011
Station Session Festival launch rocks St Pancras International

2011-06-16 HS1-001 51

Archive ::: Statement

Abellio Greater Anglia 16 March 2012
An apology to Greater Anglia Customers

2012-03-16 ABB-001 52

Archive ::: Press release

Network Rail 12 April 2012
National train performance for Period 13 is 93.4%

2012-04-12 NET-001 53

Archive ::: Press release

Virgin Trains 8 June 2012
Virgin Trains demands Network Rail reverses unacceptable train performance on West Coast route

2012-06-08 VIR-001 54

Archive ::: Press release 3

Network Rail 9 July 2012
New rail performance data released

2012-07-09 NET-003 55

Archive ::: Written statement

Department for Transport 12 July 2012
Aviation Policy Framework

2012-07-12 DfT-001 56

Archive ::: Written statement

Department for Transport 6 December 2012
Response to the report of the Laidlaw inquiry

2012-12-06 DfT-004 57

Archive ::: Press release

Transport Scotland 6 December 2012
Rail franchise on right track

2012-12-06 TSC-001 58

Archive ::: Press release

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

2013-01-08 NET-001 59

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 60

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 61

Archive ::: Press release

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

2013-01-08 NET-004 62

Archive ::: Press release

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

2013-01-08 NET-005 63

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 64

Archive ::: Press release

Rail Delivery Group 28 October 2013
Severe weather - rail industry update

2013-10-28 RDG-001 65

Archive ::: Press release

Office of Rail Regulation 28 November 2013
Maintenance underspends and deferred renewals contributing to delays on the railways

2013-11-28 ORR-001 66

Archive ::: Press release

Rail Delivery Group 5 December 2013
Rail industry working to “keep passengers safe and informed” during bad weather

2013-12-05 RDG-002 67

Archive ::: Press release

Rail Delivery Group 23 December 2013
Rail industry services update

2013-12-23 RDG-002 68

Archive ::: Press release

Rail Delivery Group 24 December 2013
Rail industry services update

2013-12-24 RDG-001 69

Archive ::: Press release

Rail Delivery Group 3 January 2014
Rail industry responds to report on winter preparedness

2014-01-03 RDG-001 70

Archive ::: Press release

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

2014-01-03 TCO-001 71

Archive ::: Press release

Rail Delivery Group 10 January 2014
Rail industry responds to P10 performance figures

2014-01-10 RDG-001 72

Archive ::: Press release

Rail Delivery Group 21 January 2014
Rail industry responds to National Rail Passenger Survey

2014-01-21 RDG-001 73

Archive ::: Press release

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

2014-02-07 DfT-002 74

Archive ::: Press release

Rail Delivery Group 7 February 2014
Rail industry responds to P11 performance figures

2014-02-07 RDG-001 75

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 11 February 2014
Government cuts cost of flying from Cornwall

2014-02-11 DfT-001 76

Archive ::: Press release

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

2014-02-11 RDG-001 77

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 12 February 2014
Further flood support from government

2014-02-12 DfT-001 78

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 27 February 2014
Baroness Kramer and Pete Waterman visit Crewe to find out how HS2 could benefit the town

2014-02-27 DfT-001 79

Archive ::: Press release

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

2014-04-04 DfT-001 80

Archive ::: Commons speech (full)

Department for Transport 28 April 2014
HS2 opening speech

2014-04-28 DfT-003 81

Archive ::: Press release

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

2014-07-07 NET-001 82

Archive ::: Press release

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

2014-07-07 ORR-001 83

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 84

Archive ::: Written statement

Department for Transport 22 July 2014
Transport resilience review

2014-07-22 DfT-001 85

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 86

Archive ::: Press release

Rail Delivery Group 23 September 2014
RDG: “We know passengers want clear, accurate and timely information”

2014-09-23 RDG-001 87

Archive ::: Press release

Rail Delivery Group 10 October 2014
“Passengers are at the heart of what we do”: RDG on improvement priorities

2014-10-10 RDG-001 88

Archive ::: Written statement

Department for Transport 27 November 2014
Transport resilience

2014-11-27 DfT-003 89

Archive ::: Press release

Rail Delivery Group 4 December 2014
Winners of rail industry Open Data ‘Hackathon’ announced

2014-12-04 RDG-001 90

Archive ::: Letter

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

2014-12-09 ORR-001 91

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 11 December 2014
Minister visits station upgrades in Manchester

2014-12-11 DfT-001 92

Archive ::: Letter

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

2014-12-16 ORR-001 93

Archive ::: Press release

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

2014-12-19 RDG-001 94

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 27 December 2014
DfT statements on rail disruptions and winter weather

2014-12-27 DfT-001 95

Archive ::: Press release

Network Rail 28 December 2014
King's Cross reopens this morning

2014-12-28 NET-001 96

Archive ::: Press release

Network Rail 29 December 2014 12.45
Media statement from Network Rail

2014-12-29 NET-001 97

Archive ::: Letter

Office of Rail Regulation 29 December 2014
Unplanned disruption to rail users, December 2014

2014-12-29 ORR-001 98

Archive ::: Press release

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

2014-12-30 LAB-001 99

Archive ::: Press release

Network Rail 30 December 2014 21.47
Network Rail clarification statement regarding Robin Gisby

2014-12-30 NET-001 100

Archive ::: Press release

Office of Rail Regulation 30 December 2014
Regulator urges rail passengers to claim compensation for travel disruption

2014-12-30 ORR-001 101

Archive ::: Oral statement 2

Department for Transport 5 January 2015
Christmas rail disruption

2015-01-05 DfT-001 102

Archive ::: Press release

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

2015-03-16 RDG-001 103

Archive ::: Speech (full)

Department for Transport 20 March 2015
Turning to the future

2015-03-20 DfT-002 104

Archive ::: Press release

Network Rail 12 June 2015
New future for the South West Trains - Network Rail alliance

2015-06-12 NET-001 105

Archive ::: Press release

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

2016-01-13 DfT-002 106

Archive ::: Press release

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-001 107

Archive ::: Speech (full)

Department for Transport 24 February 2016
George Bradshaw address 2016

2016-02-24 DfT-001 108

Archive ::: Speech (full)

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

2016-03-03 DfT-001 109

Archive ::: Speech (full) 3

Department for Transport 19 May 2016
Queen’s Speech debate: transport and infrastructure (edited version)

2016-05-19 DfT-002 110

Archive ::: Speech (full) 5

Hansard (Commons) 19 May 2016
Queen’s Speech debate: transport and infrastructure

2016-05-19 HAN-001 111

Archive ::: Press release

Rail Delivery Group 23 June 2016
URGENT UPDATE - Rail services in rush hour

2016-06-23 RDG-001 112

Archive ::: Letter 3

Department for Transport 4 August 2016
Rail regulation: Network Rail’s outputs and funding for 2019 to 2024

2016-08-04 DfT-001 113

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-002 114

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-002 115

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 2 March 2018
Thank you to the workers for keeping Britain moving

2018-03-02 DfT-002 116

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 ::: 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-001 118

Archive ::: Speech (full)

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

2019-03-19 DfT-001 119

Archive ::: Press release

Rail Delivery Group 14 December 2019
Rail industry will add over 1,000 extra weekly services in Winter timetable

2019-12-14 RDG-001 120

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 3 April 2020
Transport Secretary: continue to follow government guidelines on travel despite warm weather

2020-04-03 DfT-001 121

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-001 122

Archive ::: Press release

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

2020-09-10 DfT-001 123

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-001 124

Archive ::: Press release

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

2021-03-17 DfT-001 125

Archive ::: Press release

Transport Scotland 9 March 2022 23.09
Ministerial statement - Carmont incident

2022-03-10 TSC-001 126

Archive ::: Press release

Department for Transport 17 April 2024
£1.3 million to back cutting-edge transport projects

2024-04-17 DfT-001 127