All news on the topic: Railways

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Failure to complete HS2 will be betrayal of levelling up promises, voters warn
Polling by the West Midlands Combined Authority, which is run by Tory mayor Andy Street, found 72% feel that London and the South East get more money than the rest of UK
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Pal killed drinking buddy and tried to blame his partner after row in pub
Grant Bradley has been convicted of murdering his former friend, Marcus Dunkerton, with a kitchen knife. Mr Dunkerton leaves behind a partner, mother, and children after his tragic death
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HS2 snub is another Tory nail in the North’s sorry sinking coffin
How has the region that was the ­backbone of the industrial revolution sunk from being one of the world’s richest to one of Europe’s poorest?
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Rishi Sunak to pledge billions for road schemes in bid to sugarcoat HS2 betrayal
The PM will unveil plans for a roads spending bonanza at Conservative Party conference as he faces accusations he's doing the dirty on the North by cancelling HS2 to Manchester
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Radio host tells Sunak: 'Let’s end this right now' as he dodges HS2 questions
The Prime Minister was repeatedly tackled about fears he plans to axe the high-speed line to Manchester, as he carried out a series of local radio interviews from his No10 bunker
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Labour points finger at Rishi Sunak for HS2 costs spiralling on his watch
Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh said it was 'concerning' if Rishi Sunak was shocked at the scale of spending when he was responsible for overseeing HS2 as Chancellor
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Mayors blast HS2 chaos as they warn North will be left with Victorian railway
Five Labour leaders from across the North and London urged Rishi Sunak not to scale back the high-speed line amid reports the Birmingham to Manchester leg faces the axe
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'Rishi Sunak has no vision so he's turned high speed rail into slow car crash'
Greater Manchester night time economy adviser Sacha Lord says the PM is failing to plan for the future by threatening to scrap the HS2 link between Birmingham and Manchester
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Rishi Sunak sharpens axe over HS2 line to Manchester in 'gross act of vandalism'
The Prime Minister was quizzed about plans for the high speed railway, which have already been scaled back and could face another overhaul in a bid to save cash
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Life at seaside town with locals 'stuck in lockdown' as iconic pier remains shut
The historic Southport Pier remains closed after nine months, leaving locals and business owners fighting to survive and in desperate need of a cash injection following the tourist season
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Railway stations ticket office closure plan 'a dead duck' after outcry
Hopes are growing that railway firms will abandon controversial, Government-backed proposals to shut hundreds of ticket office counters across the network, after a huge backlash
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Final betrayal in Tory £106billion HS2 shambles as Manchester line faces axe
The controversial scheme has fallen into turmoil yet again after No10 failed to quash speculation the Rishi Sunak is to axe the stretch from Birmingham to Manchester
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Priti Patel says she's deeply angry in astonishing attack on ticket office cull
The former Home Secretary said she and her constituents are "flabbergasted" at the proposed closure of 974 ticket offices, while minister Huw Merriman hinted at future climbdowns
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Tory rail chief told to stop misleading public as ticket office claims debunked
Labour's Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh urged Rail Minister Huw Merriman to 'come clean' after she took apart his claims about the closure of rail ticket offices
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Rail passengers face biggest fare hike in 27 years despite ticket office cull
Commuters are set to be hammered by the highest annual increase since 1996, analysis showed, after average wage figures were released this morning
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'How family tragedy lead me to become first Suicide Prevention Manager in rail'
For Suicide Prevention Day, the Mirror spoke to Laura Campbell about why she is motivated to help keep people safe on trains and at stations in her role with Govia Thameslink Railway
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Network Rail fined £6.7million over horror train crash that killed three people
Train driver Brett McCullough, conductor Donald Dinnie and passenger Christopher Stuchbury died in the derailment near Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, on August 12, 2020
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Rail worker 'saw crucifix in track' before he and four others killed by train
Five men were killed and two others were hopitalised after being struck by a freight train as they carried out maintenance work on the Milan to Turin line on Wednesday night
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500,000 speak out about ticket office cull as campaigners take fight to No10
As the RMT prepares to hold a rally in Whitehall, responses to the public consultation on plans to shut ticket offices at 974 railway stations have hit half a million
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Campaigners against mass ticket office closures take fight to Whitehall
More than 460,000 people have responded to a consultation into planned closures, which will hit the elderly, vulnerable and disabled - and put more than 2,300 station jobs at risk
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Rail firms admit elderly and disabled at risk of crime if ticket offices close
Documents written by the rail companies themselves lay bare the true impact of the railway ticket office closures on disabled, elderly and vulnerable passengers
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Your Fire TV Stick gets a blockbuster upgrade offering more to watch for free
Fire TV Stick owners have just been treated to a swathe of extra things to watch for free.
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'Tories only know price and profit - not the real value ticket offices have'
This Government seems hellbent on taking away everything of value the country has to offer and either giving it to the super-rich in the form of profit or throwing it in the bin
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'If Rishi Sunak got off his helicopter more he might get issues facing railways'
Sheila Cross, who uses Northallerton railway station in Rishi Sunak’s constituency, accused the Prime Minister of failing to understand what life is like for ordinary passengers
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Ticket office closures 'could put lives at risk' as rail users left without help
The RMT's Mick Lynch said the plan to shut ticket counters at 974 stations across England would result in vital staff members being cut, leaving vulnerable passengers without support