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“Yorkshire’s trains and track to be overseen by Great British Railways in sweeping reforms sparked by 2018 northern timetable chaos”

[from the Yorkshire Post, 20th May 2021] Control of trains and track will be brought under a new public sector body named Great British Railways (GBR) as part of sweeping reforms, the Department for Transport has announced. The organisation will … Continue reading

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Temporary Service Reduction from 1st February

During the first lockdown passenger numbers fell to about 5% of normal levels. Over the summer passenger numbers rose to about 30% of normal levels but are now (January 2021) back in the 5-10% range. Following a request from the … Continue reading

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“The sound economic case for renationalising our railways” – Colin Bamford

 [from the Yorkshire Post, 19th February 2020] The question of whether or not the Government should renationalise the UK’s railways has been raised again after the troubled rail company Northern had its franchise cancelled. In March, the franchise will revert … Continue reading

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Proposed Timetable Changes for May 2020

This is subject to all the usual caveats. Nothing becomes official until 12 weeks before the timetable change. An early edition of May 2020 timetable can be found at http://www.railwaydata.co.uk/timetables/May20/timetable.php?table=83 As expected there are few major changes – those took … Continue reading

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