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“As the number of rail passengers goes up in Huddersfield, so will the cost of a train”

Posted on December 6, 2014 by admin

Fares going up for the second time this year. It’s a bit naughty for the government to claim the credit for removing the “fares flex”, when they introduced it in the first place, but SMART welcomes the fact that they have … Continue reading →

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“10% rise in rail passenger numbers takes Huddersfield area past 8m journeys mark in last year”

Posted on December 6, 2014 by admin

In order to show, meaningfully, how recorded passenger numbers have changed over the years, we’ve done a helpful graph showing that numbers have more than doubled over 11 years. It’s a generally upward trend, except in 2012-13 where the lower … Continue reading →

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New Rolling Stock: Sometime, Possibly

Posted on December 5, 2014 by admin

Three different takes on the Chancellor’s announcement in the Autumn Statement. Reading the small print, our view is that it makes no new commitments. Train companies will be “encouraged”, not “required”, to provide a better quality of rolling stock to replace … Continue reading →

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“Hynes seeks better trains for the North”

Posted on November 27, 2014 by admin

[from Rail Magazine, 26th November 2014] At last, some sense from a senior railway industry figure. “One of the things that really strikes me is that the gap between the quality of local services between the North and the South … Continue reading →

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