Rejected open access bidder tries again
An open access application has been submitted again, after the Office of Rail and Road rejected it in July. Alstom’s Wrexham, Shropshire and Midlands Railway Company wants track access rights between Wrexham, Shrewsbury, Telford, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Nuneaton and London Euston.
ORR u-turns and restores fast Manchester expressThe Office of Rail and Road has changed its mind about making the 07.00 Avanti West Coast train from Manchester to London an empty stock working carrying only staff, following widespread protests.
Railways Bill set to be debated in detail next weekThe House of Commons is to debate railway reforms in full next week, when the Railways Bill is due to receive its Second Reading.
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