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Trenitalia has been lisited among the usual suspects of the companies awarded a PQQ passport. A potential bid for ICWC coming? The full list is Abellio Transport Group Limited Arriva UK Trains Limited First Rail Holdings Limited Go-Ahead Holding Limited Govia Limited Keolis (UK) Limited MTR...

Stagecoach have issued an OJEU notice for the supply and possibly maintenance of new build rolling stock for future franchise bids. Most interesting is the specification of up to 50 units for Intercity West Coast. Lot 1 — South Western Franchise Supply of a fleet of new build electric and...

TOCs to be fined for late running trains http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/road-and-rail-transport/12009860/Rail-companies-to-be-fined-for-late-running-services.html I don't get it. What's wrong with the current system?

GTR have launched their new booking engine. The mixing desk has gone, and instead in comes a huge map just in case you didn't know where you were starting and finishing your journey. It is certainly different from anything out there. I wonder who designed it? Its going to take some getting...

Hull Trains have applied for a new track access contract for 10 years from 2019 so they can procure a fleet of 5 car bi-modes to be intoduced from 2020. www.networkrail.co.uk/browsedirectory.aspx?root=&dir=\track access\1 Current Consultations\2015.08.03 - Hull Trains - Section 17 - Closes 28...

The transcript for the recent industry hearing on the ECML track applications mentions a current project Network Rail are doing called L2E4. Other than saying that this is a project to enable SETs to run at a higher speed, including 140mph in some places, on the ECML there is no other...

Smartcards have been announced for Southeastern from December 2016. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/smart-ticketing-to-transform-travel-for-southeastern-passengers

New images have been released of Gatwick Airport's proposed station redevelopment to coincide with an announcement that all the funding now being secured. http://www.mediacentre.gatwickairport.com/images/road-and-rail.aspx I thought somebody had mentioned one of the objectives of the new...

The Go-Ahead Group has announced that FCC MD David Statham has been appointed as Southeastern's new MD. http://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/about-us/latest-news/press-release-southeastern-md-appointed/

Gatwick Airport today released an image of the planned redevelopment of the station as part of the Gatwick Gateway project. In the image the footprint of the station is much wider than current with 4 escalators wide on each platform and still oodles of room. There are 8 platforms with what looks...

The DfT have today published Network Rail's pre-Route Study of the Emerging Capacity Strategy for CP6. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/brighton-main-line-emerging-capacity-strategy-for-control-period-6 Options under consideration: Keymer Junction: Several options under...

Video inside the new ROC at Three Bridges. http://www.crawleyobserver.co.uk/news/local/video-rail-operating-centre-opened-at-three-bridges-1-5792230

Grand Central have applied to replace their existing track access agreements with a single new one for an additional 10 years. The application includes operating with a uniform fleet, expected to be 180s and refurbishment to existing 180s to improve reliability with the investment to be rolled...

Some progress being made on the potential re-opening of ABT to passenger services. http://northumberland.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=6270&article=2615 Is there capacity on the ECML for a half-hourly peak service between Benton junction and NCL? Moderator note: See also...

Looks like FGW are getting in on the latest fly-on-the-wall railway documentary. http://www.twofour.co.uk/news/channel-5-commissions-twofour-and-groupm-entertainment-to-produce-ob-doc-first-great-western/

I have just noticed that Northern have started offering Advance fares on the Tyne Valley line for off-peak services that terminate/start at Carlisle. They are not available on the Hexham terminators, or those that go beyond Carlisle. Newcastle - Hexham: From £2 to £3 Newcastle - Haydon...

AN ambitious scheme to re-open the disused Alnmouth Station to Alnwick railway line has reached an ‘important milestone’, which could see trains operating later this year. The exciting project took the huge step forward yesterday when the Aln Valley Railway Trust (AVRT) and the Northumberland...

I'm needing to do a number of journeys next week: Day 1: Berwick - Bradford - Berwick Day 2: Edinburgh - Kings Cross Day 3: Euston - MK Day 4: MK - Colchester Day 5: Colchester - Newcastle Now after some research I think the cheapest way of doing this is a 4-in-8 Freedom of North East...

I'll be arriving at Heathrow tomorrow and I am looking to purchase a Z1-6 one-day travelcard with my Network Railcard discount. Ordinarily I buy these online and collect from a National Rail station, but NRE tells me that collection facilities at Heathrow only issue HEx and Connect tickets...

Looking on WebTIS and National Rail Enquiries there doesn't appear to be a Network Railcard discounted ticket from Stansted Airport to Stratford (London). They give the railcard fare the same as the non-railcard fare. Is this a mistake or is there really no Network Railcard discount between...