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Network Rail managers vote to accept pay deal

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Alex Bestwick

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5th August 2022

Network Rail managers have voted to accept a pay offer, their union has announced.
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Planned strike ‘threatens Tube’s financial recovery’

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Sam Hewitt

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3rd August 2022

A planned strike on London Underground increases the risk of its financial recovery, officials have warned.
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Hitachi: We have contingency plans to deal with strike by RMT staff

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Arianne Davey

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2nd August 2022

Rail firm Hitachi says it has contingency plans in place to deal with a strike by some of its workers.
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Network Rail begins consultation process with unions on maintenance reforms

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Arianne Davey

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28th July 2022

Network Rail has formally started the legal consultation process with unions on the maintenance reforms it says are needed to modernise and improve productivity and efficiency, one of the issues at the centre of the current wave of strikes.
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Passenger numbers reach 93% of pre-pandemic levels

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Sam Hewitt

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28th July 2022

Figures published by the Department for Transport show that passenger numbers are now closing in on pre-pandemic levels.
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Bernard Cribbins, star of The Railway Children and Doctor Who, dies aged 93

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Alex Bestwick

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28th July 2022

Children’s TV star and entertainer Bernard Cribbins has died aged 93, his agent said.
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Train drivers to strike next month as industrial action causes travel chaos

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Alex Bestwick

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28th July 2022

Train drivers at nine rail companies to stage a one-day strike next month in the worsening dispute, causing travel chaos across the country.
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Rail plans for North should be reconsidered to avoid missed opportunity, say MPs

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Alex Bestwick

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27th July 2022

A controversial Government plan for rail schemes in the North and Midlands should be “reconsidered” to avoid a “missed opportunity”, MPs have warned.
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South Western Railway travel advice over 27 July strike

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Sam Hewitt

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26th July 2022

South Western Railway (SWR) is urging customers only to travel by rail if absolutely necessary for the planned RMT strike day on Wednesday 27 July.
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HS2 tunnelling machine ‘Dorothy’ becomes first to complete its journey

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Alex Bestwick

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26th July 2022

One of the giant machines digging the tunnels for HS2 has become the first on the project to complete the full journey underground.
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