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£47m Levelling Up funds for Penistone upgrade

Linespeed and capacity upgrades planned in major boost to line

HS2 Chiltern tunnel reaches cross-passage milestone

Half of cross-passages complete: breakthrough expected in early 2024/

The entrance to East Kilbride station. News Premium

£61.5 million East Kilbride upgrade deal signed

Electrification and station upgrades planned

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Open access boosts First Group

Leisure demand boosts First's rail operatoins

Celebrations for Dartmoor line 2nd anniversary

More than half a million journeys made on reopened line

An artist's impression of Brent Cross West station. News Premium

Brent Cross West to open on 10 December

New station to unlock wider development

Alstom warns of Derby job losses

Alstom could make 550 staff redundant as orders dry up

Changing times: Class 508 at the buffer stops at Southport on 29 October 2023 during the ‘508 Sunset’ farewell tour organised by the Branch Line Society, which raised £12,000 for local charities. The ‘508s’ will be stood down by the end of the year, with their sister ‘507s’ to follow in 2024, replaced by Stadler Class 777s, for which the platform extension work visible in this shot is taking place. Tony Miles News Premium

Southport platform extensions for ‘777s’

Class 507s retained until work is completed

Passengers board a train at Huddersfield, the start of the next section of the TransPennine Route Upgrade. Tony Miles News Premium

More Trans-Pennine investment signed off

Huddersfield-Dewsbury works to be approved?

ASLEF announces rolling strikes

16 operators affected by rolling strikes in long-running pay dispute

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