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Worldline deal

WORLDLINE HAS won a contract with Govia Thameslink Railway to...

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WEST MIDLANDS Rail, the consortium that will oversee services...

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Chris Stokes

Between the Lines The curse of the East Coast franchise...

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HIGH SPEED 2 PHASE 2 PROGRESS

THE GOVERNMENT has laid down a hybrid bill to construct Phase...

GTR contractual variations agreed

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Keith Fender

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