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Old Oak Common grows roots as first base slab is poured

Works prepare for tunnelling to Victoria Road

Reading Green Park to open on 27 May

New station first in area since 1906

ORR calls on NR to address monitoring backlog

Regulator raised issue in 2021

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TRU reveals £9bn social and wellbeing benefits

Carbon emissions cut; environment improved

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Track worker safety highlighted by RAIB

Report released into LU Chalfont & Latimer accident

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LNER extends single-leg pricing

Return fares removed; all tickets priced for single journeys

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Freightliner prepares for ETCS

Training academy opens in Ipswich

Passenger numbers match – and beat - pre-pandemic levels

Numbers average 98.3% in April

‘802’ maintenance deal extended

Most work to take place at Plymouth Laira

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Midweek works planned for ECML

Trial response due to changes in passenger demand

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