JournalLive - Tag - rail

Gateshead MP Ian Mearns slams rail firm on service in north

JournalLive — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT

EAST Coast trains have been accused of abandoning the North East as one MP hits out at cheaper Scottish tickets.

North East misses out on Network Rail's £37bn upgrades

JournalLive — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT

NETWORK Rail’s £37bn five-year improvement programme looks set to snub a wishlist of North East track upgrades.

Towns make room for more travellers

JournalLive — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

RAIL commuters and people heading for a night out in Newcastle could benefit from improvements to Northumberland’s stations and transport network.

Ambitious plans announced for North East rail network

JournalLive — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 07:24:00 GMT

BETTER services, improved passenger information and the electrification of lines in the North East are just some of initiatives announced by rail chiefs yesterday.

Anger over plan to privatise East Coast Main Line in 2012

JournalLive — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:26:00 GMT

RAIL unions in the North East have condemned the Government’s plan to reprivatise the East Coast Main Line in 2012.

Public rail ownership ‘should be extended’

JournalLive — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 08:17:00 GMT

THE East Coast mainline should be run by the Government ‘for an extended period’ before a decision is made on whether to return it to the private sector.

Rail ticket prices soar higher than inflation

JournalLive — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 00:18:00 GMT

NORTH East rail users have been hit by above-inflation price hikes. Travellers on the regions rail networks have seen the cost of travelling shoot up by around 5.8% on some of the most popular routes as a result of New Year price rises.

Ringing the changes with new vision of a high-speed future for UK

JournalLive — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT

AFTER decades of talk and hopes that it would bring prosperity to the North, it now seems that a high-speed north-south railway will be built.

Lord Adonis assures North will get high-speed trains

JournalLive — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:29:00 GMT

LORD Adonis was last night told he will be held to his "multi-billion pound promise" after appearing to snub the region’s high-speed rail hopes.

East Coast rail bosses pledge no harm to services

JournalLive — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:29:00 GMT

EAST COAST railway bosses have promised they will not damage connections to Northumberland in the biggest train time shake-up in decades.