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    LM Birmingham to Crewe via Stoke?

    I am not sure where to post this but feel free to move this to the appropriate place. Yesterday evening (07/11/15) I was travelling home from a West Midlands Liberal Democrat Regional Conference which was in Stratford-Upon-Avon. I was on the 20.31 XC Birmingham New to Street to Manchester...
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    Parties Rail Policies Election 2015

    With a General Election less than a month which is predicted to be another hung parliament again. This thread is to discuss Rail policies of the Political Parties I only know that Labour's big policy is a review of Franchising and a possibility of Amending the the 93 Act to include public...
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    Rail 2020 Report

    http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/transport-committee/news/rail-2020-report/ http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmselect/cmtran/329/329.pdf Here is the Rail 2020 Report which has been published by the Transport Select Committee today...
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    XC Bournemouth Service

    Following the announcement by the Government of Southampton to Nuneaton being electrified, I fear that the XC Bournemouth Service may terminate at Southampton Central
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    Hlos?

    What is the High Level Output Specification? (I saw it mentioned somewhere and I wondered what is it)
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    2 Unused Platforms at Bournemouth

    For the past few years platforms 1 and 4 at Bournemouth have been out of action.
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    Single European Rail Area

    This was approved by the European Parliament last November. It was discussed at the Transport, Tourism and Energy Council last December (First Reading). What is this? When is the Second Reading?
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    Network Rail Debt

    Someone asked me this question. Why has NR got debts of billions of pounds? (approx £25 billion) I said I don't know.
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    Northern Hub?

    I know the Northern Hub project is a set of improvements in the North, mainly the Manchester area including the Ordsall Curve. I would like to know more about this project. What else is proposed? How much will it cost? Timeframe?
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    Vertical Integration

    I have come across the term 'vertical integration' and I do not know what it means. Please can someone explain this please?
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    Strategic Rail Authority

    Few Questions: Want powers did the SRA have???????????? What relations did it have with the DfT??????? What relations did it have with the ORR?????????
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    Heathrow £500 million link

    Transport Secretary Philip Hammond is considering a new spur that connects Heathrow Airport and Reading. This proposed spur will connect to HS2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-14784527
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    Crossrail Train bid delyaed

    Competition to supply trains for Crossrail delayed to come under new guidelines to ensure UK firms do not miss out to European rivals. BBC News

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