Network Rail sell-off to fund upgrades.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34926322
New train carriages worth £9.3bn to enter service, rail industry says.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...stry-says.html
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More than 3,700 new carriages will enter service in the next four years, the Rail Delivery Group (RDG), the body that represents train operating companies and state-owned infrastructure manager Network Rail, will say today.
Over half of the new rolling stock are being manufactured in Britain, according to the RDG, and will help to replenish the country's fleet, which is at its oldest for 14 years
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Revealed: Britain's busiest and quietest stations.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35105105
Well l have heard of some excuses but this takes the biscuit.
https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/...e-to-sunlight/
Borders Railway passes 500,000 passenger mark.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...tland-35428213