News category: Govia
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Stockwatch

After the good tidings of the last edition of Stockwatch with all of the major groups making significant progress on the market, this fortnight... continue
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Rail News Lead Story

James Dark
Go Ahead Group chief executive Keith Ludeman is demanding daily updates from his London Midland management team on their efforts to restore... continue
Go Ahead Group chief executive Keith Ludeman is demanding daily updates from his London Midland management team on their efforts to restore... continue
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In brief
London Midland launched a new website last week, with new features to make it more passenger friendly and easy to use, with a new cheap fare finder... continue
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Rail News
London Midland and South West Trains have advertised for expressions of interest to supply up to 300 new trains.
The SWT order would be for between... continue
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Rail News
The RMT has voted to strike at East Midlands Trains over the company’s plan to reduce staff numbers by 162.
The union also claimed the number... continue
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Rail News
Virgin Trains has made cuts of 20-30% on shorter distance season tickets and walk-up fares, on routes where it faces competition from London Midland,... continue
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In brief
Talks aimed at avoiding further strikes at London Midland failed last week, leaving the company facing the prospect of action by 100 RMT conductors... continue
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Rail News

Contingency plans put in place by London Midland during strikes by former Silverlink conductors on March 12 and 16 enabled 80% of services to run in... continue
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Rail News

James Dark
South West Trains has denied accusations from the RMT that it fought a “dirty campaign” to head off strikes in a dispute over plans to... continue
South West Trains has denied accusations from the RMT that it fought a “dirty campaign” to head off strikes in a dispute over plans to... continue
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Business Monitor
Chris Cheek
Train operator Gatwick Express recorded a return to profit during the year ended December 31 2007 - the last full year of the separate Gatwick... continue
Train operator Gatwick Express recorded a return to profit during the year ended December 31 2007 - the last full year of the separate Gatwick... continue
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In brief
Around 100 RMT train conductors working at London Midland depots at Bletchley, Northampton and Watford have voted to strike for 24 hours on March 13... continue
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Rail News
A rolling stock cascade across the South East has overcome Bombardier’s failure to deliver new Electrostar trains needed to facilitate major... continue
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In brief
Nearly 1,400 RMT staff at Southeastern will be balloted for strike action this month over plans to cut up to 350 jobs, and issues related to the... continue
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People
Andy Byford, Southern Railway’s operations director, will be leaving the company to become chief operating officer at CityRail - Sydney’s... continue
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Regular News

Plans by rail operator Southeastern to make 300 of its management and administrative staff redundant have been met by strong resistance from... continue
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Rail News
London mayor Boris Johnson and transport secretary Geoff Hoon have reached a deal that will allow a further extension to the East London Line.
The... continue
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Rail News
Network Rail introduced 16 daily services on Virgin’s West Coast main line, which were held back in December to allow time for the new... continue
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In brief
New trains that have been ordered for use by Southern, First Capital Connect and Transport for London have been delayed as key component suppliers... continue
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Rail News
Govia subsidiary Southeastern has announced that it plans to shed 300 management and administrative positions in 2009 in response to the... continue
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Regular Feature

January
It was a difficult start to 2008 for Network Rail. The infrastructure controller came under fire after engineering works over Christmas... continue






