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Explaining why HS2 matters critically for Britain's future.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Alison Munro re-appointed as Chief Executive of HS2 Ltd, the independent company set up to deliver a high speed rail network.
Explains that 9 route miles of railway track were electrified between May 1997 and May 2010.
13 firms in running to become next operators of the Great Western, Thameslink and Essex Thameside rail franchises.
Douglas Oakervee has been appointed as the chair of HS2 Ltd, the independent company set up to deliver a high speed rail network.
Rail fare increases to be capped at the rate of inflation.
Oral statement about modernising and investing in the infrastructure of the railway network.
Rail command paper released.
Eighty new train carriages set to be introduced on the First TransPennine Express and London Midland networks from December 2013.
Crossrail Limited has opened the invitation for companies to negotiate for tender of rolling stock and depot facilities.
Rail passengers asked for their views on how train services could improve.
HS2 speech at the Transport Times Conference.
A recruitment process to strengthen HS2 Ltd's board has begun.
28,000 more seats for passengers travelling between London, Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow.
The department has published an invitation to tender for the formal bidding stage to replace the operator on the West Coast Main Line.
Mid-Cheshire railway line designated as a community rail service.
Britain will have a national high speed rail network providing vital new capacity and faster journeys across the country from 2026.
HS2 to go ahead.
HS2 oral statement regarding the decision to go ahead.
Over £80 million towards deal led by Southern Railways to build 130 new railway carriages.
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