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July 13, 2011: RMT takes dossier of “fit and proper” evidence to Transport Secretary over Siemens Thameslink contract award

May 18, 2010: Hitachi aims to close UK train deal by March 2011

July 13, 2009: Minister warns Brown over spending cutbacks

July 4, 2009: Privatisation has been a train wreck

May 18, 2009: Only the fast track will do for next generation of rail investors

March 20, 2009: Passengers forced to use older trains, finds Office of Rail Regulation

December 16, 2008: Clash over rail industry management

December 2, 2008: EU clears Deutsche/Lloyds/BNP to buy Porterbrook

November 24, 2008: Pop guru Pete Waterman sells rail firm to settle debt

October 27, 2008: Deutsche-led club seals £1.4bn Porterbrook deal

October 27, 2008: Rail operators fear delays to upgrades

October 26, 2008: Abbey and HSBC Rail set to offload rail groups

September 22, 2008: UK train firm Angel orders for West Coast Main Line

July 11, 2008: European Parliament opens up rolling stock market

June 26, 2008: Alstom chief shunts group towards freight

June 22, 2008: RMT welcomes high-speed rail review

June 21, 2008: A World Cup in England would go off the rails

June 15, 2008: RMT to host major European conference on resisting rail privatisation

June 13, 2008: Train-leasing draining obscene sums from railways, says RMT as Angel Trains is sold in £3.6 billion package

June 13, 2008: RBS raises £3.6bn from Angel Trains sale to Australian firm

June 13, 2008: When it comes to railways, the government is on the wrong track

May 6, 2008: Alstom set to win UK order for 106 Pendolino tilting trains

March 19, 2008: DfT sidelines Virgin to expand Pendolino train fleet

March 15, 2008: HSBC weighs up sale of rail arm

March 12, 2008: Close ‘obscene’ rail tax loophole, RMT urges Chancellor

February 21, 2008: Rail white paper 'keeps status quo'

February 8, 2008: Extra rolling stock fails to appease rail commuters

January 30, 2008: Build new trains in Britain, says RMT

January 8, 2008: End fragmentation, says RMT as MPs debate rail chaos

January 3, 2008: Rail fiasco underlines need to end fragmentation, says RMT

October 5, 2007: 'Rail firms exploit tax loophole'

September 26, 2007: Squabble over extra carriages leaves rail passengers standing

September 24, 2007: Royal Bank of Scotland prepares Angel Trains for private equity bidder

August 29, 2007: New trains 'too heavy for tracks'

July 29, 2007: A refreshing change?

July 9, 2007: Regional Eurostars leased to SNCF until 2011/13

May 7, 2007: Network Rail seeks to shunt train firms aside

May 5, 2007: £58m Electrostar train order for Bombardier Derby plant

April 29, 2007: Arriva proposal seeks to end train leasing dominance

April 27, 2007: Passengers face worse overcrowding as rail operators run out of carriages

April 26, 2007: RMT welcomes rail regulator’s move on ROSCOs

April 14, 2007: Rail operator to buy Chinese trains

April 8, 2007: Super trains leave Britain behind

March 28, 2007: HSBC Rail abandons £150,000 leasing deal - sells six Tube trains for a quid

March 15, 2007: Rail users face years of price rises to pay for solutions to overcrowding

March 14, 2007: Extra rail carriages 'not enough' to ease overcrowding

March 14, 2007: New rolling stock must not be cash cow for profiteers, says RMT

March 13, 2007: Railway 'to get 1,000 carriages'

March 5, 2007: Virgin hopes to seal Pendolino order

February 24, 2007: Inquiry begins into train crash

February 10, 2007: Angel Trains refuses to sign Virgin Pendolino order

February 5, 2007: Competition inquiry puts extra Virgin Rail seats in jeopardy

January 7, 2007: The runaway train of UK's privatised railway finances

December 1, 2006: How rail network suffered a breakdown

November 30, 2006: Train inquiry could add to travel woes

October 30, 2006: Train leasing companies warn UK govt they may stop buying trains

June 29, 2006: UK train leasing firms face probe

June 29, 2006: Train-leasing banks face inquiry amid claims that public is being ripped off

June 28, 2006: Sack rolling-stock profiteers, says RMT

June 28, 2006: Banks are making 'excessive profits' from leasing old trains

May 27, 2006: Train owners refuse to cut their prices

March 2, 2006: Railing at profits

January 19, 2006: Ministers demand £100m cut in train lease charges

January 3, 2006: Shunt the pathetic Pacer trains off to the scrapyard

January 3, 2006: S Wales trains are Britain's most unreliable

January 2, 2004: Drivers test Arriva's Danish rail adventure