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October 31, 2008: ‘Passengers prefer people to machines when buying tickets’

October 30, 2008: Network Rail rebuffed on lavatory levy

October 24, 2008: Report prompts calls for inquiry into Potters Bar and Grayrigg rail crashes

October 24, 2008: RMT renews call for inquiry into Grayrigg and Potters Bar crashes

October 23, 2008: Wolverhampton MP calls for nationalisation of railways

October 20, 2008: Now can we nationalise the railways, too, please?

October 16, 2008: Rail franchising ‘efficiency’ being paid for by passengers says RMT

October 16, 2008: Train standing at Platform 1 is not overcrowded, it's 'acceptably loaded'

October 16, 2008: Travellers squeezed by fares, warns watchdog

October 13, 2008: A good time to renationalise the railways

October 13, 2008: Tory plan to cut Network Rail's engineering work monopoly

October 02, 2008: Cutting free police travel will result in more attacks, says RMT

September 01, 2008: RMT launches campaign to stop assaults on staff

September 01, 2008: Action demanded to stem ‘tidal wave’ of assaults

August 22, 2008: £600m South Central contract puts bus and rail in spotlight

August 21, 2008: Arriva profits 40% higher on bus and train boom

August 12, 2008: Protest at rail ticket office cuts

August 01, 2008: Compete more with domestic airlines, rail industry told

July 08, 2008: Train operators told to improve - FGW worst satisfaction rating again

July 01, 2008: Rail Fare Hike Imminent In U.K.

June 28, 2008: MPs Protest FGW's Withdrawal of Buffet Car Services

June 25, 2008: Put staff back on stations for a safer journey, says RMT

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

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

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

June 02, 2008: Tube booze party was 'far uglier'

June 02, 2008: Picture of total chaos emerges from Tube’s night of violence

June 01, 2008: Mayor should apologise to assaulted Tube staff, says RMT

May 30, 2008: ‘Half-baked’ Tube booze ban could endanger staff, says RMT

May 28, 2008: UK rail passenger fare takings up over 11% to £7.37 billion in 2007

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

February 26, 2008: Franchising is the problem – time to take FGW back, says RMT

February 26, 2008: RMT Parliamentary Group says public control of FGW is the only solution

February 26, 2008: First Great Western Franchise: Written statement to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Transport, Ruth Kelly

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

February 21, 2008: Freight specialist Stobart in luxury trains link-up

February 16, 2008: Go-Ahead shares slump after profit warning

February 16, 2008: Go-Ahead’s profits are transport’s loss, says RMT

February 14, 2008: Taken for a Ride

February 02, 2008: UK rail stations redevelopment

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

January 21, 2008: Deutsche Bahn to acquire UK's Laing Rail for up to 170 million euros

January 20, 2008: Railways will run every day of year

January 16, 2008: Second FGW train fare strike planned for 28 Jan

January 09, 2008: Regulator to probe west coast rail upgrade

January 08, 2008: End fragmentation, says RMT as MPs debate rail chaos

January 06, 2008: Railway bosses get million pound pay package

January 06, 2008: Bring back British Rail, all is forgiven

January 06, 2008: Network Rail members call for shake-up

January 04, 2008: Showcase ERTMS train project ‘too complex’

January 03, 2008: Railways to sack private engineers

January 03, 2008: Network Rail grovels and promises to end West Coast main line delays

January 03, 2008: Off the rails

January 03, 2008: Rail fiasco underlines need to end fragmentation, says RMT

January 01, 2008: Passengers fight back over rail fare rises

December 31, 2007: Passenger fury as rail fares rise by up to 15 per cent despite delays, overcrowding and poor service

December 17, 2007: Arriva reports substantial franchise bid costs

December 11, 2007: New East Coast franchise will squeeze passengers, warns RMT

December 04, 2007: Rail franchise system is milking the hapless traveller for tax

November 16, 2007: Network Rail may cut investment if recession hits UK

November 11, 2007: Let Network Rail Run Passenger Services, says RMT

October 05, 2007: 'Rail firms exploit tax loophole'

October 04, 2007: EU takes us back to the age of rail privateers

September 21, 2007: Tories show true colours with anti-rail manifesto

September 04, 2007: Wrexham to London rail link gets green light

September 03, 2007: Train firms seek new agreement to finance expansion

September 03, 2007: Free pensioners double passengers on rural rail line this summer

August 29, 2007: Plans to make passengers pay bigger share of rail costs may break law

August 19, 2007: The dignity of trains is in looking like themselves, not ice-cream vans

July 30, 2007: Europe's railways - A high-speed revolution

July 26, 2007: Huge National Express profits ‘a slap in the face’, says RMT

July 25, 2007: Fare games

July 25, 2007: UK passengers to bear brunt of rail cost

July 24, 2007: Rail passengers unable to absorb operators' endless fare hikes

July 24, 2007: End rail franchising and stop the squeeze on passengers, says RMT

July 23, 2007: 1,300 extra carriages to ease rail crowding

July 23, 2007: Rail watchdog calls for review of fare rises

July 22, 2007: Railway's over-priced fares revealed

July 22, 2007: Bowker takes continental bus route to expansion after National Express group lose UK trains

July 11, 2007: Train company cut carriages despite record of crowding

July 11, 2007: National Express fails to win key franchise

June 29, 2007: Rail fares set to rise several times above inflation rate

June 27, 2007: East London Line privatisation raises serious concerns, says rail-safety expert

June 19, 2007: London to Midlands in 45mins on a double-deck express train

June 06, 2007: Train operators submit bids for UK East Coast rail franchise

May 15, 2007: FirstGroup's Cross Country franchise bid hits buffers

May 14, 2007: RMT wins freedom of information battle over rail franchises

May 09, 2007: South West rail plans for more passengers

May 07, 2007: Network Rail says broader remit would reduce fares

May 05, 2007: £58m Electrostar train order for Bombardier Derby plant

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

April 25, 2007: An Australian view of Britain's railways

April 24, 2007: Train operator passengers love to hate

April 23, 2007: Rail commuters ponder national fare strike

April 21, 2007: MP's campaign silences train horns at night

April 19, 2007: Unions call for railways to be returned to public control

April 12, 2007: RMT welcomes call for re-integration of rail in Scotland

April 12, 2007: Thursday Morning Stock Market Transport shares hit by rail nationalisation fears

April 12, 2007: Scotland may end private rail within four years

April 12, 2007: Secret talks open way to nationalise rail network

April 12, 2007: Privatisation and fragmentation will undermine safety of London Rail, says RMT

April 08, 2007: A £20bn ticket, but where to?

April 03, 2007: RMT welcomes improvement plans as ‘good start’

April 03, 2007: UK railways to get £2.4 billion upgrade

April 02, 2007: Few signs of community rail overhaul two years on

March 29, 2007: UK rail sector shows across the board growth in third quarter

March 26, 2007: Rail services '88% over capacity'

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 14, 2007: Price rises for cheap saver tickets likely under review of rail fares

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

March 11, 2007: New signalling system stuck in sidings

February 24, 2007: Management systems must come under investigation, says RMT

February 24, 2007: Keep privateer train operators’ hands off the tracks says RMT

February 20, 2007: Drop wasteful GNER franchising says RMT

February 20, 2007: Four shortlisted for East Coast rail franchise

February 16, 2007: Crowded trains ‘to leave 130,000 standing’

February 15, 2007: Train operators ‘talking rubbish’ on rail assaults, says RMT

February 15, 2007: Computerised training plan for UK train drivers

February 11, 2007: Shortlist for East Coast rail franchise meets delay

January 29, 2007: EU says rail passengers up 2.2 pct in 2005 vs 2004, freight stable

January 22, 2007: We are not going to stand for it

January 22, 2007: To hell with the coffee. Just make the train run

January 19, 2007: Commuters can't all sit down says rail minister

January 08, 2007: Virgin bids to run East Coast rail route

January 07, 2007: The runaway train of UK's privatised railway finances

December 04, 2006: RMT cleaners perform Cleaners’ Christmas Carol for scrooge rail bosses

December 01, 2006: How rail network suffered a breakdown

November 22, 2006: RMT calls for new north-south railway in public sector