| Snippets 192 - 01/07/2009 |
National Express to default on East Coast route: may cause loss of NXEA and c2c franchises |
| Snippets 191 - 18/06/2009 |
ATOC lists March-Wisbech line as one of 14 suggested reopenings; rail performance up again |
| Snippets 190 - 15/05/2009 |
Businessmen suggest Cambridge-Norwich high-speed link; Mid-Norfolk gets major contract from Network Rail |
| Snippets 189 - 09/04/2009 |
Network Rail's ambitious schemes for East Anglia; new rolling stock confirmed for NXEA services. |
| Snippets 188 - 18/03/2009 |
Station relocations made more difficult as DfT backs down. |
| Snippets 187 - 16/02/2009 |
EERA recommends £19.8m funding allocation for Chesterton Station |
| Snippets 186 - 21/01/2009 |
Atkins awarded GRIP4 design contract for East West Rail link; Guided busway opening delayed for six months |
| Snippets 185 - 21/12/2008 |
NXEA restaurant cars gain short reprieve; first part of East West Rail Link opens |
| Snippets 184 - 08/12/2008 |
East West Rail Link alternative routes for eastern end suggested by SDG; guided busway in "financial crisis"? |
| Snippets 183 - 23/11/2008 |
National Express East Anglia to close Norwich call Centre and end restaurant cars; 2009 fares increases announced |
| Snippets 182 - 16/11/2008 |
Manningtree Car Park extension starts; Cambridgeshire Lib Dems call for EWRL as part of 30-year franchise |
| Snippets 181 - 26/10/2008 |
Cambridge-Norwich service patronage continues to rise; Tank trains return to MNR |
| Snippets 180 - 07/10/2008 |
Sheringham level crossing project plan on target; Cambridgeshire guided buses to run on bio-fuel |
| Snippets 179 - 14/09/2008 |
Network Rail judges Beccles Loop good value; East West Rail Link helped by Chiltern proposal |
| Snippets 178 - 26/08/2008 |
ESTA produces passenger questionnaire about location of Lowestoft station |
| Snippets 177 - 04/08/2008 |
Consent given for doubling of Felixstowe branch for increased container traffic; Cambridge platform extension |
| Snippets 176 - 21/07/2008 |
Additional trains between Norwich and Lowestoft for annual air show |
| Snippets 175 - 28/06/2008 |
Renovation completed at Needham Market station; MNR works train reaches Hoe |
| Snippets 174 - 29/05/2008 |
Cracks found in brand new guided busway; Network Rail's MPVs to be maintained at MNR's Dereham base |
| Snippets 173 - 30/04/2008 |
Two sidings beside Norwich station are electrified; Ely-Norwich renewals prioritised ahead of Bittern Line |
| Snippets 172 - 01/04/2008 |
NXEA completes class 156 interior refurbishment |
| Snippets 171 - 01/03/2008 |
'one' is rebranded as National Express East Anglia as it exceeds 90% punctuality |
| Snippets 161 - 13/01/2007 |
First Capital Connect holds stakeholder meeting to discuss overcrowding; East Coast InterCity franchise up for grabs |
| Snippets 160 - 30/11/2006 |
TOCs announce fare increases from January 2007; First stretches of St. Ives line track lifted |
| Snippets 159 - 28/10/2006 |
DfT announces qualifying bidders for Cross Country and East Midlands franchises; Passenger Focus criticises car park charges |
| Snippets 158 - 16/09/2006 |
GNER overcomes obsolete rule to improve train performance; Brandon is 'Most Improved Station' |
| Snippets 157 - 01/09/2006 |
'one' launch Cambridge-London 'print@home' APEX tickets; Wisbech-March Bramley Line receive draft lease from Network Rail to study |
| Snippets 156 - 18/08/2006 |
GB station usage figures for 2004/05 published; half of Sudbury branch relaid for £5.5m |
| Snippets 155 - 22/07/2006 |
Protests over FCC peak-time restrictions; £92.5m government funding for Cambridgehsire guided busway |
| Snippets 153 - 02/03/2006 |
Office of Rail Regulation minded to award Grand Central track access agreement; EastWest gets closer with Bletchley Flyover use |
| Snippets 152 - 09/02/2006 |
First Capital Connect to take over from WAGN; Funding agreed for St.Pancras Thameslink Station |
| Snippets 151 - 09/11/2005 |
Railfuture site-visit to Potter Group at Ely; MNR's Kimberley Park station finally reopens |
| Snippets 150 - 19/09/2005 |
Busway inquiry report submitted but kept secret; Competition commission to look at NX bid for Thameslink/Great Northern franchise |
| Snippets 149 - 13/07/2005 |
Premium paymetns are top priority in Thameslink/Great Northern bidders franchise; Bittern Line passenger numbers reach 585,000 |
| Snippets 148 - 12/05/2005 |
TOCs oppose Grand Central services to London; 'one' rejigs summer timetables to cure overcrowding |
| Snippets 147 - 04/04/2005 |
GNER pays £130m a year for new frnahcise; shortlist of five for Great Northern/Thameslink franchise |
| Snippets 146 - 05/02/2005 |
Timetable changes cause problems so 'one' makes changes; Government alledgely wants £100m a year from ECML operator |
| Snippets 145 - 31/12/2004 |
Forty people hear Lord Berkeley speak at Railfuture meeting; New rival to Crossrail threatens to delay link for years |
| Snippets 144 - 25/11/2004 |
CrossRail included in Queen's Speech; Rail Freight Group reiterates its opposition to guided busway |
| Snippets 143 - 25/10/2004 |
Government announces that Central Trains franchise will disappear; Waterbeach station car park extension finally starts after three-year wait |
| Snippets 142 - 11/10/2004 |
Cambridge-Norwich service tops million passengers in two years; Public Inquiry opens for Cambridgeshire Guided Busway |
| Snippets 141 - 23/09/2004 |
Manningtree, Clacton, Walton-on-the-Naze users concerned about December 2004 timetable; National Express cleared to run 'one' franchise |
| Snippets 140 - 15/09/2004 |
East Suffolk Community Rail Partnership; Televisions to beinstalled on trains |
| Snippets 139 - 03/08/2004 |
White Paper on Reorganising Railways; Cambridgeshire Guided Busway pre-inquiry meeting |
| Snippets 138 - 02/07/2004 |
Cambrdgeshire Guided Busway statements of case submitted; list of busiest stations in East Anglia |
| Snippets 137 - 29/05/2004 |
Office of Fair Trading refers GAf winner to Competition Commission; March Whitemoor Yard opening day a "great success" |
| Snippets 136 - 19/05/2004 |
National Express admits that 'one' name causes confusion; SRA announce four pre-qualifying bids for ECML InterCity franchise |
| Snippets 135 - 01/05/2004 |
National Express commences Greater Anglia franchise - branded as "one"; Objections to the Guided Busway believed to total 2729 |
| Snippets 134 - 24/05/2004 |
National Express anounces management line-up for Greater Anglia franchise; Office of Fair Trading consults on National Express takeover |
| Snippets 133 - 06/03/2004 |
Cambridgeshire guided busway TWA order application submitted; GB Railfreight is preferred bidder to run Network Rail's Whitemoor depot |
| Snippets 132 - 14/02/2004 |
National Express appoint Tim Clarke as MD of Greater Anglia Franchise; CAST.IRON reveals funding gap for the guided bus |
| Snippets 131 - 04/02/2004 |
National Express signs contract with SRA for Greater [East] Anglia franchise; SRA invites bids for East Coast franchise |
| Snippets 130 - 23/01/2004 |
Bittern line passengers up 20% helped by new late night services; East-West rail plan turns to ODPM for cash |
| Snippets 129 - 16/01/2004 |
CAST.IRON applies for permission to clear vegetation from 1 mile of line; Haverhill study underway |
| Snippets 128 - 22/12/2003 |
National Express preferred bidder for Greater Anglia franchise; provisional funding for guided busway |
| Snippets 127 - 11/12/2003 |
CAST.IRON announces costed scheme for rail reopening; Go-ahead for Alconbury freight centre |
| Snippets 126 - 30/10/2003 |
CAST.IRON commences series of public meetings; Bittern Line huge increase in passegners |
| Snippets 125 - 10/10/2003 |
Central Trains gets two-year franchise extension; Whitemoor Yard reopening set to be approved |
| Snippets 124 - 01/10/2003 |
Cambridge-Norwich service gets 500,000th passenger; SRA announces series of station upgrades |
| Snippets 123 - 17/09/2003 |
Cambs County Council delays busway scheme; Central rebrands services as Central City Link |
| Snippets 122 - 14/08/2003 |
First Group takeover of GB Railways becomes 'unconditional'; Anglia rebrands 'Breathers' as 'Short Breaks' |
| Snippets 121 - 29/07/2003 |
CAST.IRON project founded to return trains to the Cambridge-St.Ives railway line |
| Snippets 120 - 16/07/2003 |
First Group buys GB Railways PLC; Ipswich tunnel closure dates and replacement services announced |
| Snippets 119 - 02/07/2003 |
Cambs County Council start guided busway public consultation; FGE reported to be abendoning legal challenge to Greater Anglia franchise |
| Snippets 118 - 12/06/2003 |
No truth in rural line closures story; GB Railfreight's plans for the future - speech by director at branch meeting |
| Snippets 117 - 05/06/2003 |
SRA "rules out" East West Rail Link east of Bedford; Cambridge City Council's LTP consultation |
| Snippets 116 - 22/05/2003 |
Mid-Norfolk Railway's first works train to North Elmham; Berney Arms' innovative new waiting shelter |
| Snippets 115 - 12/05/2003 |
FGE passenger poll backs their reinstatement in franchise bidding; Whitemoor Yard proposal opposed bysome local residents |
| Snippets 114 - 01/05/2003 |
SRA stakeholder consultation on Greater [East] Anglia franchise; Cambs County Council LTP consultation |
| Snippets 113 - 16/04/2003 |
Whitemoor Yard reopening public exhibition; New late night trains on Bittern line |
| Snippets 112 - 04/04/2003 |
SRA removes First Group from Greater [East] Anglia franchise bid; Anglia Plus now accepted on WAGN trains |
| Snippets 111 - 28/03/2003 |
Railfuture 'National Railcard' campaign launched; New station on GE mainline proposed for Great Blakenham |
| Snippets 110 - 05/03/2003 |
Cambridge-Norwich service now has 1,200 passengers per day; New station proposed on 'Gainsborough' line |
| Snippets 109 - 24/02/2003 |
Bury St Edmunds station consultation; East West Rail Link freight possibilities |
| Snippets 108 - 13/02/2003 |
WAGN to tempt commuters onto WA line instead of GN; Chesterton Interchange station cost £18m |
| Snippets 107 - 31/01/2003 |
LibDem petition for Soham station reopening; trains beat weather chaos; Anglia complete fitting TPWS |
| Snippets 106 - 14/12/2002 |
Thetford station inaccessibiilty protest; MoD trains return to Parkeston Quay |
| Snippets 105 - 02/12/2002 |
Norwich station 'highly regarded'; WAGN fits automatic sandersa to class 317 trains |
| Snippets 104 - 14/11/2002 |
Cambridge station area plans on show to public; Potters Bar bridge replaced during possession |
| Snippets 103 - 04/11/2002 |
'Wherry Lines' record highest ever passenger volumes; public told to accept guided bus by council |
| Snippets 102 - 07/10/2002 |
Successful launch for Cambridge-Norwich service; Alconbury airport exhibition |
| Snippets 101 - 30/09/2002 |
Freightliner withdraws offer for GB Railways; Pre-launch service for Cambridge-Norwich |
| Snippets 100 - 21/09/2002 |
Cambridge station area £250m redevelopment proposed; Lib-Dems call for St.Neots EWRL |
| Snippets 099 - 02/09/2002 |
GB Railways AGM; Possibvle new rail link for Stansted Airport |
| Snippets 098 - 23/08/2002 |
March-Wisbech line threatened by guided busway proposal; Anglia trial
class 90 locomotives on London-Norwich route |
| Snippets 097 - 25/07/2002 |
Cambs County Council finishes six-month guided busway study;
GB Railways share price rises on takeover rumour |
| Snippets 096 - 05/07/2002 |
National Express launch Greater Anglia roadshows; Anglia publishes
timetable for new Cambridge-Norwich service |
| Snippets 095 - 01/07/2002 |
Anglia CrossLink service axed; Mid-Norfolk Railway to be used for
training by Balfour Beatty and Anglia Railways |
| Snippets 094 - 24/06/2002 |
Anglia Railways tops SRA's TOC performance league; London Crossrail
construction begins |
| Snippets 093 - 05/06/2002 |
SRA aanounced 9 bidders for new franchise; multi-modal study
exhibitions |
| Snippets 092 - 17/05/2002 |
Potters Bar accident; Suffolk County Council issues Rail
Passenger Strategy |
| Snippets 091 - 06/05/2002 |
East West Rail Link consortium optimistic; RPC criticise Cambridge and
Huntingdon stations |
| Snippets 090 - 15/04/2002 |
Wisbech reopening feasibility study; Anglia to refurbish trains |
| Snippets 089 - 03/04/2002 |
Anglia wins customer service award; Anglia publishes integrated
transport guide from all stations |
| Snippets 088 - 25/03/2002 |
East West Rail Link update; Anglia/GB Railways canvases public views on
Greater [East] Anglia franchise |
| Snippets 087 - 18/03/2002 |
superCAM criticised by transport experts; Wisbech branch officially
closed to rail traffic |
| Snippets 086 - 04/03/2002 |
Network Railcard to have £10 minimum weekday fare; Anglia Railways'
web-site for cyclists |
| Snippets 085 - 21/02/2002 |
superCAM exhibitions; WAGN bus links; FGE television adverts |
| Snippets 084 - 16/02/2002 |
Councillor criticises "Boot out the [guided] bus" campaign; Norfolk
Orbital Railway |
| Snippets 083 - 06/02/2002 |
Anglia's new Turbostars announced; GB Railfreigfht picks up
new contract from Felixstowe |
| Snippets 082 - 18/01/2002 |
SRA Strategic Plan; Anglia bids for even more regional
services; GNER franchise extension agreed |
| Snippets 081 - 07/01/2002 |
Hunts Post says "Boot out the Bus"; North Norfolk
Railway to move Stalham station building to Holt |
| Snippets 080 - 20/12/2001 |
SRA proposes "Greater Anglia" franchise; WAGN
fined for poor performance |
| Snippets 079 - 09/12/2001 |
RPC Eastern England Meeting; WAGN improves station
cleanliness, security and revenue protection |
| Snippets 078 - 29/11/2001 |
Rail meetings (Railfuture branch meeting, PNRU, FLUA AGM);
Sheringham level crossing £4.25m cost |
| Snippets 077 - 12/11/2001 |
Anglia Plus ticket extended; ESTA survey results; MNR
bearer bond issue |
| Snippets 076 - 26/10/2001 |
Steering group to study Soham reopening; Central Trains
abolish advance purchase cheap tickets |
| Snippets 075 - 16/10/2001 |
Anglia Railways to serve Attleborough; Bittern line goes
from strength to strength |
| Snippets 074 - 09/10/2001 |
Cambs County's CHUMMS backing to be scrutanised;
Norwich-Yarmouth study; Rail users conference |
| Snippets 073 - 03/10/2001 |
STEER's public meeting on CHUMMS in Cambridge; Ipswich
multi-storey car park completed |
| Snippets 072 - 22/09/2001 |
Rail Freight Group attacks CHUMMS recommendation; WAGN
relaunch web-site |
| Snippets 071 - 11/09/2001 |
Official responses to CHUMMS criticise guided busway; SRA
funds Waterbeach car park extension |
| Snippets 070 - 03/09/2001 |
RPC criticises train operator performance; GB Railways PLC
annual general meeting |
| Snippets 069 - 23/08/2001 |
CHUMMS full report is published; East West Consortium
upbeat following SRA refusal on funding |
| Snippets 068 - 09/08/2001 |
SRA refuses funding for East West link phase 1;
improvements for disabled travellers |
| Snippets 067 - 03/08/2001 |
Passenger compensation; Railtrack online timetable; North
Norfolk Railway awarded lottery grant |
| Snippets 066 - 28/07/2001 |
CHUMMS busway groups join up, meetings, letters and
Railtrack AGM; RPC meeting in Cambridge |
| Snippets 065 - 16/07/2001 |
Summer rail services; RPC meeting in Cambridge; WAGN's new
"Tracking" brochure for commuters |
| Snippets 064 - 07/07/2001 |
Nancy guided bus fiasco; Anglia £7.50 flat fare for
seniors; Anglia launch online ticket purchasing; |
| Snippets 063 - 27/06/2001 |
CHUMMS preferred plan is to build guided busway on St.Ives
line; LOIS newsletter 2 |
| Snippets 062 - 16/06/2001 |
GB Railways gets compensation from Railtrack; NNR appeal
day; MNR secures North Elmham |
| Snippets 061 - 01/06/2001 |
Local and General Election special edition |
| Snippets 060 - 26/05/2001 |
Railfuture AGM; North Norfolk station publicity; Proposed
tram system in King's Lynn |
| Snippets 059 - 14/05/2001 |
Anglia win European rail awarded; March station remodelling; last train
to Wisbech |
| Snippets 058 - 02/05/2001 |
Anglia awarded £9.2m for Cambridge to Norwich service; RDS response to
CHUMMS |
| Snippets 057 - 28/04/2001 |
RDS EGM; CHUMMS public consultation results; Anglia returns to normal
timetable |
| Snippets 056 - 19/04/2001 |
Anglia offers free rail travel; NNR risks losing Sheringham station |
| Snippets 055 - 04/04/2001 |
Anglia award £1m for more frequent trains; Norfolk County Council's
draft rail strategy |
| Snippets 054 - 29/03/2001 |
East-West Rail select Skansa; Film crew to visit NNR |
| Snippets 053 - 21/03/2001 |
March-Wisbech line; Cambridge-Sudbury line; Braintree-Stansted link |
| Snippets 052 - 15/03/2001 |
Cambridge Guided Busway; Anglia Railway's spring-clean; Preserved
railways share issues |
| Snippets 051 - 05/03/2001 |
Wisbech line; Cambridge Guided Busway |
| Snippets 050 - 21/02/2001 |
Wisbech line; Bittern line; Norfolk Orbital Railway study; MNR
passengers on network |
| Snippets 049 - 12/02/2001 |
Cambs Structure Plan; WAGN franchise extended; BBC Panorama |
| Snippets 048 - 08/02/2001 |
CHUMMS; WAGN fares cut; EastWest Link tender; NNR-Railtrack connection |
| Snippets 047 - 06/09/2000 |
Norwich light rail scheme; Peter announces that he will stop editing Snippets |
| Snippets 046 - 14/07/2000 |
Questions raised by RDS at the Railtrack AGM, and RDS press release issued afterwards |
| Snippets 045 - 06/07/2000 |
Bittern line resignalling; disabled access at March station; A47 MMS consultants pointed |
| Snippets 044 - 26/06/2000 |
CHUMMS will look at St.Ives to Huntingdon rail link |
| Snippets 043 - 19/06/2000 |
Cambridge to St.Ives line public meeting; Prism ask to give up WAGN franchise early |
| Snippets 042 - 12/06/2000 |
Wherry Lines partnership launched. Railfuture joins Norwich Airport Transport Forum |
| Snippets 040 - 19/05/2000 |
Press Launch of Anglia Railways' New London Crosslink Service; Rail freight at Great Yarmouth |
| Snippets 039 - 09/05/2000 |
Norwich-Sheringham resignalling final phase begins |
| Snippets 038 - 02/05/2000 |
WAGN's peak-time cycles on train ban begins |
| Snippets 037 - 24/04/2000 |
sSRA pre-qualifies two bidders for Central Trains replacement franchise |
| Snippets 036 - 18/04/2000 |
Colchester Borough Council's feasibility study for Stansted eastern rail link |
| Snippets 035 - 16/04/2000 |
Freight on March-Wisbech line may close, according to "informed source"; visit Blickling hall by public transport |
| Snippets 034 - 27/03/2000 |
Stowmarket residents against level crossing closures; Mid-Norfolk Railway's military traffic at Dereham |
| Snippets 033 - 21/03/2000 |
Ipswich-Felixstowe passenger numbers increase; Railfuture present case for St.Ives line reopening to Cambridge councillors |
| Snippets 032 - 14/03/2000 |
Sheringham re-signalling due to be commissioned; Railfuture prepares for repeat presention to Cambridge councillors |
| Snippets 031 - 06/03/2000 |
Railfuture representatives meet transport minister |
| Snippets 030 - 2?/02/2000 |
Anglia Railways were named runner-up in the Train Operator of the Year |
| Snippets 029 - ??/02/2000 |
Railfuture-led Stansted Airport eastern rail link working party held at Chelmsford |
| Snippets 024 - 23/01/2000 |
Anglia Railways to receive third successive Charter Mark for excellence in customer service. |
| Snippets 019 - 23/11/1999 |
Anglia commended for new rolling stock; Cambridge-Sudbury line
reopening petition; Freight crisis |
| Snippets 017 - 14/11/1999 |
Essex Local Transport Plan published |
| Snippets 016 - 07/11/1999 |
BBC rail week; WAGN boss in TV documentary; Luton-Dunstable line |
| Snippets 013 - 06/10/1999 |
Longest fertiliser freight train to date leaves Great Yarmouth |
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