All UK articles – Page 2
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Network Rail
Network Rail owns and maintains the infrastructure and stations of Britain’s railways. It provides track access for passenger and freight operators, timetables their movements and operates the signalling. It is a company limited by guarantee, with members instead of shareholders; it is run on commercial lines but any operating surplus ...
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West Midlands Metro
Single light rail line opened 1999, with 28 stops. See Birmingham network map. Line 1 reused much of the former Great Western main line between the West Midland cities of Birmingham and Wolverhampton. An extension from Snow Hill to New St (1·4 km, 3-stops) opened between December 2015 and May ...
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Mendip Rail Ltd
Hauls of aggregates traffic from quarries in southern and western England. Mendip Rail was formed in 1993 by merger of the rail operations of Hanson ARC and Foster Yeoman; rolling stock is still owned separately. Operations are run in partnership with Freightliner. AddressMereheadEast Cranmore BA4 4RAUKPhone+44 1749 881202Fax+44 1749 880141 ...
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Translink (N Ireland)
Incorporated in 1967, and under the Transport Act (Northern Ireland) 1967, NI Railways is charged with providing, or securing the provision of, railway services in Northern Ireland. The management and operation of NI Railways is integrated with Belfast Metro bus and Ulsterbus under the name Translink. The cross-border Enterprise service ...
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Serco Group plc
Serco began operating the Caledonian Sleeper service on April 1 2015 under a 15-year franchise from Transport Scotland. Serco is also a joint venture partner with Abellio as operator of the Merseyrail franchise. AddressSerco House11 Bartley Wood Business ParkHook RG27 9XBUKPhone+44 1256 745900Fax+44 1256 744111Emailgeneralenquiries@serco.comWebsitewww.serco.com