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12, Dec, 2019 @6:25 PM
Market debut for world’s biggest polluter must be a rallying cry for climate action
Aramco’s flotation may have been scaled down, but it shows that capitalism and carbon still go hand in glove
08, Dec, 2019 @9:00 AM
Tilting tech and talking toilets: the good and bad of Virgin Trains
Virgin Trains reaches the end of the line on Saturday. How will it be remembered?
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent
06, Dec, 2019 @3:57 PM
West coast train services to be rebranded with Avanti logo
Virgin Trains’ new operators to rename service ‘ready and fit for the future’ Avanti
Gwyn Topham
27, Nov, 2019 @7:30 PM
All aboard: bosses keep roles as Virgin hands over to First Group
All senior managers retain roles as London to Glasgow West Coast service changes hands
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent
26, Nov, 2019 @5:32 PM
Virgin West Coast’s ‘return’ ticket turned into a single issue
Our train was delayed but the train company would only refund the outward journey, not the whole return trip
Rebecca Smithers
11, Nov, 2019 @7:01 AM
FirstGroup consortium to replace Virgin on west coast mainline
London-Glasgow intercity rail services will be joint venture with Trenitalia from December
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent
14, Aug, 2019 @7:18 AM
UK railways in chaos as searing heat sparks fear of derailed trains
Operators impose speed limits and axe services amid concern over buckled rails
Rob Davies and Gwyn Topham
25, Jul, 2019 @4:54 PM
Stagecoach gets back on the bus to a smaller future
When Brian Souter’s group reveals results this week, its prospects as a railway operator will be fading fast
Gwyn Topham
23, Jun, 2019 @6:00 AM
Virgin Trains takes government to court over West Coast route
Virgin, Stagecoach and SNCF allege DfT breached its duties in barring them from tendering
Mark Sweney
24, May, 2019 @11:06 AM
Why the House of Commons should stay in London and reject radical redesign | Letters
Letters: Parliament is not just the debating chamber, writes Dr David Lowry. A round chamber hardly stops fights, writes Robert Frazer, and what about Crewe, asks Consella Fahy
Letters
15, May, 2019 @4:50 PM
Arriva takes UK to court over East Midlands rail franchise
Claim by state-owned German operator pits two governments against each other
Julia Kollewe
12, May, 2019 @5:37 PM
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