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Rail sector responds to Labour general election win
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UK: Organisations from across the rail sector have responded to the outcome of the July 4 general election, which saw a landslide victory for the opposition Labour over the previous Conservative government.
Phosphate was supposed to be the outback’s next big economic opportunity, but one mining company says the cost of rail freight has brought its project to the end of the line.
According to The Man in Seat 61 train travel website: “Indonesian trains are cheap, comfortable and air-conditioned. They run on narrow-gauge 3′6″ (106-centimetre) tracks, but are fast and usually punctual”.
UK: Martijn Gilbert, head of FirstGroup’s Lumo and Hull Trains businesses, says the open access model is a proven success, and makes the case for further […]
