• Rail services in the West of England refer to passenger rail journeys made in the Bristol commuter area. 17 million passenger rail journeys were made in...
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    The West of England line (also known as the West of England Main Line) is a British railway line from Basingstoke, Hampshire, to Exeter St Davids in Devon...
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    and services to Bedford to run by 2030. The line was initially promoted (as the East West Rail Link) by the East-West Rail Consortium, a consortium of local...
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    generation of tram and light rail networks operating in cities and regions such as Manchester, Nottingham, Sheffield, London, and the West Midlands. The Docklands...
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    MetroWest, formerly known as the Greater Bristol Metro, is a project to improve the rail services in Bristol, England, and the surrounding region. It...
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    Direct Rail Services (DRS) is a rail freight company in Great Britain, and is one of the publicly owned railway companies in the United Kingdom. DRS was...
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    Newquay. These services use the West Coast Main Line from Edinburgh to Glasgow Central. ScotRail operates services on sections of the West Coast Main Line...
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    East-West Rail (also referred to as West-East Rail) is a proposed intercity passenger rail project that would provide new service between Boston and western...
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    Cross Country Route (category Railway lines in South West England)
    (150 km/h). CrossCountry Rail services in the West of England Tees–Exe line Transport in Wales Virgin CrossCountry Briefly amalgamated as the Birmingham and Bristol...
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    of rapid expansion. Most of the track is managed by Network Rail, which in 2017 had a network of 9,824 miles (15,811 km) of standard-gauge lines, of which...
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    sector of British Rail tendered an order for new EMUs, both to replace older electric units around Birmingham and Manchester, and to work services on the newly...
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    express services would have been moved out from. However, in 2021, the Johnson government significantly curtailed the scheme in the Integrated Rail Plan...
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    closed in 1981 as part of the New Deal reforms to Victoria's country rail services. Services to Mildura, which ran via Ballarat, ended in 1993. In 1994...
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    ownership by the Welsh Government in 2021. Rail services are generally managed by the Welsh Government whilst rail infrastructure is generally the responsibility...
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    east–west high-speed services between cities in the North of England are also in development, as part of the Northern Powerhouse Rail project. In addition...
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    passenger mainline services wholly within Wales, services along the England–Wales border, and some into England. During May 2018, the Wales & Borders franchise...
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  • suburban rail plays a key role in public transport in many of the major cities of the United Kingdom. Urban rail refers to the train service between city...
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    introduction of new rail services and the reopening of Chandler's Ford station in Hampshire. From May 2004, a smoking ban on all SWT services was introduced;...
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    Transport in the United Kingdom is facilitated by road, rail, air and water networks. Some aspects of transport are a devolved matter, with each of the countries...
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    from Class 158 to Class 159 in two batches to operate express services from London Waterloo to the West of England. The Class 158 was constructed between...
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    Rail transport in England is the oldest in the world: passenger railways originated in England in 1825. Much of Britain's 10,000 miles (16,000 km) of...
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    some services serving Birmingham New Street. TransPennine Express, Lumo, CrossCountry, Caledonian Sleeper and ScotRail also operate services to England. Domestic...
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    Plans for high-speed rail in the United States date back to the High-Speed Ground Transportation Act of 1965. Various state and federal proposals have...
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    Ashley Down railway station (category 2024 establishments in England)
    station is a railway station in Bristol, serving the Ashley Down area. It opened on 28 September 2024. The West of England Combined Authority planned to...
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    for West Midlands (TfWM) is the public body responsible for co-ordinating transport services in the West Midlands metropolitan county in England. It is...
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    South West England, or the South West of England, is one of the nine official regions of England in the United Kingdom. It consists of the counties of Cornwall...
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    Passenger rail franchising in Great Britain is the system of contracting the operation of the passenger services on the railways of Great Britain to private...
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    Motorail was the brand name for British Rail's long-distance services that carried passengers and their cars. During its latter years of operation, it...
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    Wales & Borders franchise (category Railway franchises in the United Kingdom)
    operator, Transport for Wales Rail. The franchise covers the majority of rail services in Wales, with some services in the bordering English regions and...
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    operated passenger services in the TransPennine Express franchise area since May 2023. It runs regional and inter-city rail services between the major cities...
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