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NewsMore freight to run on High Speed 1
UK: DB Schenker Rail (UK) introduced additional freight services on High Speed 1 from January 13, carrying automotive components and refrigerated containers of perishable foodstuffs from Spain to London via the Channel Tunnel. DB Schenker Rail (UK) has a track access contract with HS1 for an initial six months, and ...
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NewsNetwork Rail agrees new High Speed 1 management deal
UK: Network Rail's contract to manage and maintain the high speed line between London and the Channel Tunnel on behalf of infrastructure concessionaire HS1 Ltd has been revised and will now run until at least 2025. Announcing the new agreement on April 25, Network Rail said it would align 'incentives ...
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NewsFirst freight on High Speed 1
UK: Containers being moved from Hams Hall near Birmingham to Novara in Italy formed DB Schenker Rail's first loaded freight service over High Speed 1 during the early hours of May 27. DB Schenker is to undertake five loaded trials on the high speed line between London and the Channel ...
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NewsHS1 freight draws closer
UK: The trial of a Class 92 locomotive with fully operational TVM430 cab signalling on High Speed 1 has been ‘an outstanding success’, according to DB Schenker (UK) Ltd. The test run on March 25 from Dollands Moor to Singlewell marked a ‘significant milestone’ in the five-year programme to modify ...
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NewsHigh Speed 1 concession awarded to Canadian pension consortium
UK: A consortium of Borealis Infrastructure and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan has been selected for a 30-year concession to manage High Speed 1, Transport Secretary Philip Hammond announced on November 5. The deal will be completed by the end of November, and will see the consortium pay a total of ...
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NewsHigh Speed 1 goes on sale
UK: Transport Secretary Philip Hammond invited bids to buy HS1 Ltd on June 21. Currently a wholly -owned subsidiary of the state-owned London & Continental Railways Ltd, HS1 Ltd has a 30 year concession to manage the 109 km high speed line between London and the Channel Tunnel. The ...
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NewsGovernment takes control of London & Continental Railways
UK: The government has taken direct ownership of London & Continental Railways Ltd for a nominal price, Secretary of State for Transport Andrew Adonis announced on June 8, and LCR's financial subsidiaries have also been transferred to the government. This follows last month's clearance by the European Commission of state ...
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NewsFreight trains to use High Speed 1 from 2010
UK: DB Schenker Rail (UK) announced on April 16 that it had signed an agreement with HS1 Ltd to develop TVM software modifications enabling Class 92 electric locomotives to operate on High Speed 1, the high speed line from the Channel Tunnel to London. Infrastructure owner HS1 Ltd and ...
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