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  2. Rail subsidies - Wikipedia

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    In 2015, total domestic rail spending by China was $128 billion and was likely to remain at a similar rate for the rest of the country's next Five Year Period (2016-2020). [17] A planned 8,000 kilometres (about 5,000 miles) of track will be added domestically, with a goal of better connecting existing domestic track with other foreign railway ...

  3. Transpennine Route Upgrade - Wikipedia

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    After decades of underfunding, the rail network in the North is not fit for purpose. It is largely twin-track Victorian infrastructure trying to cope with the demands of a 21st Century economy." The leaders of the upgrade held a round table conference November 2022 discussing progress and strategy for keeping disruption to a minimum. [98]

  4. Network Rail - Wikipedia

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    Network Rail Ltd. was created with the express purpose of taking over Britain's railway infrastructure control; this was achieved via its purchase of Railtrack plc from Railtrack Group plc for £500 million; Railtrack plc was then renamed and reconstituted as Network Rail Infrastructure Limited. [33] The transaction was completed on 3 October 2002.

  5. Honkai: Star Rail - Wikipedia

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    Honkai: Star Rail (HSR) [a] is a free-to-play role-playing gacha video game developed and published by miHoYo (with publishing outside mainland China under Cognosphere, d/b/a HoYoverse). It is the fourth installment in the Honkai series, utilizing some characters from Honkai Impact 3rd and some gameplay elements from Genshin Impact .

  6. Office of Rail and Road - Wikipedia

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    ORR holds Network Rail to account through the network licence which includes conditions relating to its management of the railway network, information provision and safety obligations. ORR is also responsible for setting Network Rail's outputs and funding requirement for each Control Period, including the access charges paid by train and ...

  7. Western Rail Approach to Heathrow - Wikipedia

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    In January 2017, Network Rail's estimate was 2024. [1] [6] Slough Borough Council has cited 'parliamentary activity' as the reason for the delay but not offered further explanation. [7] In May 2018, it was reported that Network Rail intended to apply for a Development Consent Order (DCO) in 2019, and the construction would be privately financed ...

  8. Passenger rail franchising in Great Britain - Wikipedia

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    These long-term plans were disrupted in 2001/2 by the impact of the Hatfield rail crash, which led to the nationalisation of Railtrack, the owner of the railway infrastructure, to create Network Rail. [4] On 1 February 2001, the position of Franchising Director was abolished by the Transport Act 2000 and the passenger rail franchising functions ...

  9. Financing of the rail industry in Great Britain - Wikipedia

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    The majority of the expenditure (£12.1 billion) is spent by train operating companies on leasing/maintaining trains, paying staff, and purchasing fuel. Network Rail spends the other £6.6 billion on maintaining and upgrading track, stations, tunnels, signals and bridges. [2]