tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/search/news-and-communications News and communications from Closed organisation: DfT OLR Holdings Limited (DOHL) 2024-12-04T00:00:00+00:00 HM Government tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/first-train-services-to-return-to-public-ownership-revealed 2024-12-04T00:00:00+00:00 First train services to return to public ownership revealed Services across England will return to public control, transforming our railways into a more reliable, affordable and accessible system. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/transpennine-express-to-be-brought-into-operator-of-last-resort 2023-05-11T07:15:00+01:00 Transpennine Express to be brought into operator of last resort Transport Secretary has announced he will not renew or extend Transpennine Express's contract. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/lser-issued-with-235-million-penalty-over-breach-of-contract 2022-03-17T07:04:11+00:00 LSER issued with £23.5 million penalty over breach of contract Penalty notice sends signal to rail operators that breaches of public trust will not be tolerated. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/government-takes-over-running-of-lser-services-in-response-to-over-25-million-breach-of-franchise-agreement 2021-09-28T07:00:00+01:00 Government takes over running of LSER services in response to over £25 million breach of franchise agreement Decision will have no impact on passengers or the frontline staff of LSER. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/northern-franchise-enters-new-future 2020-03-01T00:15:06+00:00 Northern franchise enters new future The government to rebuild passenger confidence as it takes over running services across the Northern rail network. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/government-decision-on-northern-rail 2020-01-29T14:16:00+00:00 Government decision on Northern Rail Northern passengers to see real and tangible improvements across the network as soon as possible. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/speeches/a-passenger-focused-railway 2020-01-29T13:49:26+00:00 A Passenger focused railway From 1 March 2020 the Northern Rail franchise will be taken into public ownership. All tickets, including season tickets, will still be still valid. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/new-trains-to-be-rolled-out-across-the-country-alongside-48-billion-investment-to-upgrade-tracks 2019-05-15T17:08:00+01:00 New trains to be rolled out across the country alongside £48 billion investment to upgrade tracks Trains will be greener with more comfortable seats, improved accessibility, free wifi, power sockets and air-conditioning. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/speeches/east-coast-rail-update 2018-05-16T13:30:00+01:00 East Coast rail update London North Eastern Railway to run East Coast Mainline services. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/lner-to-run-east-coast-mainline-services-from-london-to-yorkshire-the-north-east-and-scotland 2018-05-16T13:30:00+01:00 LNER to run East Coast Mainline services from London to Yorkshire, the North East and Scotland Train services will continue to run as normal. Your tickets are still valid, your journeys won’t be affected and you do not need to change your journey plans.