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Eurostar fleet gets a 'Ferrari' makeover

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Tory challenge on the economy

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Fares up and rail delays for return to work

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Commuters to face 11 per cent New Year rail fare rise

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Chunnel blaze repairs will take until February

15.10.08
The fire-damaged Channel Tunnel will not be fully operational again until at least February - with the repair already escalating towards the £500million mark... more

Rule change 'abolishes' overcrowding on trains

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Government officials have abolished train overcrowding by changing the definition of what constitutes overcrowding... more

£17m blaze toll on Eurotunnel

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Transport: The shutdown of the Channel Tunnel during September due to a fire on a vehicle shuttle train has cost Eurotunnel £17 million in lost revenues... more

Eurostar 'reduced' until after Christmas

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Eurostar services through the Channel Tunnel will not return to normal until after Christmas, senior sources said... more

Eurostar trains stuck in tunnel for an hour

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BA charge £600 for Paris flight

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Channel Tunnel fire is second serious blaze

12.09.08
The Channel Tunnel fire brings back unwelcome memories of the serious blaze in the tunnel in November 1996... more

Eurotunnel says blaze cost small

12.09.08
Eurotunnel chairman and chief executive Jacques Gounon said the financial effects of the fire in the Channel Tunnel on the company that operates it would be limited... more

Tunnel ablaze for 17 hours as travel plans of 15,000 wrecked

11.09.08
Almost a half-mile stretch of the Channel Tunnel has been severely damaged by a fire which raged for 17 hours ... more

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RMT in new rail strike vote

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Train fares rocket by 10%

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London commuters face train fare rises of up to 10 per cent because of an increase in inflation, it was confirmed... more

A few arguments still to come over project's £16 billion costs

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Kelly to fast-track Crossrail Bill

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