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Northern set to introduce British Sign Language announcements on train services

Northern set to introduce British Sign Language announcements on train services

Northern is set to introduce British Sign Language (BSL) announcements across its services. What does this mean for deaf people?
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New partnership aims for rail network improvements in Greater Manchester

New partnership aims for rail network improvements in Greater Manchester

Amidst many discussions and developments in Greater Manchester’s transport system, a new partnership aims to bring integration to the rail network
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See it, say it, don’t bother sorting it: Even Ukraine has better trains than Britain

See it, say it, don’t bother sorting it: Even Ukraine has better trains than Britain

Credit is due to Ukrainian Rail for their prompt train timetable amid violent conflict, but questions must be asked as to how they’re outperforming their British counterpart
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Navigate the North by train

Navigate the North by train

Escape day to day life in Manchester with our recommendations for the best train travel in the North of England.
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Eurostart your holiday plans

Eurostart your holiday plans

The Mancunion offers a guide to travelling via the Eurostar, with destinations, journey times and how to maximise your time in Europe.
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Government to cut back on Manchester to Leeds rail line, as Leeds to Midlands HS2 scrapped

Government to cut back on Manchester to Leeds rail line, as Leeds to Midlands HS2 scrapped

The £98 billion HS2 project has been cut back, causing outrage from the North
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Northern Rail announces month of planned strikes

Northern Rail announces month of planned strikes

RMT strikers announce new set of dates that will last a month, affecting journeys to and from Manchester, leaving passengers “fed up”
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Delayed: your next train from Oxford Road

Delayed: your next train from Oxford Road

Manchester Oxford Road station has been voted the worst station in the U.K. for delays
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Millennial railcard good but not enough, say students

The “millennial railcard” revealed ahead of the 2017 Autumn Budget and will give 26-30 year olds a one-third discount on rail tickets as of Spring 2018
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Transport workers strike across Manchester

Industrial action has caused rail and bus delays across the North West this week
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‘Hover train’ cuts Manchester to Liverpool journey to seven minutes

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New North-West transport plans include ‘MagLev’ or ‘hover trains’ that can cut Manchester to Liverpool train times from an hour to just seven minutes
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Žižek, Ideology and the CrossCountry Train Network

The Everyday Analysis Collective apply some of Slavoj Žižek ideology theory to a national rail service
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National Fail

Privatisation works by opening up services to a free market, which drives down prices and leads to innovation and improvements in customer service. These improvements over a nationalised system are born out of competition between different providers. The telecoms industry is an excellent example of where privatisation has worked to effect improvements; numerous providers offer […]
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