Organisation: British Rail

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

columnists

Off the rails: train fares in Britain have trebled since privatisation

Demands for the privatisation of Irish rail services should be seen in the context of the privatisation of British Rail, between 1994 and 1997.

Train-overcrowding cause

news

Oldest map of Ireland on sale for €3m

business

Royal Mail to sell majority stake to fight competition

business

British government to sell majority stake in Royal Mail

Privatisation push will hurt us

German firm linked to sale of EWS

British freight rail operator EWS today looked set for German ownership after talks on a possible €370m sale were reported to be at an advanced stage.

Wed, 20 Jun, 2007

Eurostar strike vote result due

The result of a ballot for strikes among workers at train firm Eurostar will be announced later today.

Wed, 18 Aug, 2004

Human decency lost as greed takes over

THAMES TRAINS was hit with a €2m fine in London’s High Court during the week for “serious omissions” in driver training that led to the deaths of 40 commuters and serious injury to a further 250 individuals.

Sat, 10 Apr, 2004