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  • Thursday, 11 May, 2023
    TransPennine Express stripped of contract after months of poor service

    UK train operator will move into government hands after one in six services were cancelled in March

    A TransPennine Express train at Leeds train station
  • Thursday, 27 October, 2022
    Rail
    North of England mayors urge ministers to fix intercity rail service

    Passenger complaints against Transpennine Express double in last quarter triggering calls for urgent intervention

    A TransPennine Express train at Leeds station
  • Monday, 5 September, 2022
    Rail
    Second UK train operator to cut services amid staff shortages

    Transpennine Express move will pile pressure on rail industry and north of country after summer of disruption

    A Transpennine Express train arrives in Liverpool Lime Street station from Newcastle
  • Tuesday, 7 January, 2020
    Rail
    South Western Railway under threat of renationalisation

    Accounts for UK’s second biggest commuter service raise questions over future

    A businessman leaves a South Western Railway passenger train, operated by Firstgroup Plc, in Guildford, U.K., on Monday, June 11, 2018. FirstGroup Plc, the unprofitable operator of British trains and Greyhound buses that rejected overtures from Apollo Global Management, remains open to bids and has started a broad review of its businesses after Chief Executive Officer Tim O’Toole resigned. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg
  • Sunday, 11 November, 2018
    FirstGroup PLC
    FirstGroup reaps £40m dividend from Great Western Railway

    UK rail punctuality at a 12-year low and cost of season tickets set to rise up to 3.2% in January

    Commuters alight from a Great Western Railway train, operated by FirstGroup Plc, after arriving at London Paddington railway station in London, U.K., on Monday, April 16, 2018. British train and bus operator FirstGroup Plc said it rejected an "opportunistic" takeover proposal that private-equity firm Apollo Management made as the company struggles with under-performing rail routes in the U.K. and competition from discount airlines in the U.S. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg
  • Wednesday, 29 August, 2018
    UK labour disputes
    Commuters on South Western Railway face fresh wave of strikes

    Train guards announce five days of action in long running dispute

    MFY3P6 Trains sit in the platform at Bournemouth Harbour Railway Station.
  • Wednesday, 9 December, 2015
    FT AlphavilleChris Nuttall
    FT Opening Quote – Ashtead, Petra in the pink
  • Thursday, 25 June, 2015
    Rail
    Network Rail upgrades shunted on to the sidings

    Government shakes up operator after costly management delays

    Network Rail
  • Sunday, 12 October, 2014
    Rail
    TransPennine Express struggles to seat rail passengers

    Shortage of diesel trains on overcrowded routes

    A Trans Pennine Express train, operated by FirstGroup Plc, leaves Huddersfield train station in Huddersfield, U.K., on Wednesday, May 30, 2012. FirstGroup Plc rose the most in more than three years after Britain's biggest train operator boosted full-year earnings 90 percent and said it would accelerate an asset disposal program in its bus division. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
  • Tuesday, 19 August, 2014
    European companies
    Train operators shortlisted for UK rail franchises
  • Thursday, 20 March, 2014
    Aerospace & Defence
    Hitachi relocation set to revive UK rail industry, says official
    A "Javelin" train operated by the Go-Ahead Group Plc., and built by Hitachi Ltd travels between Ashford and St Pancras International station, near Ashford, U.K., on Wednesday, July 1, 2009. Britain's first "bullet trains" enter service in London today, bringing high-speed travel to the world's oldest rail network. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg News
  • Sunday, 17 November, 2013
    UK devolution
    Plan for north to run rail networks shunted into sidings
  • Monday, 4 November, 2013
    Retail & Consumer industry
    Concern grows as low earners win ‘living wage’ rise
  • Friday, 5 August, 2011
    Rail
    Bidding for UK train contracts put on hold
  • Friday, 11 March, 2011
    UK schools
    US school bus contracts dent FirstGroup
  • Thursday, 4 February, 2010
    Rail
    Regulator warns on poor train service
  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2005
    UK companies
    FirstGroup profits on track
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