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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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