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Great North Eastern Railway has announced plans to build three new stations near Doncaster, Edinburgh and north London, as part of its bid to the Strategic Rail Authority for a new franchise to run the east coast mainline. 08-Feb-2000 Great North Eastern Railway is planning to buy 10 diesel locomotives for the Aberdeen-Edinburgh route. 12-Jan-2000 Great North Eastern Railway is to launch a cars-on-trains Motorail service between London and Scotland at the end of this month. 02-Mar-1999 Great North Eastern Railway has awarded a £25m train servicing contract to Alsthom that includes an innovative method of rewarding Alsthom for providing higher quality components and fewer replacement parts. 07-Oct-1998 Great North Eastern Railway is asking the government to extend its franchise on the east coast main line from seven to 15 years, and also wants a guarantee that any future operator would be required to run tilting trains in order to reduce its leasing costs on these trains. 30-Jun-1998 Great North Eastern Railway is offering to profit-share with the government in return for the doubling of its seven year franchise in order to justify an investment in eight new trains for its London to Scotland services. 25-Nov-1997 Great North Eastern Railway is planning to introduce two tilting trains on services between London, Newcastle and Edinburgh in 2000, having signed a deal with Fiat Ferroviaria, the Italian train builder. 10-Sep-1997 Great North Eastern Railway is launching a rail miles offer to passengers, called Excel Portfolio. 14-Apr-1997
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