He also claimed for rail fares to London on days when he didn't go.
Some of the spending increase is fueled by more voters choosing to tax themselves for rail.
In 1910 the federal regulator responsible for rail took on the new service of telephony.
The government will also consider whether direct intervention is required to improve mobile coverage for rail passengers.
Michael Grisso of the Alliance for Rail Competition, a lobby group, says that monopoly power is the problem.
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The implications are serious for the whole process of tendering for rail franchises.
Hyder's managing director for rail, Mac Alghita, said it aimed to delight WNDC, Network Rail and the people of Northampton.
Sir Richard called for a new bidding system for rail franchises, saying the current process had been flawed for some time.
And following recent announcements by the government on the future of the rail franchising system, they'll be hearing from the Minister for Rail, Simon Burns.
As for rail, there's a strong economic case for Scotland to have a high-speed rail link linking it into London, London's airports and markets beyond.
Today's joint Cameron and Clegg visit and announcement of extra funding for rail investment is designed to show that their agreed destination remains cutting the deficit.
Most of them behaved with appalling callousness to their charges, especially in the cattle trucks used for rail transports and in the convict ships of the Far East.
There are also proposals for rail and road infrastructure work to improve freight links from the major terminals at Grangemouth, Mossend and Coatbridge to key points in Scotland and England.
Since the last set of British Rail fares were published in June 1995, inflation measured by the Retail Prices Index (RPI) has been 66%, according to research by fares expert Barry Doe for Rail Magazine.
The main economic justification for rail subsidies is to ease congestion or pollution, yet the bulk of the rail subsidy goes to areas such as the Highlands where these are not much of a problem.
So following on from the piece I wrote on the old Mind the Gap blog (RIP) about saving money on fares, I've come across another way for rail passengers to save a few quid.
However, a spokesman for the Department for Transport said it would negotiate an additional two-year current with the current operator in 2014 and it would seek the "best deal for taxpayers while maximising additional benefits for rail passengers".
As its chairman, Sir Alastair Morton, has made clear, many billions of pounds need to be invested in the railways by the government, as well as private investors, over the next decade to meet projected demand for rail services by both passengers and freight.
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Network Rail, which is responsible for operating rail tracks, said it could be sometime before the line fully reopens.
Phil Verster, route managing director for Network Rail, thanked passengers and freight customers for their "patience in this difficult time".
"We are not opposed to the need for higher speed rail per se and fully acknowledge the need for strategic improvement to the national rail infrastructure, but cannot agree with the current proposals as the economic and environmental benefits are not at all credible, " it said.
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Mr Verster, Route Managing Director for Network Rail, said there were a number of factors for the reduction in cable theft, including engineers developing cables that were harder to steal and easier to identify.
This is particularly true for the picatinny rail mount for rifles, though we're thinking you'll have some other audio artifacts to deal with in that case.
These include high-speed rail, increased subsidies for new light rail lines, massive investments in University research and investment breaks for renewable fuels.
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Phil Verster, route managing director for Network Rail, said his teams were clearing damaged vegetation and finalising designs for the repair while the colliery was moving the material.
In recent weeks, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to sharply reduce the amounts requested for the rail-mobile MX and the road-mobile Midgetman missile, for the B-2 "Stealth" bomber and the advanced cruise missile, and for the Strategic Defense Initiative in the FY1990 Defense authorization bill.
Arriva Trains Wales said the matter was an issue for Network Rail and its contractor.
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