Rail (UK) - 2017-07-05

• Paul Stephen
• Brentford connection
• The quiet life...
• VTEC losses
• Further strike action
• Edinburgh Waverley
• Rail Live 2017
• Southern discomfort
• Queen’s Speech
• HS2 cost control
• TfL’s new Class 710
• Fare Dealer
• Nigel Harris says it is time for change at the DfT.
• Philip Haigh
• Christian Wolmar
• Terminatin­g Govia’s deal to run GTR could put delivery of Thameslink at risk, report warns
• GTR’s timetable is too ‘fragile’ to deliver service recovery
• ‘Customer time’ measures should be introduced at GTR and NR
• More ‘flexible’ commercial strategy needed
• Smaller driver depots are the way forward
• Excess of night trains hindering maintenanc­e work and causing delays
• Electrify Uckfield branch - Gibb
• TfN’s strategic plan ‘worth £1000bn’ to UK economy
• Inaugural Crossrail Class 345 service launched
• £1bn of rail investment needed to drive growth in North Wales and Cheshire
• Vivarail Class 230 carries first main line passengers
• Electrific­ation delay opens Thames Valley branches to D-Train opportunit­ies
• Cascaded IC225s replace new Pendolinos in Alliance’s WCML plans
• First Class 800 bi-mode reaches Penzance on inaugural test run
• Heatwave highlights Southern infrastruc­ture challenges
• ‘Compassion­ate Conservati­ve’ Jesse Norman lands DfT role
• Dual-mode ‘88s’ welcomed by freight campaigner­s
• Borders Railwayy boosting g whole region, study claims
• Passenger complaints increase to 540,000
• RegionalNe­ws
• First GWR AT300 Class 802 arrrives in UK from Japan
• Eleventh bi-mode ‘800’ released from Newton Aycliffe
• Charter train toilets: NR to seek funding for upgrades
• 37409 stored as DRS seeks to reduce size of ‘37’ fleet
• Crossrail Class 345s delivered to Old Dalby for testing
• High risk of meltdown during Waterloo August blockade
• Thameslink for Corby
• An awful mistake
• Airports crying out for 360° rail access strategy
• Passengers must have access to timetables
• Keep ticket offices open
• HS3 and beyond
• Future investment
• A user-friendly HS2
• SYSTRA aims high
• Not just a railway
• Positive outcomes
• Alas poor Breich, a station destined for the chop
• Waverley: a short history
• Past traction
• History of the Brentford branch
• London Undergroun­d ceases timetables
• D-Train, Flex and re-tractioned trains
• The ‘08s’ won’t all live happily ever after
• Knaresboro­ugh station
• Inter-City Crossword
• Stop & Examine

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