Rail (UK) - 2017-12-20

• Major Midland meltdown
• Rail users ‘betrayed’ by EMT inter-city peak-time cuts
• Tensions mount as Midland Main Line north-south dispute resurfaces
• Threat to Luton Airport’s growth prospects
• Franchisee handed responsibi­lity for train compliance
• Industry unites to avoid repeat of Croydon tram crash
• The driver
• The Sandilands accident
• Drivers questioned to aid crash investigat­ion
• RAIB recommenda­tions
• “... unquote”
• Transport Focus leads backlash againstfar­es rise
• DRS to play key part in nuclear power station traffic
• RAIB investigat­es detrainmen­t next to live third-rail
• ‘Underhand extension of DOO’ claims in Sussex
• The changing services
• Value for money tops list of passengers’ desired rail improvemen­ts
• New signalling tested for LU’s sub-surface lines
• Freight opposition to ORR’s acccess charges proposal
• McDonald accuses Maynard over East Coast response
• MP seeks clarificat­ion on East Coast terminatio­n deal
• Timetable switch hits rail users with 14% fares hike
• Trackside fire causes rush-hour chaos at London Waterloo
• First D-Trains lined up for West Midlands Trains in 2018
• Users denounce GTR’s King’s Lynn timetable plans
• DfT and council clash over third Kenilworth delay
• Weight of additional earthworks caused Liverpool wall collapse
• Maynard endorses greater forcefulne­ss in the North
• DfT embraces East West central section challenge
• LEP calls for East West extension to Swindon
• Aylesbury leader bemoans lack of EWR/HS2 station
• Grayling talks rail opportunit­ies with supply leaders
• Britain’s busiest: nearly 100 million use London Waterloo
• Report author reassures freight MDs
• Edinburgh-Glasgow via Falkirk electrics begin
• GW wires critical to realise full value of Class ‘800/0s’
• Grand Central to replace HSTs with cascaded Class 180s
• Second High Speed Train moves to Scotland for training …… Scot Railsets timetable for Mk3s’ refurbishm­ent
• Deltics sold - and could be put to work on new railtours
• A growing fleet at Crewe Diesel Depot
• Has Budget set procuremen­t of rolling stock on a new track?
• Truck ‘platooning’ won’t work - stick to rail
• NR and the environmen­t
• Problems with GN ‘387s’
• Viable Aberystwyt­h link
• Mock-up of ‘720s’ not exact, but generated key feedback
• Realise MML’s potential
• Continuity key for wiring
• Uncomforta­ble ‘387s’
• Give unwanted infrastruc­ture a new home
• More is needed to improve East Midlands services
• All Line Rover experience
• Aspiring to a better, safer railway
• East Coast failing: is it the end of franchisin­g as we know it?
• Bridge strikes: NR strikes back
• Latest franchise flashpoint places DfT under more pressure
• Inside Direct Rail Services
• BR successes suppressed by too much political dogma
• Latest edition of rail franchise map
• Efficiency targets
• East Coast losses
• It’s a knockout!
• Crossword Competitio­n
• Stop & Examine

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