Rail (UK) - 2019-03-13

• NEW CROSSWORD PRIZE
• Williams Rail Review
• Cumbrian coal revival
• Paul Stephen
• First ‘745’ in UK
• London falling?
• ‘A lack of progress’
• Scotland’s HST
• UK light rail
• Midland Metro
• Rail Live 2019
• More MML wires
• Parcel trains
• Electrific­ation
• Open Access
• Christian Wolmar
• Industry response
• SWR Class 159 to be used for emissions-reducing trial
• Option for Borders extensions to Carlisle and Berwick
• New Network Rail regions by 2020
• Test run carried out as part of £160m Shotts electrific­ation
• Comment Nigel Harris, Managing Editor, RAIL
• Passenger journeys rise - but growth rate slows
• 64% of Britons journeyed by rail, ONS survey reveals
• UK railways suffer punctualit­y and reliabilit­y slump
• Steer: “end dependence on service via Dawlish”
• Freight Group seeks EC assurances on freight moves
• Jigsaw denotes intention to build HS2 in its entirety
• Campaigner­s argue for Ivanhoe Line reopening
• PAC slams DfT over its rail resp ponsibilit­ies
• Tweet Check
• MPs critical as Government settles with Eurotunnel in £33m deal
• North East the starting point foor Northern Powerhouse work
• Darlaston and Willenhall station plans unveiled
• SWR and NR apologise for “awful” service
• Regional News
• ‘717s’ in warm storage as GTR withdraws first ‘313’
• ETL studies electric options once GBRf contract ends
• Vehicles arrive for final Newton Aycliffe bi-mode
• More delays to refurbishm­ent of SWR ‘442s’
• Reopenings offer choices
• Punctualit­y measures
• The Dawlish conundrum… and solutions
• TV series suggests UK’s trains do not compare favourably
• EWR could avoid Sandy
• Sheffield to Manchester priorities exclude high-speed
• The contractin­g curse?
• Systems and structures don’t make decisions. People do!
• The tunnel collapse that claimed two lives

Rail (UK) - 2019-02-27

Rail (UK) - 2019-03-27