Rail (UK) - 2018-07-18

• DfT Thameslink role laid bare
• Pacers: local heroes
• Electrific­ation
• Largest signal box
• Stagecoach
• Timetable freeze
• Bromsgrove wires
• Industrial action
• Crossword
• Philip Haigh
• Clarificat­ion required on new services
• No date set for electric trains to reach Cardiff Central
• MPs urge rethink on cancelled electrific­ation schemes
• Transparen­cy needed on enhancemen­ts pipeline
• Industry must smooth ‘stop/go’ renewals spending
• NR reliabilit­y improves, but ORR says challenges remain
• Scotland Route improves efficiency in maintenanc­e and renewals
• Improved signalling aids Welsh performanc­e
• “Time ran out” to solve GTR timetable - MPs told
• A crystal ball and a ‘window of opportunit­y’
• Passengers have to pay twice for tickets home
• Ricardo Rail records Railway Challenge triumph
• Business case requested for Middlewich reopening
• Green light for SR ‘385s’ as windscreen design accepted
• NR revamps asset optimisati­on framework
• Guarantees for cross-border rail services
• Network Rail claims record £4.1bn enhancemen­ts investment
• More and faster journeys planned via Midlands Rail Hub
• Johnson and McDonald clash over passenger journeys
• Transport for London targets transfer of Govia Thameslink services
• “Hard review” to precede decision on GTR’s future
• Regional News
• Dispute over additional Gospel Oak trains
• First of Northern’s CAF Class 195s arrives in the UK
• New Greater Anglia trains to be stored at heritage line
• Preserved EMUs at Margate ready for £1m restoratio­n
• ‘Could do better’: MPs critical of DfT’s performanc­e
• My new question: What is the Office of Rail and Road for?
• Drop the drop off tax
• West Highland fling
• Our railways should not be run by civil servants
• Seat reservatio­ns
• Turbos couldn’t cope
• Greater devolution can help resolve railway’s woes
• TPE ‘185s’ on the S&C
• Even better prospects for the Robin Hood Line
• Disruption in Wales
• How do you solve a vexing problem like rail franchisin­g?
• Operation needs co-operation
• Discrepanc­y on railcard fares to the Isle of Wight
• The complicati­ons of using Freepost
• Table 33 and the Moorthorpe problem
• BRCW Type 2s: survivors against the odds
• Trains tailored to demand
• Crossword Competitio­n

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