Rail (UK) - 2021-03-10

• Cannon Street crash
• Northern routes
• Class 93 tri-mode
• Faster projects
• UK success
• Platform 1
• Fare Dealer
• Open Access
• Stop & Examine
• Christian Wolmar
• Invest in stations to offer passengers crucial first impression.
• Ten high-speed platforms confirmed for Euston HS2 station.
• Minister pledges: the Williams White Paper is coming.
• NR chief says significan­t cost savings are “fundamenta­l”.
• Use data and technology to refresh transport strategy.
• Weekday engineerin­g to make leisure travel easier?
• Analysis
• Philip Haigh
• Chairman Hendy says NR primed to be ‘guiding mind’
• Unions criticise retention of public sector involvemen­t
• Find out what’s been happening on the rail network in your area
• Grand Central
• Floods close lines
• Llangollen Railway
• Sea Wall rockfall shelter
• Call to cease social distancing on trains beyond summer
• McMahon: Rail is key to “kickstarti­ng the economy”
• What happens after the review is published?
• Hendy predicts a switch to weekday engineerin­g…
• More diverse role models needed in rail leadership
• “Historic opportunit­y” driven by a shift in travel patterns
• RSSB to co-ordinate industry sustainabi­lity objective
• Electrifie­d East West Rail being considered
• Fares reform, flexible ticketing and family offerings to aid recovery
• Understand­ing passengers’ needs is key to recovery
• Rosewell: NIC prioritise­d links between close cities
• NR Investment Centre of Excellence to focus on efficiency
• Special paint helps NR find bridge electrific­ation solution
• Government seeks new operators for Channel Tunnel freight
• Labour criticises Government over a series of rail project announceme­nts…but a lack of progress
• Fewer trains equate to rise in punctualit­y levels
• Orion targets logistics trains using EMUs and bi-modes
• Hendy advocates merit of long-term national rail plan
• EEH backs electrific­ation of key routes
• RAIB recommends more tactile surfaces on platforms after Eden Park death
• RDG seeks greater flexibilit­y as fares increase
• Repaint for record-breaker as EMR marks end of HSTs
• More Greater Anglia ‘720s’ commission­ed but no new arrivals in traffic
• Original Valenta power engine to be fitted to 43044
• Loaded and light engine test runs planned for Class 69
• Heathrow ‘332s’ scrapped, but logistics plan for ‘360s’
• Design fault for near miss
• A fleet and route swap
• How about an Isle of Wight rail tunnel?
• Changes to Southern fleet
• Telling the railway y’s story on film
• I’m not as optimistic as Sir Peter
• GTR drives diversity agenda
• “Letting people know what the options are”
• Network Rail’s inclusive recruitmen­t
• Compared with National Rail, are London’s Tube fares too cheap?

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