Rail (UK) - 2022-04-06

• The best of today’s railway writing from …
• Booze ban continues as part of move to prioritise women’s safety
• Minister keen to see a maintenanc­e renaissanc­e
• New three-year management contract for GTR
• Safety body proves its worth
• Driver’s eye views on YouTube
• GC provides more Sunderland trains
• Cyril Bleasdale
• Services disrupted by Class 802 derailment
• Fears for future of ticket offices
• TfL on track to meet upgrade deadline
• DfT plans Direct Award for TPE contract
• Hudson joins NTS Board
• Minister emphases the need for tight controls on HS2 budget…
• Southeaste­rn gets smarter and safer
• …and warns against constructi­on delays
• Mayor given glimpse of new Siemens LU trains
• Great Western Railway accredited for safety work
• Seafront bridge at Cleethorpe­s
• Wareham to Swanage service postponed to 2023
• SWR increases conservati­on push
• Sussex Downs Line position for Baker
• More parking at Bishops Stortford
• Progress on Fawley reopening … but plans scaled back
• Track renewed at Bishops Stortford
• A third of London Undergroun­d stations now step-free
• EMR Messenger open for business
• Sainsbury takes new role at Serco
• AWC upgrades booking app
• Waterloo’s Victory Arch rededicate­d
• Gatwick Express eases back into business with a reduced service
• Numbers bounce back… but remain below 2019 levels
• Successful trial of navigation app
• Rayleigh tour to start on the rails
• Moveable electrific­ation system for freight facilities
• Transport subsidies unsustaina­ble, warns IEA
• West at East West
• East West Rail illustrate­s a need to “pick up the pace”
• Direct Rail Services reallocate­s Class 37s
• Track installed at Highland Spring facility
• Leadership team for North Wales Metro
• Work begins at White Rose station
• New footbridge plan for Royston
• Waste put to good use at Brighton
• Bleak future for EMUs as scrapping plans stepped up
• Great British Railways HQ: 42 locations in the running
• Angel Trains: what’s on offer
• Track remodelled at Water Orton
• Virtual tours of Norwich station
• Marden takes key Northern fleet role
• Strike threat if TfL pensions review not upheld
• Order for 50 new GBRf wagons goes to Greenbrier
• Mixed progress from government on decarbonis­ation recommenda­tions
• Work begins on IoW interchang­e
• Industry leaders to address National Rail Recovery Conference
• Sustainabi­lity honour for contractor
• At-risk historic bridges offer acutheaste­rn breaches
• Dawes to join FirstGroup board
• DBC ‘combi-consists’ jumbo train trialled
• Rail legal advice to government
• Harman takes DBC asset role
• Class 69s haul GBRf gypsum trains
• Suppliers set key tests for GBR to ensure success
• MPs recognised for rail contacts
• FirstGroup among cleanest companies
• Pearce appointed to Zipabout role
• Rail walks return in East Anglia
• Robson joins Spencer Group
• Rail exhibitors showcase their innovation credential­s
• Go-Ahead fined £23.5m for Southeaste­rn breaches
• Regional News
• Locomotion to undergo survey
• HS2 donates saplings to schools
• TfW leads on free travel for refugees
• Mid-Norfolk readies for April start
• Pathfinder finds Pennine paths
• Diesel delights at Strathspey Railway gala
• Deltic’s SVR festival date
• Are you going to Scarboroug­h Fair?
• “I wouldn’t want to work anywhere else”
• Sunak misses opportunit­y to encourage rail growth
• The Dartmoor Line
• Reopening statistics
• About the author
• CML callouts over the Storm Dudley and Eunice weekend of February 18-20 2022
• A career in engineerin­g?
• Reading Green Park
• Glasgow engineerin­g
• Euston restrictio­ns
• Fewer, longer trains
• The value of through trains
• Leave Monsal Trail alone
• Unsubstant­iated claims
• High-speed to Leeds
• Problems to solve to get families on trains
• Railway meddling
• Crossword Competitio­n
• Answers RAIL 952

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