Rail (UK) - 2022-04-20

• We must change trains - now!
• Network Rail: turn ‘Varsity’ route into East West Main Line
• William Barter, Rail planning consultant
• All-night services to return to Jubilee Line
• INDUSTRY INSIDER
• Unions want Caledonian Sleeper brought under public ownership
• RIA blasts DfT: 900 days and no update
• Forth Bridge: contractor sought
• Metro trams sidelined until end of May
• West Midlands receives £1.05bn for better transport
• Tree planting at site of landslip
• Driver’s injuries lay bare the consequenc­es of vandalism
• £69 million Victoria signal contract goes to Alstom
• Rail Delivery Group encourages staff to return to offices
• Midlands Connect mantra: “Fix the Midlands, fix the nation”
• Rail priorities in detail
• Government pledges £7.6m for rail innovation
• A view from the Midlands
• Malton boost for active travellers
• Easier to make claims as delay compensati­on process revamped
• Travel hampered by journey times
• HS2 plays key role
• Go-Ahead notes a “tipping point” towards public transport
• New guidance for level crossing improvemen­ts
• Bridge repairs on Levenmouth link
• Supplier boosted by ‘801’ contract
• Bigger depot at Port of Liverpool
• RSSB to explore new terms to replace ‘pilotman’
• News In Brief
• MPs pursue updates on progress of National Rail Contracts
• Derailed ‘802’ removed for inspection
• Beaulieu Park revisions on public display
• Great Malvern to receive makeover
• Scotland bids to reduce car trips
• RAIB sounds warning over Storm
• Pendennis meets Pendennis…
• Speeding incidents
• Turkish high-speed line boosts UK supply chain
• Minister joins speakers for Rail Recovery Conference
• Join more than 1,200 rail profession­als already registered for Rail Live 2022
• Constructi­on of HS2 Victoria Road tunnel shaft completed
• Chiltern Tunnel portals designed to reduce noise levels
• West Midlands boost as thousands more local jobs supported
• Prefabrica­tion to cut emissions on Thame Valley Viaduct
• Bramble to create micro-tunnels
• Students receive useful experience
• Hopes of a revived trans-Pennine rail link diminish
• Canopies cut back at MML stations
• WiFi boosted at London Waterloo
• Rail passenger numbers achieve 80% milestone
• Thameslink ‘Try a Train’ days return
• Amey seeks to aid engineers’ careers
• Jack’s rail photos on display at SVR
• An end to DfT specifying the design of train interiors
• New ballast and tracks as storm-damaged Cambrian Line reopens
• Greater Anglia and Northern fare dodgers pay the penalty
• First Class 456s sent for scrap
• AWC cleaners resume strike
• Sleepout raises funds for Railway Children
• Charity partnershi­p ends having raised £3.5 million in four years
• Small businesses­s to get acquainted with major freight companies
• QR codes to provide journey info in the event of cyber attacks
• Making our railway safer
• What they said
• GBRf naming pays tribute to Ukraine
• Praise for Ukrainian railway workers
• The donors
• NORTH WEST
• Commitment­s offer better driver testing
• Ideas day proves a success for SWR
• ROG steps in to move ScotRail Class 318s
• Test run for ‘43’ power cars
• MNR brake van refurbishe­d
• Class 50s carry out a spot of ‘hoovering’ in Devon
• Alycidon repairs close to completion
• How East West Rail could reac
• East West Rail
• EWR passenger train services
• Who’s funding it?
• Siemens Mobility
• Construcci­ones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarri­les (CAF)
• Hitachi Rail Europe
• Stadler Rail
• Northumber­land Line reopening is not the end of the journey
• La Vie du Rail: C’Est MAGNIfiquE!
• PV film generating carbon positivity
• What caused the cracks in Hiitachi’s Class 800 trains…
• Bradshaw’s Britain: a route into the past
• About the author
• A lack of knowledge among ticket staff
• Split-ticketing in London with Contactles­s
• Town expansion offers commuter role for heritage lines
• The effect of storms
• Transport advisors
• Why removal of lineside vegetation works
• Bramley railway was also home to train evacuation rig
• A LIFE REMEMBERED
• Great British Railways
• Answers RAIL 953

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