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DfT should stick to strategy… • …and let GBR focus on day-to-day performance
RAIL
CrossCountry plans boost and Cardiff-Edinburgh
SWR EMU derails on old track left after Network Rail engineering work
Newquay branch infrastructure to be enhanced
Grand Union wins Stirling-London open access approval...
Blackheath Tunnel’s ten-day closure
Merriman pushes former TPE stock towards Chiltern
Siemens offers new ‘fast and flexible’ leasing model
...as Alliance Rail plans Cardiff-Edinburgh service
NAO report says rail often loses sight of its customers
News In Brief
Midlands Hub can go ahead – if HS2 money stays in the pot
Midlands Rail Hub - what’s planned
Better services on offer
DB Class 66s take railtour over last Welsh coal branch
Freight still needs a level playing field, MPs hear from Rail Partners
High Speed 1 bids to increase London St Pancras capacity
Porterbrook to buy 135-acre Long Marston freehold
RAIB to investigate EMR tree collision
News In Brief
DfT sets 2029 as end date for Bakerloo stock but doesn’t fund new fleet
RMT settles its Hitachi dispute
Class 37 BR retro look in the West Highlands
News In Brief
DfT to examine running HS2 beyond Birmingham
Camden Council says Euston could generate £41bn for UK
Dublin trains divert to ‘GVS’
Alstom moves into open access as partner in new Wrexham and Shropshire
Rail Live 2024: showcasing tomorrow’s railway
Six ways we are improving access to Rail Live
RAIL KNOWLEDGE BANK
One week left to enter the National Rail Awards 2024
2024 Categories
NRA timeline
Final West Midlands HS2 tunnel machine starts boring to Birmingham
New second entrance at revamped Waterloo terminus
Siemens plans £100m facility to replace Chippenham
NRM gets £15m for new buildings
Ashington’s £3 summer tickets
DB Cargo offers 16 ‘Super 60’ Class 60s for sale
Retro Western look for GBRf ‘69’
First re-geared DB Class 66 ready for trainload duties
Rail Adventure’s HST power cars are back in traffic
‘503’ vehicles on borrowed time
GCR to move locomotive shed
East Lancs plans a Western weekend
Main line ‘Peak’ scheduled for repaint and July charter
New trains carry first passengers
York NRM pilot scheme exhibits moved to Shildon
After Inverness, it’s Scarborough next for LSL’s D213 Andania
Gala visitors top-and-tail to North Norfolk Railway
SWR Class 455 in blue and grey
New pool created for BB Class 20s
Imported 66311 closer to UK use
Rail services halved as Island Line beset by more problems
Regional News
NR submits application for £24m Haxby station
Crossover eases Dunblane waits
NR’s new station plan at Mossley
Road bridge at Thornliebank
“Farcical” Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act isn’t working • Train operators appear unconvinced, with...