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December 7, 2018 | Policy

ORR sets out recommendations to avoid repeat of timetable chaos

BRITAIN’s Office of Rail and Road (ORR), chaired by Professor Stephen Glaister, published its recommendations for preventing a repeat of May’s timetable failure on December 7, alongside a draft final order requiring Network Rail (NR) to improve its timetabling process.

December 5, 2018 | Europe

Chairman of Crossrail and HS2 resigns

SIR Terry Morgan stepped down as chairman of Crossrail and High Speed 2 (HS2) on November 5, after a decade overseeing the cross-London project and four months at the head of Britain’s high-speed project.

December 4, 2018 | Commuter Rail

Thameslink operator sanctioned for timetable chaos

BRITAIN’s Department for Transport (DfT) has cut Govia Thameslink Railway’s (GTR) franchise profits and instructed it to make £15m of passenger improvements for its role in the huge disruption to services following the introduction of a new timetable in May, which sought to introduce a large number of new services on the cross-London Thameslink network.

November 29, 2018 | Infrastructure

ORR orders Network Rail to improve performance

THE Office of Rail and Road (ORR) issued a provisional order against Network Rail (NR) on November 29 requiring Britain’s infrastructure manager to improve its capability to deliver better performance.

November 21, 2018 | Signalling

Network Rail seeks East Coast Main Line ETCS partner

NETWORK Rail (NR) announced on November 21 that it is seeking a private sector partner to develop and install ETCS on a 160km section of the East Coast Main Line (ECML) between London King’s Cross and just south of Grantham.

November 14, 2018 | Financial

FirstGroup rail division records revenue growth, decline in operating profit

FIRSTGROUP’s First Rail division generated £1.2bn in revenue in the six months to September 30, up 80.7% from £677.4m in the same period in 2017. Adjusted operating profit was £29.3m compared with £31.1m in 2017, down 5.8%, while the adjusted operating margin dropped from 4.6% to 2.4%.

November 14, 2018 | Fleet

First refurbished SWR class 444 EMU enters service

BRITAIN’s South Western Railway (SWR) put the first of 45 refurbished and reconfigured class 444 Siemens Desiro five-car EMUs back into service on November 14 on the London Waterloo - Southampton - Bournmouth - Weymouth route.

November 7, 2018 | Financial

Strong growth for Eurostar in third quarter

EUROSTAR reported a positive performance and record sales revenues in its third quarter results released on November 7, with passenger numbers up 12% from to 2.69 million to 3 million compared with the previous year, and sales revenues up 17% from £211m in the same period in 2017 to £247m in 2018.

November 2, 2018 | Infrastructure

Talgo shortlists two sites for British rolling stock plant

TALGO has announced the two locations shortlisted as potential sites for its proposed British rolling stock plant.

October 31, 2018 | Infrastructure

Network Rail to reinforce Dawlish sea wall

NETWORK Rail (NR) has announced that coastal, tunnel, cliff and railway engineers will undertake repairs to reinforce the London - Penzance main line connecting the southwest of England to the rest of the country.

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