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South Eastern milked over 13-year period
■ DfT imposes £23.5 million penalty
■ Overpayments hidden in TOC accounts
■ DfT recovers £64 million
Cautious changes for post-Covid era
JAMES ABBOTT reviews the timetable change coming on 15 May
James Abbott
Return to Cardiff
‘The pithead bath’s a supermarket now’sang Max Boyce. At Canton the diesel fuel tank is now a substation, which doesn’t scan quite so well but is a sign of progress
Ian Walmsley
Blockade blitz
Network Rail’s Southern Region has mastered the art of longer, more productive closures of the railway for maintenance, with Wessex Route leading the way. PHILIP SHERRATT reports
PHILIP SHERRATT
HS2 East will be extended, claims West Midlands Mayor
WEST MIDLANDS Mayor Andy Street says High Speed 2’s eastern leg will go ahead in full eventually
Tony Miles
Rail reform – all words and no action?
Our columnist questions the pace of progress a year on from the publication of the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail
ALAN WILLIAMS
Green HST proposed for Heart of Wales ‘Red Kite’
Plans are being drawn up to capitalise on the scenic value of the Heart of Wales line in the summer of 2023 with a tourist HST service
James Abbott
Community rail: as you like it
After just two years the work of volunteers is already having a major impact on the Shakespeare line
Vicki Pipe
Staggering seats
PriestmanGoode offer the first-of-a-kind seat layout. Here is Proteus – brought to you by Innovate UK, Angel Trains and Chiltern Railways
Ian Walmsley
Limited scope for train operator cost cuts
■ Switch from net premium to subsidy signalled problems
■ Rolling stock and track access dominate rises
■ Costs stabilised after year-on-year increases
Bradford will benefit from IRP, says Minister
Light rail boost is preferable to new line to Manchester, claims Stephenson
Trackwatch - May 2022 issue
Our monthly summary of network changes
Martyn Brailsford
Waterside service could be restored in 2024
CONFIDENCE IS growing that the green light will be given for passenger services to be restored on the Waterside line on the west side of Southampton Water under the ‘Restoring Your Railway’ programme
James Abbott
GBR HQ: place your bets
The answer to the ultimate question is 42. The number of bidders for the new 222 Marylebone Road
Ian Walmsley
Staycation Express suspended for 2022
RAIL CHARTER Services has confirmed that its summer service over the Settle to Carlisle line, popularly called the Staycation Express, will not operate in 2022.
Anglia pioneers 21st Century Operations
■ Network Operations Strategy starting to deliver
■ Liverpool Street IECC pilots radical reorganisation
■ Key role for Luminate TMS
Piccadilly Line 2024 stock mock-up unveiled
Mayor calls for capital investment to secure TfL supply chain
South Western signals upgraded
The major schemes at Feltham and on the Portsmouth Direct line are headlining the Control Period 6 signalling programme in Wessex
Electrification: Prove you can deliver, demands DfT
■ TRU and MML electrification test cases for cost reduction claims
■ TDNS rolling programme on hold
■ ‘Stop moaning’, electrification proponents told
■ Network Rail Board goes full duckweed
Gentlemen, please lift the seat
Train toilets are never pleasant places – this innovation might just make them better. Don’t read this over your breakfast, or if you think the innovation process works
Ian Walmsley
Rail rises to the COP26 challenge
Whistles Special Award recognises combined effort for climate change conference
Wigan – Bolton: NEEP goes in hard
■ Civils costs halved
■ Bridge reconstruction slashed
■ Overdue renewals distort cost
■ Overheads exposed
Trackwatch - April 2022 issue
A digest of the main changes on Network Rail, London Underground and Northern Ireland Railways infrastructure during January 2022
East West Rail makes tracks
The revived railway between Bicester and Bletchley is on schedule for commissioning in 2024, EWR Alliance Deputy Director MARK JAMES tells PHILIP SHERRATT
New HS2 Euston concept unveiled
Provision for oversite development in new look
James Abbott