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Driving tests brought closer to home with partnership deal
Driving tests could soon be available from branches of Halfords under plans announced today by Road Safety Minister Mike Penning.
Government scraps Nats sale plans
The Government has scrapped plans to sell its 49% stake in air traffic control company Nats. Transport Secretary Justine Greening said it was best for taxpayers, travellers and Nats if the Government retained its shareholding.
New rail performance data released
Network Rail and train companies have today released more detailed information than ever before about train punctuality, showing passengers the number of services that arrive within a minute of their...
European Parliament agrees to invest in Peterborough trainline
A key rail bottleneck between Peterborough and the east will be tackled by a £3.8 million investment from the European Parliament.
Wednesday, 11 July 2012
BBC News
- Line repaired after derailmentNetwork Rail completes work on the West Highland line, which has been closed after a landslip and derailment.
- New study shows 'real' rail timesFewer than 70% of trains run on time, "real" punctuality figures published by Network Rail (NR) suggest. The statistics are based on services that arrive either early or within 59 seconds of the scheduled time.
Department for Transport
- Driving tests brought closer to home with partnership dealDriving tests could soon be available from branches of Halfords under plans announced today by Road Safety Minister Mike Penning.
- Giving train passengers more information on punctualityPassengers will be able to find out if train services run on time to within one minute under plans to make more detailed punctuality information available.
Financial Times
- Rail chairman wades into pay stormRick Haythornthwaite attacks the sniping at Network Rail™s executive bonus scheme, saying the company will lose talent to the private sector
The Guardian
- Olympic test-run on London transport leaves commuters grumbling Exercise to test the capital's Olympic rail capacity coincides with the temporary closure of King's Cross St Pancras
The Telegraph
- Three times as many late trains as recorded by official figuresThe number of trains that ran late last year is three times higher than previously recorded by official figures.
Mail Online
- Network Rail: 'Real' punctuality figures show just seven out of ten trains in Britain run on timeNetwork Rail admits that less than seventy per cent of all services arrive within a minute of when they are due, falling to just 60 per cent for long distance trains.
ATOC
- New rail performance data releasedNetwork Rail and train companies have today released more detailed information than ever before about train punctuality, showing passengers the number of services that arrive within a minute of their...
Network Rail
Edinburgh Evening News
- Ministers told tram chiefs: Don™t tell us what you™re doing with our £500 million.MINISTERS were so anxious to distance themselves from the trams that they told council chiefs: don’t tell us what you’re doing with our £500 million.
- Residents ˜in limbo™ as rail link plans put on holdA COMMUNITY has been left in limbo after a key rail project was put on hold.
Journal Live
- Great North Run faces disruption due to rail worksONE of the biggest events in the North East calendar faces huge disruption after rail lines were scheduled to be closed on the weekend of the Great North Run.
London Evening Standard
- Baffled at London Bridge... bewildered commuters at a loss in rehearsal for London Olympics crowd controlCommuters didn't know which way to turn today as they were given a “practice run” of how public transport will operate at London Bridge during the Olympics.
Northern Echo
- Rail basses plan to carry out track work on East Coast Main Line on Great North Run weekend Rail bosses have been urged to rethink track work which will inconvenience thousands of visitors to the Great North Run.
Nottingham Evening Post
Peterborough Telegraph
- European Parliament agrees to invest in Peterborough trainlineA key rail bottleneck between Peterborough and the east will be tackled by a £3.8 million investment from the European Parliament.
Global Rail News
- Pedestrian simulation in TorontoWritten by Erin Morrow (Senior Consultant at Arup) & Peter Debney (Senior Consultant at Oasys Software Ltd) Union Station is Toronto™s busiest transportation hub. Situated in the downtown district, it is the main terminus for the GO regional rail network, a connection into the city™s streetcar and subway networks, plus a gateway into the PATH [...]
- Reading bridge lifted into placeNetwork Rail has produced a time-lapse video showing Reading station’s new bridge being moved into place. The initial 728 tonne structure, which is three times bigger than the current passenger bridge, was put in place at 3.30am on Sunday, following a two-night operation. Network Rail said the multi-million pound rebuilding project is currently running a [...]
- First Capital Connect completes peaks challengeFour employees from First Capital Connect (FCC) have raised more than £11,000 for Railway Children after braving severe downpours to complete the Three Peaks Challenge by Rail. Managing director, Neal Lawson, Bedford driver, Martin Barter, and revenue protections team members, Glen Merryman and Rebecca Vandyke, climbed the three highest peaks in England, Scotland and Wales [...]
- Freight trains were not speeding before fatal crashTwo freight trains which collided in Oklahoma killing three crew members were not speeding, according to a preliminary accident report. On June 24, two Union Pacific freight trains travelling eastbound and westbound near Goodwell collided, sparking a diesel-fed fire. Three of the four crew members onboard received fatal injuries. The other crew member survived after [...]
- Network Rail seeks transparency with new punctuality figuresNetwork Rail has released punctuality figures revealing exactly how many of Britain’s trains have arrived at their stations on time in the last 10 years. Just under 70 per cent of trains pulled up within a minute of their scheduled arrival time in 2011/12 – an improvement on the 46.9 per cent that turned up [...]
- Heritage operator fined after chairman™s legs are crushed in track accidentA Heritage railway operator has been fined £5,000 after the company’s chairman had his legs crushed by a length of track as it was being moved by crane. Telford Steam Railway will also have to pay costs of £3,000, following a prosecution brought by the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) for criminal breaches of health [...]
Railnews
- Fewer trains 'on time' under new, tighter test New, tighter punctuality statistics have been published by Network Rail, which only describe trains as 'on time' if they are no more than 59 seconds late at their final destination. The new figures reveal that 69.8 per cent of all passenger trains arrived early, on time or less than a minute late in 2011-12. The comparable figure under the previous, looser measurement, which was no more than five minutes late for commuter trains and ten for long distance, was 91.6 per cent. Train operators have been urged to 'go the extra mile' by a transport minister, and improve performance still further.
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