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Friday, 30 December 2022

Cogitamus

• The Chris Stokes ColumnOver the holiday week we will be re-posting Chris's articles from 2022. We hope that you enjoy revisiting them.
• November 2022 - HS2 construction and Lumo success brighten uncertain landscapeThe rail industry faces a financial crisis, with revenues permanently depressed as a result of the pandemic and costs exploding as a result of inflation; as a striking example, the price of traction electricity has doubled. The state of the industry is in many ways a microcosm for the state of Britain.
• December 2022 - Vision of international rail traffic still awaits full realisationThe Channel Tunnel opened in a burst of excitement and optimism in 1994. When Eurostar started its twice daily “discovery” service between London and Paris that November, I took a detour from my normal journey to work to stand on the platform at Vauxhall station to watch the morning departure from Waterloo go through. It was a long, fully loaded train, and I felt a sense of real excitement.
• 🎄🎄A message from TransportInfo 🎄🎄We will be taking a short break over the festive season. TransportInfo will not be updated between 24 December 2022 and 2 January 2023. We will be back on Tuesday 3 January 2023.