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  • Comment: Chris Grayling needs to follow GTR chief out of the doorTHE great rail timetable fiasco has claimed its first victim with the resignation of Charles Horton, chief executive of Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR). At the time of writing, he is the only senior rail official to have fallen on his sword after weeks of delays and cancellations which have thrown the lives of thousands of commuters into chaos.

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  • Rail journeys across UK fall for first time in eight yearsPassengers using the nation’s rail networks has fallen for the first time in eight years, new figures show. Statistics from the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) say that passenger journeys in 2017-18 fell by 1.4% to 1.7bn compared to the previous year, with South Western Railway journey...
  • GTR boss to resign, citing The chief executive of struggling operator Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) will resign. Charles Horton, the boss of GTR which runs Thameslink, Great Northern, and Southern railways, will remain in the position for a short time to oversee the implementation of the new timetables installed in...
  • New Tube trains on the way with new Siemens contract from TfLTfL has awarded Siemens Mobility Limited a contract of around £1.5bn to design and build 94 new generation Tube trains today. More than 700,000 customers use the Piccadilly line every day. But a limited fleet size alongside old signalling technology has restricted TfL's ability to increase...

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