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Wednesday, 30 January 2019
BBC News
- Rail user satisfaction at 10-year lowNorthern and Great Northern were the operators to see the biggest falls in satisfaction, a survey says.
- East-West rail link: New stations considered for Bedford to Cambridge New railway stations could be built as part of the third and final stage of the East-West rail link.
ITV News
- Rail passenger satisfaction in the South sinks to 10-year lowPassenger satisfaction on the regions railways is at its lowest for a decade according to new figures released on Tuesday.
The Guardian
- UK rail passenger satisfaction falls to lowest level since 2007Watchdog says fundamental change needed with more than one in five passengers dissatisfied
Times Online
- Disgruntled rail passengers report lowest satisfaction for a decade [subscription]Passenger satisfaction with rail travel has slumped to its lowest level in a decade since last summer’s timetable meltdown, according to research.
- Satisfaction with ScotRail plummets to 15-year low [subscription]Passenger satisfaction with ScotRail has fallen to its lowest level in 15 years, according to a survey.
City AM
- Transport misery: Passenger satisfaction with Britain's railways drops to 10-year low, says Transport FocusPassenger satisfaction with the UK's railways has fallen to a 10-year low, a new survey out today has found.
Bradford Telegraph & Argus
- Grand Central 'delighted' at passenger survey resultsGRAND central has come out on top for passenger satisfaction and value for money in a national survey of rail users.
London Evening Standard
- Timetable chaos, strikes and bad weather sink rail satisfaction to 10-year lowPassenger satisfaction with the railways has slumped to a 10-year low, a damning report revealed today.
The York Press
- Concerns over train schemeCONCERNS have been raised that a £12.5m scheme to double the number of passenger trains on one of the busiest lines in the Northern Rail franchise may have hit the buffers.
Wales Online
- Passengers' satisfaction down in Wales because of 'severe disappointment' with outdated trainsThe latest National Rail Passenger Survey carried out during the last months of the Arriva Trains Wales franchise revealed 61% of passengers were unsatisfied with upkeep of trains
Yorkshire Post
- Paul Salveson: Bring back the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway – and let’s have one service for the NorthPaul Salveson: Bring back the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway – and let’s have one service for the North
- Rail passenger satisfaction sinks to 10-year low as reports emerge of Northern saleDamning new figures from a national rail watchdog have revealed the extent to which passenger satisfaction in Yorkshire plummeted during the timetable fiasco which crippled services for much of last year.
Doncaster Free Press
- Multi-million pound loan agreed for Doncaster Sheffield Airport car park expansion A multi-million pound loan has been signed off to help Doncaster Sheffield Airport expand its car park capacity. South Yorkshire council leaders and metro mayor Dan Jarvis nodded through the £3.5 million Local Growth Fund loan at a meeting of the Sheffield City Region combined authority at Doncaster’s High Speed Rail College on Monday.
Other Regional Press
- Work begins on passenger lift installation at Meols stationWORK is underway on the installation of passenger lifts at Meols railway station.
- Hull Trains has one of highest customer satisfaction ratings in UKMore than 9 in 10 people surveyed in the National Rail Passenger Survey praised the company
Rail Technology Magazine
- GTR: Training the next generation Top image: John Tomlin and Tim Wells in the simulator suite In December, RTM’s Jack Donnelly (pictured) paid a visit to Govia Thameslink Railway’s (GTR’s) training facilities across London. Here, he reports on the state-of-the-art technology being implemented to equip the...
- Cyber security in the time of digital railwayRichard James Thomas, industrial fellow in data integration and cyber security at the University of Birmingham, considers the cyber security challenges that will arise as digital railway systems become the norm across the UK network. The Digital Railway Programme is transforming railway...
- A quick backwards glance, then looking forwardsNeil Robertson, chief executive of NSAR, takes a shot at making some predictions for rail’s fate in 2019. I was asked to make some rail predictions in the first week in January 2018. They were: Prediction 1: Rail infrastructure business plans will have to do more to show how they will...
- Heavy delays to new trains forces TfL to bring in temporary replacements on London OvergroundModified electric trains have been launched by TfL on the London Overground as a temporary replacement for the delayed delivery of new Class 710 electric trains. Earlier this month, the planned rollout of electric trains on the troubled Gospel Oak to Barking line was delayed indefinitely by...
- Operator revealed for flagship rail freight interchange in the East Midlands Segro has been named as the operator of a new flagship rail freight interchange in the East Midlands ahead of its construction by the end of 2019. The company has signed a 25-year lease with Maritime Transport to operate the huge Strategic Rail Freight Interchange (SRFI) at the Logistics Park...
- Five route options for East West Rail project unveiledThe East West Railway Company (EWRC) has unveiled five proposed routes for the new rail line between Bedford and Cambridge as a public consultation on the next phase of the scheme gets underway. The major East West Rail project will run from Oxford to Cambridge in three sections, and the central...
Other News Sources
- Deganwy fight against loss of railway crossingDEGANWY residents are being called to a public meeting to help oppose the closure of a pedestrian crossing over the Llandudno railway line
- THE EYE IN THE SKY KEEPING HS2 ON TRACK After another year which saw a number of high-profile UK projects fail to be completed on time, is this the year finally for real change and for those leading the charge on infrastructure to look elsewhere for innovation?
- St Albans and Radlett MPs urge rail bosses to rethink support of rail freight terminalMPs for St Albans and Radlett have written to Network Rail urging them to rethink supporting the construction of a controversial rail freight terminal on the Green Belt.
- Hoppecke secures deal for battery-powered trains In a deal that secures a long-term future for battery-powered trains in the UK, Staffordshire-based Hoppecke Industrial Batteries and Vivarail (a rolling-stock manufacturer based in Stratford-upon-Avon) have confirmed that they will be working together on batteries to power Vivarail’s Class 230 passenger trains.
- Cheshire East Council: HS2 expectation could be linked to hospitality boostCheshire East’s hotel occupancy and room rates saw a boost in 2018 according to the latest hospitality sector figures. Council leader Rachel Bailey suggests an evident rise in tourism could be linked to the area’s “buoyant economy” and the “expectation for HS2
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