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Government fulfils promise to veterans with new railcard
Military veterans to get cut-price train travel to help boost job prospects and bring them closer to family and friends.
Network Rail investigated over poor performance on routes used by Northern and TransPennine Express
Network Rail is being investigated over its poor performance on routes used by train operators Northern and TransPennine Express.
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Wednesday, 22 January 2020
BBC News
- Veterans railcard for cheaper train fares to launch on Armistice DayA new railcard offering discounted train tickets for military veterans will be launched later this year, the government has said.
- Barbican residents call for Tube speed restrictions to halt noiseBarbican residents say late night trains cause
- Network Rail probe over Northern and TransPennine routesThe rail regulator says Network Rail's performance was not good enough in the north and central England.
Department for Transport
- Government fulfils promise to veterans with new railcardMilitary veterans to get cut-price train travel to help boost job prospects and bring them closer to family and friends.
Financial Times
- Network Rail ‘on a warning’ for poor service in northRegulator starts inquiry into Northern and Transpennine problems
The Guardian
- Network Rail investigated over poor performanceState firm ‘on a warning’ over routes used by Northern and TransPennine Express
The Telegraph
- Veterans to benefit from new rail card as Minister says former service personnel are not 'mad, bad and sad'veterans’ travel card giving former service personnel a discount on rail fares has been launched by the government.
Times Online
- Network Rail bosses face losing bonuses over delays [subscription]Network Rail has been given an official reprimand over delays on busy commuter lines, with warnings that bosses could have bonuses docked unless performance improves.
City AM
- HS2: Right project, wrong pitch to the publicHS2 will become a case study in the importance of having your corporate communications in order. Since the beginning, protestors [...] The post HS2: Right project, wrong pitch to the public appeared first on CityAM.
Belfast Telegraph
- Attacks on Translink staff on rise with over 600 reported since 2015Staff at Northern Ireland's public transport operator suffered more than 600 physical or verbal attacks in the last five years.
Bradford Telegraph & Argus
- Network Rail investigated over poor performance on routes used by Northern and TransPennine Express Network Rail is being investigated over its poor performance on routes used by train operators Northern and TransPennine Express.
Sheffield Star
- Government responds after hundreds sign petition for Sheffield rail upgradeHundreds of people have backed a petition demanding more frequent trains on a railway line linking Sheffield and Huddersfield.
Yorkshire Evening Post
- How do we solve transport problems in Leeds? - YEP lettersAll the recent letters and articles on transport in the region and how it is unfit for purpose have been critical of the service providers and the inability to find a solution.
Other Regional Press
- Network Rail being investigated over poor performanceTrains are not arriving on time and the Office of Rail and Road is looking at how Network Rail contributes to it
British Trams Online
- Metro punctuality rises againThe latest four week performance statistics – 8th December 2019 to 4th January 2020 – for the Tyne and Wear Metro have now been released and there is some good (and some not so good) news included! The percentage of trains arriving on time has increased by 8% but after the low of the previous period this does mean it is still only at 73%.
Rail Technology Magazine
- Network Rail unveil new Holcombe to Teignmouth rail protection planUpdated proposals have been published by Network Rail, outlining a series of potential changes to a section of railway line in south Devon between Holcombe and Teignmouth.
- Merseyrail named most reliable train operator in the UK for the second year running Merseyrail has been awarded as the most punctual rail operator in the country for the second year running – with 96.4% of its trains running on time. It has also achieved its best performing year ever in 2019, with the oldest passenger fleet in the UK. In the past year Merseyrail has...
- The age of Intelligent Infrastructure - Network RailSource: RTM Dec 19/Jan 20 Predictive technology that informs engineers when, where and why faults will occur on the railway are vital to improving infrastructure performance and driving a better service for passengers. Jonathan Schofield from Network Rail’s Intelligent...
- TransCityRail MidlandsThe Midlands is currently experiencing a 'rail revolution.' It is central to the £57bn HS2 Phase 1 & 2 projects, is home to over 300 rail supply companies, has world class rail test facilities, a number of station upgrades and freight investment. The
- Freight's role in zero carbon emissions - ERFASOURCE: RTM Dec 19/Jan 20 Conor Feighan Secretary General European Rail Freight Association (ERFA) The key challenge for policy makers and industry over the coming five years revolves around the decarbonisation of transport. The transport sector currently accounts for 27% of...
Other News Sources
- Plan to increase visitors using the far north rail lineA BID is to be made to increase the number of tourists on the rail route between Caithness and Inverness.
- 'Stop dithering and sort out HS2'Lancashire business chiefs have urged the Government to deliver HS2 in full amid fresh reports the link to the North could be put on hold.
- Getting short sea shipping better connectedThis year’s Coastlink Conference will focus on building connectivity between shortsea shipping and intermodal networks.
- Hampshire's quietest and busiest train stations revealed in latest passenger data Just over 10,500 people passed through the county's least busy station in 2018/19
- Rail chiefs to decide whether to shut Newhaven ghost stationRAIL chiefs are finally hoping to shutter a train station – 14 years after it was closed to the public.
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