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Stagecoach in reverse as founders sell 11.6m shares [subscription]
Sir Brian Souter and his sister Dame Ann Gloag, the transport tycoons who founded Stagecoach, have sold nearly 11.6 million of their shares.
Network Rail listed in Times Top 50 Employers for Women
Network Rail has today been named as one of the top 50 employers for women in Britain.
Thursday, 29 April 2021
The Telegraph
- Scottish independence-supporting bus tycoons sell off Stagecoach stake [subscription]Sir Brian Souter and Dame Ann Gloag, who grew up on council estate in Perth, rank among Scotland's richest people
Other Regional Press
- Highland train derailment was caused by signalling system faultA signalling system fault was to blame for a train being derailed at Dalwhinnie, a preliminary investigation has found.
- An early-morning train service from Oakham to London St Pancras will be replaced by a later service in May 2021An early-morning train service to London is being axed. East Midlands Railway is introducing a new timetable on May 17 which doesn't includes the 6.10am service from Oakham to London St Pancras.
- 'We're not prepared to wait for HS2' - Lib Dem mayor candidate pledges investment drive for railThe Lib Dem fighting to be West Yorkshire mayor said he is "not prepared to wait for HS2 to get built in two decades' time" if elected on May 6, pledging to lobby the Government for investment in rail.
- Rusty bridges are 'ugly' and need improving, says councillor RUSTING rail bridges in Dorchester are a disgrace to the town – and need to be improved, according to town councillors.
New Civil Engineer
- Do we need to aim younger to plug the civil engineering skills gap?Completion of a flood wall in a small Dorset seaside village might be a minor story for most but for me it is another stage in a project that started in the early 1980s – and one that lead me down the path of engineering as a career.
- Do HS2 contractors need to take another look at Wendover tunnel option?Engineers, local councillors and politicians in both houses have raised concerns that HS2 Ltd and its contractors have failed to fully assess how to best build a 4.2km stetch of the railway in Wendover.
Rail Business Daily
- Lasting friendships as LNER’s ‘letter to a friend’ marks its first yearLondon North Eastern Railway (LNER) is celebrating the first anniversary of ‘Letter to a Friend’, an initiative which has created a vital lifeline for thousands of older people living in care homes who have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
- Network Rail listed in Times Top 50 Employers for WomenNetwork Rail has today been named as one of the top 50 employers for women in Britain.
Railway Gazette
- Options to address Manchester rail congestion are ‘undeliverable’, says BurnhamUK: The process to create an interim timetable to improve the performance of train services through Manchester from May 2022 has run into difficulties, the Transport for the North board heard at its latest meeting.
- Caledonian Sleeper services return to full timetableUK: Caledonian Sleeper has confirmed that it will be restoring its full timetable from April 29, after a lengthy period of running a single daily train between London and Inverness via Edinburgh.
Other News Sources
- Greater Anglia recycles train components to help the environmentGreater Anglia is recycling and reusing components from some of its old trains which are being sent for scrap as they are replaced by brand new state-of-the-art trains.
- Have hopes to reopen railway line already hit the buffers over plans to infill bridge?Hopes to reopen the Dumfries to Stranraer railway line could already have hit the buffers.
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