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Tuesday, 19 July 2022

BBC News

• Heatwave: Fewer commuters as London swelters in hottest day of yearThe number of people using the Tube and buses is down as London sees England's hottest temperature.
• Train speeds limited over track buckling heatwave fearsRecord temperatures could affect the safety of steel tracks which expand in the heat, Network Rail says.

The Telegraph

• UK heatwave: Misery for commuters as trains hit by major delays [subscription]Commuters faced swathes of cancellations and delays at major stations, with huge crowds piling up at London St Pancras, trains axed at most London terminals and hold-ups of more than an hour in Cardiff and Edinburgh.

Times Online

• UK heatwave: Prince Charles warns of emergency as weather stops trains and melts runways [subscription]Runways melted in the heatwave as a Met Office expert said warnings of 41C felt “unreal” and “crazy”.

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Metro passengers told to find alternative transport as extreme heat continues to disrupt servicesPassengers can expect disruption throughout Tuesday and are advised to consider alternative methods of transport

New Civil Engineer

• DfT’s £9bn Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline passes 1,000 days without updateIt has now been more than 1,000 days since the publication of the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline (RNEP), which the Department for Transport (DfT) promised to update annually.

Railnews

• Heat emergency:˜travel by train only if you must' Railway passengers in England and Wales are being warned to only travel if they must in the very high temperatures today and tomorrow. The Met. Office has issued a red weather warning for extreme heat in the east of England, the Midlands and parts of the North West, with temperatures forecast to reach as high as 40ï℃ in some areas including parts of inland East Anglia, and almost as high in London.

Other News Sources

• 1,000 days pass since last update of RNEPRIA have warned that increasing delays to the latest update of the RNEP are causing communication issues and project budget cuts.
• RNEP – 1,000 days milestone passed since last updateIt has now been 1,000 days since the DfT’s RNEP – the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline (RNEP) showing the status of rail enhancement schemes at different stages of development – was last published. This is despite the Government promising to update it annually. The initial RNEP was published on 21 October 2019, with the 1,000 day milestone passed on Sunday 17 July this year.