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Treasury averts disaster

Author: John Band - Published Mon 15 of Dec, 2014 10:01 GMT - (8286 Reads)
This is how Britain’s Treasury saves transport projects from disaster.
Things were so much easier in the old days. One of Sydney's trams in 1960. Photograph by Ian Brady.
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Norfolk jam tomorrow

Author: Phil Smart - Published Thu 04 of Dec, 2014 10:35 GMT - (6524 Reads)
Campaigns
Railfuture welcomes the reference in the Chancellor's Autumn Statement to the long overdue upgrade to services on the Great Eastern Main Line (GEML), dubbed the ‘heritage line’ due to its 40 year old rolling stock!
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Backing for Uckfield-Lewes

Author: Chris Page - Published Tue 02 of Dec, 2014 17:46 GMT - (4851 Reads)
Nus Ghani and Tom Tugendhat, the Conservative parliamentary candidates for Wealden and for Tonbridge and Malling, met with Chris Page and Roger Blake of Railfuture today, after visiting the Thameslink worksite at London Bridge.
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Class 800 interior

Author: Keith Dyall and Norman Bradbury - Published Mon 01 of Dec, 2014 20:58 GMT - (8795 Reads)
Railfuture representatives Keith Dyall and Norman Bradbury visited the Hitachi IEP mockup, which comprises the cab, part of a first class vehicle with universal toilet and part of a second class vehicle with standard toilet, at DCA Design, Warwick.
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Northern saviour?

Author: Chris Page - Published Mon 01 of Dec, 2014 11:36 GMT - (7359 Reads)
Passengers
Northern Rail needs new diesel trains to replace Pacers and increase capacity sooner than lines can be electrified, but manufacturers have been unwilling to supply them - until now.
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Scotland Meeting Packed

Author: Allison Cosgrove - Published Thu 27 of Nov, 2014 18:47 GMT - (7836 Reads)
Scotland
Map showing the top 50 stations that Railfuture Scotland wants to see opened (or reopened) in the next few years.
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Photo competition

Author: Chris Page - Published Tue 04 of Nov, 2014 09:41 GMT - (12765 Reads)
New class 68 No 68004, seen here at Peterborough, is working from Norwich to Doncaster while 66529 brings an empty stone train from March, bound for Mount Sorrel.
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RUG Award winners 2014

Author: Chris Page - Published Mon 03 of Nov, 2014 13:06 GMT - (7450 Reads)
Railfuture President Christian Wolmar presents Peter Marshall, Chairman of Huddersfield Penistone Sheffield Rail Users Association, with the Gold Award for Best Newsletter.
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London Bridge

Author: Dick Tyler - Published Wed 29 of Oct, 2014 10:05 GMT - (8192 Reads)
Miscellany
Work starts on £450M London Bridge station redevelopment
CGI of New London Bridge concourse by Network Rail.
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Scotland Moves Forward

Author: Jerry Alderson - Published Fri 10 of Oct, 2014 12:54 BST - (10997 Reads)
Scotland
Over 500 pupils from 13 primary schools across the Scottish Borders and Midlothian have had the chance to get hands-on engineering experience thanks to the Borders Railway ‘Bridges to Schools’ project, supported by the ICE
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Your view on rail police

Author: Chris Page - Published Fri 03 of Oct, 2014 15:44 BST - (2964 Reads)
What matters to you?

British Transport Police is committed to getting you home safe, secure and on time. In setting their policing priorities for next year, they want to hear your views and find out about what matters to you while using the railway or the London Underground network.

Please answer the BTP survey by 31st October at www.btp.police.uk/survey.aspx.
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