News from the East Anglian Branch of Railfuture, Edited by Martin Thorne and Jerry Alderson.
Railfuture News Snippets 367 - 30/10/2023
The taxi rank at Huntingdon station on Monday 9th October 2023.
SAWRUG held a meeting at Cambridge station on Monday 9th October 2023 with a speaker from Network Rail to talk about the Cambridge resignalling scheme.
On 8th November 2023 from 07:00 until 09:30, Greater Angila management will be on the platforms at Cambridge station for its 'Let's Talk' event. It will be your change to have your say.
The Cambridge University Railway Club has announced a series of speakers for its Michaelmas (autumn) term. These include Gareth Dennis, a prolific railway engineer, writer and campaigner, on Tuesday 21st November 2023 at 18.00 at Queens' College's Angevin Room. This will be followed by Alex Hynes, Managing Director of ScotRail, on Tuesday 28th November 2023 at 18.00.
Deutsche Bahn (the German national railway) has signed an agreement to sell the whole of the UK's Arriva Group to infrastructure investment manager I Squared Capital. The transaction is expected to complete in 2024. DB has been looking to sell arriva since around 2019. Cross Country, which is owed by Arriva, operates the service between Bimingham and Stansted Airport via Peterborough, Ely and Cambridge. Its new National Rail Contract (NRC) came into force on 15th October 2023.
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Railfuture East Anglia Branch News Snippets 367 - 30/10/2023
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