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TfL and Airports Commission at odds over impact of Heathrow third runway
Newly released documents show that the Airports Commission’s estimate of the cost of rail links needed to support the third runway at Heathrow airport is as much as £11bn below that of Transport for London (TfL).
Further delays in store for rail passenger rights
The government is set to delay implementing enhanced rights for rail passengers by 18 months, Which? has discovered.
Tuesday, 26 April 2016
BBC News
- Manchester Metrolink services restoredTram journeys across Manchester's Metrolink resume after a technical fault at its control depot halted services for five hours.
Mail Online
- TfL predicts 330m MORE journeys per year on London Underground Nearly 22,000 passengers are now arriving in London during the morning rush hour peak - forcing commuters to be crammed in carriages with five people per square metre.
Belfast Telegraph
- Conductors' strike set to cause rail chaosRail passengers on some of the busiest routes in the country face travel chaos because of a conductors' strike.
London Evening Standard
- Southern railways strike to cause two days of travel chaos for commutersA strike across Southern railways from Tuesday means two days of major travel chaos, rail chiefs warned.
- Zac Goldsmith: Tube passengers will suffer conditions worse than farmyard animals unless changes are madeCommuters will endure conditions that would be illegal for farmyard animals unless there is urgent investment in London's transport infrastructure, Zac Goldsmith warned today.
- Tube strike: Piccadilly line walk-out called off after progress in talks, RMT confirmsA planned Piccadilly line strike that threatened chaos for thousands of commuters tomorrow has been called off, the RMT has confirmed.
- Rail tickets featuring Samaritans helpline number launched by Audley Harrison to cut suicidesTrain tickets will feature a helpline number for the Samaritans in a bid to reduce suicides on the rail network, it has been announced.
- Southern rail strike: Commuters braced for days of travel chaos as walkout beginsThousands of commuters are braced for two days of travel chaos from this morning as strike action cripples major rail routes into London.
East Anglian Daily Times
- Lottery boost for Mid Suffolk Light Railway’s jubileeSuffolk’s only standard-gauge steam railway, the ‘Middy’, got its 25th birthday year off to a great start at the weekend with the formal start of work on its new workshop.
Other Regional Press
- No Southern trains in Tonbridge and Ashford during RMT Union strikeSouthern trains from two busy Kent stations will be cancelled as workers strike over safety fears.
Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport
- Finishing touches to be added to Stafford and Crewe lineThere will be finishing touches added to the line that connects Stafford and Crewe over the May bank holiday weekends. Forming part of Network Rail's �40 billion Railway Upgrade Plan, the company's staff will be working at Stafford to remove one of the last major bottlenecks on the West Coast main line. By doing this, there will be room at the station for more passenger and freight services between Birmingham and Manchester, London and the north-west. The changes also hope to improve the reliability of services and improve journey times for those travelling on the trains. Lines between Staffor...
- Railway along Cumbrian Coast line gets rock armourNetwork Rail has finished a project to install a 15,000-tonne rock armour sea defence to protect the railway along the Cumbrian Coast line at Parton. The company's team worked with the tidal patterns of the Irish Sea to deliver the emergency repairs to the sea wall. These repairs were much-needed because of storms over Christmas and the New Year that had battered the sea defences, which were in place to protect the railway. 15,000 tonnes of rock has been moved from the base of the sea wall to the beach next to the railway, creating a protective barrier between the train and and the force of th...
Rail Magazine
- High Court Injunction looms in GatEx new train rowGovia Thameslink Railway has issued proceedings at the High Court to seek an injunction enabling the operation of its new 12-car Gatwick Express trains
- GTR statement at the conclusion of high court proceedingsGovia Thameslink Railway has issued proceedings at the High Court to seek an injunction enabling the operation of its new 12-car Gatwick Express trains
- ORR investigates incident involving WCR at Bath SpaAnother safety incident involving West Coast Railway Company occurred on April 13
- ETCS forecast to facilitate 30% capacity boostInstallation of the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) will increase capacity by up to 30% on some parts of the network
Rail Technology Magazine
- Aslef back down over 12-car dispute after GTR obtain injunctionThe High Court has awarded an injunction to Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) forbidding their drivers from refusing to drive their new 12-car trains in an ongoing industrial dispute. GTR applied for the injunction, which was awarded on Friday, after Aslef drivers refused to drive the new 12-car...
- All Metrolink services suspended after communications failureTrams in Manchester came to a stop today (Monday 25 April) after a communications failure at the Old Trafford stop. The fault occurred at about 11.30am and means that the network control room staff are not able to monitor tram movements or access information displays. Metrolink RATP Dev trams...
- £100m contracts to build Luton airport link advertisedContracts worth between £100m and £200m to build the light rail link between Luton Airport Parkway station and London Luton Airport, including driverless rolling stock, are being advertised.
- TfL and Airports Commission at odds over impact of Heathrow third runwayNewly released documents show that the Airports Commission’s estimate of the cost of rail links needed to support the third runway at Heathrow airport is as much as £11bn below that of Transport for London (TfL).
Railnews
- High Court intervenes in Gatwick DOO dispute A High Court judge has ordered ASLEF not to 'induce' refusals by Gatwick Express drivers to operate 12-car trains. Govia Thameslink Railway said it was 'pleased' at the ruling, but ASLEF is balloting its members on Gatwick Express and Southern, which is also operated by GTR, while Southern services are also set to be disrupted by a separate conductors' strike from tomorrow.
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- Further delays in store for rail passenger rights The government is set to delay implementing enhanced rights for rail passengers by 18 months, Which? has discovered.
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