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Sunday, 29 May 2016

The Guardian

• Digital plan for trains feeling strain of high demand and creaky foundationsNetwork Rail’s boss says hi-tech signalling is the answer. Dover’s weary commuters aren’t so sureOn a clear day, a Frenchman with a pair of binoculars could get a decent glimpse of the challenges facing Britain’s railway network by peering across the Channel at Dover. Until last Christmas, a high-speed train would travel at half pace along the old line at the bottom of the cliffs, giving commuters a direct fast link to Folkestone and the capital via HS1’s tracks. Then a combination of storm and tide so damaged the sea wall that passengers from Dover and beyond now have to transfer miserably on...

Daily Post (North Wales)

• North Wales railway stations hit with 700 crimes in just over four years Transport police say crime is falling after incidents of vandalism, violence, theft and rocks out on tracks

Rail Technology Magazine

• Passenger journeys for past year at highest since records began The UK rail industry is continuing to experience a period of record growth with passenger journeys and revenue increasing, figures from the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) have confirmed. The ORR revealed in its 2015-16 data that passenger train kilometres have increased every year since the...
• HS2 compensation scheme should be reviewed, says Residents' CommissionerHS2 and the Department for Transport (DfT) should review the high-speed rail compensation scheme, the project’s Residents’ Commissioner has said in her latest report In her latest study, Deborah Fazan added that the project is still failing to engage with communities. She also...