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Thursday, 27 October 2016
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The Herald
- Humza Yousaf in plea for control over Network RailTransport Minister Humza Yousaf has repeated his calls for control over Network Rail to be devolved to Scotland following a report criticising its handling of major infrastructure projects north of the border.
Daily Record
- Abellio warned contingency plans in place for ScotRail franchiseTransport Minister Humza Yousaf said while he is confident Abellio will make improvements to its services, he warned if performance worsens, “there are some very serious measures that I can take and I will take if necessary”
The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)
- Transport minister admits he is not an expert – on transportThe man in charge of Scotland’s roads and railways has admitted he is not an expert on the topic.
Wolverhampton Express and Star
- New HS2 boss Roy Hill is MD of firm bidding for rail contractsThe new interim chief executive of the HS2 rail project works for a company that is bidding for millions of pounds of contracts on the line, it has been revealed.
Other Regional Press
- Scottish ministers have plan to run railway if ScotRail fails to improveThe Scottish Government has a plan in place to take over the running of the country’s railways if ScotRail fails to hit improvement targets.
- Minister warns Abellio it could lose ScotRail franchise if performance gets worseTransport Minister, Humza Yousaf, told MSPs that Transport Scotland would be ready and able to take over running the services if the franchise was terminated early when there is a break in the contract.
- State of the art rail link is on the right trackLuton’s ambitious plans for a £200 million Mass Passenger Transit system linking London Luton Airport with Luton Airport Parkway railway station will be displayed at two forthcoming public exhibitions next week.
Rail Magazine
- Flexible seating plans for West MidlandsBidders for the West Midlands franchise will be able to remove seats from trains providing they meet certain criteria.
- New Anglia franchise: operator relishing the challengeLaunching the new Anglia franchise on October 17, Greater Anglia Managing Director Jamie Burles speaks a huge weight of responsibility to “get it right”.
- Could HST cascade be delayed? Cascaded HSTs are still expected to enter traffic with ScotRail from spring 2018, despite concerns over GWML electrification.
- Jim Steer to speak at RAIL’s National Rail ConferenceSteer Davies Gleave's Founder and Director will speak at the NRC in Manchester on November 1
Rail Technology Magazine
- Digital Railway at risk of further eroding supplier confidence and investmentIf plans to enhance network capacity through Digital Railway are so over-ambitious that they later need to be scaled back, Network Rail risks discouraging future investment in the UK by rail suppliers – and further eroding confidence in the market, the Transport Select Committee has...
- Network Rail chooses Barnardo's as charity partnerBarnardo’s will be Network Rail’s Charity of Choice until March 2019, it was announced today. Network Rail will support the charity through fundraising, volunteering, gifts in kind and payroll giving. There’s no doubt that Barnardo’s is a very worthy choice. Founded in...
- Performance data will be 'granular' and operator-specific in CP6, NR revealsThe rail industry is preparing itself to introduce “newer metrics of performance” in the next control period so that passengers can access more “granular information” relevant to their type of service, rather than relying on a one-size-fits-all approach. Speaking at a...
Other News Sources
- I’m no transport expert, says Scotland’s transport ministerScotland’s Transport Minister has said he is not a “transport expert” as he defended the SNP’s response to growing public anger about the state of the country’s overcrowded and late-running trains.
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