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Saturday, 10 June 2017

The Telegraph

• Southern Rail dispute ‘cost the Tories seats’ 

Times Online

• Virgin Trains acting ‘like Gestapo’ in fare dodging crackdown [Subscription]Virgin Trains is known for its bright-red livery and tilting high-speed Pendolinos. Now it is gaining notoriety for something rather less charming — its “Gestapo-like” ticket inspectors.

Daily Record

• Virgin Trains left red-faced after embarrassing spelling error on Edinburgh advert The company had advertised their train journeys from the Scottish capital to London but managed to spell Edinburgh wrong.

Rail Technology Magazine

• RMT demands immediate halt to DOO plans in light of hung ParliamentRail union RMT has called for an immediate halt to the implementation of driver-only operated (DOO) and driver-controlled operation (DCO) services on the network as a result of today’s hung Parliament announcement, which suggests the Tory policy may lose considerable support. Speaking...
• Greater Anglia reveals mock-up of new Stadler FLIRT trains Mock-ups of Greater Anglia’s new trains being built by Stadler have today been revealed by the operator. Just a day after Greater Anglia announced that its refurbished Class 321 rolling stock was ready to enter passenger service, it has now also unveiled mock-ups of its new fleet of...

Railnews

• RMT demands post-election rethink over DCO The RMT has demanded an immediate halt to the conversion of train services to driver-controlled operation, dubbing it �a political policy driven by the Tory Party�. Conservatives are now coming to terms with the fact that they lost their 17-seat majority in the General Election, and that a hung parliament lies ahead. Mick Cash of the RMT has taken the overnight results as his cue to call for a rethink of plans to introduce driver-controlled operation on Merseyrail and Northern. He will also be calling for a reassessment on Southern.

Other Subscription Services

• Campaigners make case for Borders rail to Carlisle The Campaign for Borders Rail has published a report setting out the case for reinstating the former Waverley line all the way to Carlisle.In 2015 part of the route, closed in 1969, reopened to...
• Train test delays see Crossrail launch date missed The introduction of Crossrail trains has been delayed with the first of the new sets yet to enter passenger service.MTR Crossrail, which operates the TfL Rail branded service between Shenfield and...