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Thursday, 15 June 2017

The Guardian

• The Passengers That Took On the Train Line review – fascinating journey to inevitable disappointmentThe Passengers That Took On the Train Line (BBC2). In 2016, with the contract for Southeastern trains – which, like Southern, is run by the UK’s busiest rail operator, Govia – due to expire in six months, Peretti found five dissatisfied commuters (it didn’t take long) and followed their bid to take over the franchise

The Sun

• CHIP AND PALM Swedish commuters are paying for train journeys with a microchip embedded in their HANDImplants that are hidden underneath the skin double up as a Swedish version of the Oyster card

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Warning Metro users: Line closures announced for summer as �20m upgrade gets underway The closures are set to run over much of the summer to allow for major track work and the replacement of the Killingworth Road Metro bridge

Yorkshire Evening Post

• On the move! Leeds transport masterplan is set to get green light from councilCivic chiefs got the go-ahead from Whitehall in April to invest £173.5m in a package of schemes including a bus-rail link to Leeds Bradford Airport and new train stations at the White Rose Shopping Centre and Thorpe Park.

Other Regional Press

• One million passengers use new rail link in first six monthsALMOST one million passengers have passed through the barriers at Bicester Village Station in the six months since the new line to Oxford Station opened.

Rail Magazine

• Swanage services resume after 45 yearsTimetabled passenger trains run between Swanage and Wareham for first time since January 1972.
• Edinburgh-Glasgow wiring delayed until October, says NRNetwork Rail confirms EGIP delays.
• Vivarail main line testingD-Train main line testing ahead of Rail Live passenger debut
• Edinburgh Trams scores highly in light rail surveyEdinburgh Tram passengers are the most satisfied light rail users according new research from Transport Focus
• Higgins: HS2 is ‘not a political football’HS2 Chairman: “It’s important to recognise that we had bi-partisan support, and that HS2 has never been a political football.
• Crossrail 2 needs more workMore work was needed in order to secure approval for Crossrail 2 from the new Government
• Adonis shrugs off election impact on infrastructure Lord Adonis plays down fears General Election result poses threat to planned major infrastructure projects, including construction of HS2 and Crossrail 2.

Rail Technology Magazine

• Trams now 'benchmark for excellence' for passenger satisfaction in rail The tram network is setting the bar for passenger satisfaction across the UK rail industry according to consumer champion Transport Focus, which has found that people are very satisfied with the performance of light rail operators. In its latest Tram Passenger Survey (TPS), Transport Focus found...
• GWML electrification progresses with completion of Wiltshire worksElectrification work on the Great Western Main Line has taken a step forward today as Network Rail announced it had successfully upgraded the railway in Swindon and Royal Wootton Bassett. Engineers worked over the weekend of 10 and 11 of June to lower the track beneath Hunts Mill Bridge in...

Railnews

• Tram passengers give thumbs up in survey Passengers on trams outside London are more likely to be happy with their journeys than people using trains or buses. The findings are published today by watchdog Transport Focus in its latest Tram Passenger Survey, which says trams scored an overall satisfaction rating of 93 per cent. Some individual systems did better still, with Edinburgh Trams reaching 99 per cent. However, Transport Focus sees some possible sources of dissatisfaction, particularly as the result of disruption caused by building tramway extensions.

Railway Gazette

• Beer train launchedBELGIUM: Rail freight operator Lineas ran a pilot service carrying Jupiler beer from AB InBev’s...