- Paul Clifton
- Contributing Writer, RAIL & RailReview
- [email protected]
Articles by Paul Clifton - Page 9
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Insight
Rail reform: managing the expectations
There’s a growing view that rail reform is stalling. The team creating Great British Railways says that’s not true
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Network
London Transport Commissioner Byford to return to America
London’s transport commissioner, Andy Byford, is to step down at the end of October.
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Insight
Less is More? Rail’s role in post-pandemic travel
As we learn to live with COVID without restrictions on how we travel, new permanent patterns are starting to emerge. How will the railway adapt?
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Network
Nine-day blockade signals start of £95m upgrade
Part of the Portsmouth Main Line closed for nine days from February 12, at the start of a three-year, £95 million project to upgrade outdated signalling.
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Network
Concerns over rail service cuts becoming permanent
West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin has claimed that the pandemic is being used as a “smokescreen” to cut rail services in the North.
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Network
“Intolerable” service cuts under emergency COVID timetables
Train operators have further reduced rail services, in response to surging staff sickness levels due to COVID.
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Network
Salisbury Tunnel reopens after clean-up operation
Salisbury’s Fisherton Tunnel reopened on November 16, 16 days after a crash between two trains that injured 14 people
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Network
RSSB research exposes poor air quality on diesel trains
Air quality levels on some diesel trains are up to 13 times worse than standing beside a busy road in central London.
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Insight
Decarbonisation: where are the quick wins?
The Transport Decarbonisation Plan is full of positive zero-emission strategies, goals and deadlines. But what has to be done now, to make a start?
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Network
Southeastern loses franchise over “breach of trust”
Train operator Southeastern has lost its franchise after failing to declare more than £25 million of taxpayer funding, according to the Department for Transport
