Articles by Paul Stephen - Page 19
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Network
Clampdown on drunkenness proves effective
Initiatives to prevent rowdy and drunken passengers from boarding trains have succeeded in making passengers feel safer, says Transport Focus.
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Network
Progress made on new £50 million station
Secretary of State for Transport Patrick McLoughlin inspected work at the new £50 million Cambridge North station, ahead of its expected opening in May 2017.
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Network
Landslip could close section of S&C until late 2017
Concern that the Settle-Carlisle Line will remain partially shut into the latter half of 2017.
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Network
Samaritans’ information features on paper tickets
The Samaritans’ awareness campaign ‘We Listen’ will now feature on the back of train tickets.
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Network
Virgin Trains offers data on train punctuality
Virgin Trains begins publishing up-to-date punctuality data on its services.
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Network
Glasgow Subway to shut for a month for tunnel work
Subway services in Glasgow are to be suspended for approximately four weeks from Saturday July 2, to enable modernisation work.
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Network
Network Rail making progress on Glasgow Queen Street refresh
Network Rail is over 50 days into its 140-day closure of Glasgow Queen Street for the £742 million Edinburgh-Glasgow Improvement Programme (EGIP).
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Network
Cumbrian Coast defences bolstered
Network Rail completes work to protect the railway on the Cumbrian Coast Line at Parton.
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Network
Network Rail completes May Bank Holiday works programme
More than 11,000 Network Rail engineers worked over the May Bank Holiday weekend, completing £33 million worth of improvements with no reported overruns.
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Freight
Diversity holds the key to freight’s future
Rail Freight Group Executive Director MAGGIE SIMPSON talks to PAUL STEPHEN about the future of UK rail freight, and how it will be affected by the Shaw Report