Articles by RAIL magazine - Page 145

Transport for the North (TfN) membership explained

Passenger numbers on the Brigg line have grown substantially in the past year, according to recent data on station usage from the Office of Rail and Road.

The cost to Government of the recently completed Northern rail franchise procurement process, to the end of November 2015, was £8.0 million.

TfL securs four million euros (£2.9m) of funding from the European Commission, to develop options for London Overground stations around Old Oak Common.

East Midlands Trains passengers can now book assistance with their journeys 12 hours in advance, rather than the previous 24.

A special charter for local passengers and stakeholders ran on December 11, to mark the start of upgraded west of England services from December 13.

The second phase of the £12 million upgrade of Moorfields station in Liverpool is due to begin on January 4.

Commitments made by Freightliner Limited and Freightliner Group to strengthen competition in the intermodal freight sector were approved by the ORR in December.

Consumer body Which? launched a super-complaint to the ORR on December 21 about claimed inadequacies of refunds to passengers when trains are delayed.

Undoubtedly one of rail freight’s greatest successes the Freightliner name has stood the test of time. RAIL marks 50 years of Freightliner intermodal operations