The Williams Review, chaired by former British Airways boss Keith Williams, was launched in May 2018 and triggered by chaos created by timetable changes that year and the failure of the East Coast franchise. The …
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Sir Michael Holden on the Williams Review (Freewheeling)
After – finally – discovering what the Williams Shapps Plan for Rail actually said, I got together with Sir Michael Holden to discuss it. After all, who better to pick it apart than someone who’s …
Continue readingNR lists no regret electrification schemes (NewCivilEng)
Network Rail draws up list of ‘no regret’ electrification schemes – Network Rail bosses are drawing up a list of ‘no regret’ schemes to accelerate the electrification of the UK’s rail network. The list will …
Continue readingNetwork Rail drainage can’t cope with increasing heavy rain (NewCivilEng)
Network Rail’s drainage systems are not used to “coping” with the amount of rain that fell prior to the Stonehaven derailment in Scotland earlier this year, according to chief executive Andrew Haines. Speaking at the …
Continue readingNetwork Rail’s open data programme begins (RailTechMag)
The working condition of 1,500 lifts and 300 escalators across nearly 500 stations will soon be available for passengers to view in aid of helping them plan their journeys through stations with real-time knowledge of …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 5 October 2020
• Barking wants to bury a road & add an Overground station (IanVisits) • The ‘fantastically durable’ railway network: Sir Peter Hendy (RIBAJ) • Wherefore the colours of the Network Rail station symbols? (ProjectMapping) • …
Continue readingNetwork Rail sets electrification target strategy (NewCivilEng)
Network Rail has set electrification targets as part of its new Environmental Sustainability Strategy which sets out how the rail operator will think, plan and manage railways in the coming decades. Revolving around four core …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 18 September 2020
• Franchising is Dead – Long Live Concessions! (Railway-News) • Outer London road congestion now worse than pre-lockdown (Guardian) • Network Rail acquires Brunel’s Bristol Old Station (RailUK) • France considers massive airline eco-tax (OneMileAtATime) …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 3 August 2020
• London’s non-TfL cycling lanes Tube map (CityMetric) • Season tickets now obsolete: we need flexible tickets now (Wired) • NR small & medium size station design & integration process (DesignCouncil) • The real parking …
Continue readingA Study in Sussex (part 15): East Croydon revisited – again!
It was not our intention to write another full article on the long-term developments planned at East Croydon. As far as we could see the overall plan was almost finalised and little new was expected …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 11 May 2020
• UK Govt boosts cycling & walking with £2bn post-pandemic plan (Forbes) • We need health warning labels on fossil fuel sales (BritishMedJ) • New metro rail services urged to connect housing clusters (CIHT) • …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 4 May 2020
• Improving air quality at railway stations to fight Covid (RailwayTech) • London’s street parking takes the space of 10 Hyde Parks (CityMetric) • NR & Festival of Architecture reveal Sitting Pretty designs (RailBusinessDaily) • …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 10 April 2020
• Survey of city actions to support walking, cycling during COVID (PedBikeInfo) • Coronavirus reveals transit’s true mission (CityLab) • Free rail travel to those fleeing domestic abuse during lockdown (RailDeliveryGroup) • We need to …
Continue readingNR hunts for new tunnelling methods (NewCivilEng)
Network Rail Infrastructure is asking the industry to come up with alternative tunnelling techniques that could reduce disruption to the railways. In the request for information (RFI) notice on the Official Journal of European Union, it is …
Continue readingNew Network Rail Innovation programme (GlobalRailway)
Network Rail and Connected Places Catapult (CPC) have launched a new programme, aiming to find innovative solutions to key challenges facing British railway stations today. The programme forms part of Network Rail’s Research, Development & …
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