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    FirstGroup awarded London Cable Car contract

    It has been reported that First Group have gained the contract to operate the London cable car. https://markets.ft.com/data/announce/detail?dockey=600-202403210300PR_NEWS_PRUKDSCL_0017-1
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    377 refresh ?

    GTR has issued tender for carpets for 377s Are they about to get a refresh ? 64 class 377/1 90 class 377/2 and 377/4 28 class 377/3 https://bidstats.uk/tenders/2024/W12/818938066
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    Waterloo station masterplan

    New plan from Network Rail and Lambeth Council https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/network-rail-and-lambeth-council-unveil-future-vision-for-london-waterloo-station-and-its-surrounding-area https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/resources/7iuij-s5owq-x6ysj-d3bul-imozi The full 32...
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    GWR Cardiff Rugby Extras, TfW also has few, but none from XC

    GWR has just released details of Wales v France services GWR operating 27 trains to Cardiff before kick off, with 2600+ extra seats. 25 trains (including 5 extras) after the match with 3000+ seats...
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    ORR Performance and Cancellation data

    ORR has release new data today 7th March Per table 2 punctuality is just 62.2% PPM (public performance measure) has fallen to 81.4% Table 3.1 has cancellations, highest quarter for 6 years 4.9% Table 4.2 has punctuality by Operator, bottom is Avanti West Coast at feeble 37.2% at the top is...
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    GWR crowding and bad unit change at Bristol

    Met a friend off a Cardiff-Portsmouth train at Bradford on Avon, running 17 minutes late due to crowding at 6pm. Looked like it was operating at 200+% of seating capacity. It was one of 3 (of 8) diagrams operating as a 2car unit today (usual GWR lack of serviceable stock). However apparently...
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    Siemens signalling R&D funding pledged

    Reports locally, that the Chippenham (ex Westinghouse) site is getting research and development upgrade to develop new signalling. Details patchy, but best article I can find online is this referring to Siemens investing £100m as part of £360m funding from Chancellor...
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    Looe branch unfinished 1937 deviation

    Have been reading a GWR history book and it refers to a deviation for Looe branch, because it was difficult to work with steep gradients and reversal at Coombe Junction. It says in 1937 work began on a new line from west of St Germans, was to have 2 intermediate stations, two tunnels (one of...
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    Mark Harper announces in Llandudno North Wales electrification

    Per Independent Seems Mark Harper is in North Wales and just told a group about 126 miles of electrification Crewe; Warrington, Wrexham to Holyhead. Dont know how accurate it is, or if it is vague aspiration...
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    School buses to be switched to trains

    BBC are reporting that after summer holidays 10 school buses in Ilkley area will be withdrawn and pupils given rail passes instead, as more cost effective. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-68337830 Somewhere in my box of old railway tickets, I have termly pass marked Scholar Where...
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    Is railway run for engineers or passengers, and who should advise disruption

    There are upcoming engineering works near my local station, and the engineers have decided to close about 80% of the station car park ( few hundred pounds worth of parking spaces revenue will be lost) Remaining car park was full by 08:00 and people have had to drive away again and abandon...
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    Northern to install waiting shelters

    Northern is going to install waiting shelters, as people waiting outside where waiting rooms or canopies have gone, isn't much of a passenger experience https://news.railbusinessdaily.com/new-waiting-shelters-set-to-be-installed-across-21-northern-stations-thanks-to-1-9m-investment/
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    DLR Thamesmead extension Consultation

    New consultation on possible Thamesmead Extension New station north of river at Beckton Riverside https://haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/dlr-extension
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    Pay as you go for Manchester and Birmingham

    DfT announcement 75 stations in West Midlands 17 in Greater Manchester https://www.gov.uk/government/news/tap-in-tap-out-train-travel-is-on-track-for-the-west-midlands-and-greater-manchester Remains to be seen if passengers get confused travelling from a touch in station to a touch out...
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    Provision of saloon heating in electric buses

    Mod note - discussion split from this thread: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/london-buses-discussion.146383/ It seems that the winter weather, and the need for saloon heating, is proving bit much for some of the electrics' undersized batteries. Over the last few days multiple routes have...
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    DOHL Report : Experience of LNER onboard staff

    Dft has published a report produced for DOHL (DfT OLR Holdings Ltd) regarding Experience of LNER onboard staff which some might find interesting as has some suggestions at end 15 pages (too long to quote), covers 1 Trust and Transparency 2 Inclusion 3 Management Arrangements 4 Rostering...
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    ORR release quarterly passenger data

    ORR have released July-September 2023 figures https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/media/bbrpxkon/passenger-rail-usage-jul-sep-2023.pdf London & South East had 16% increase in journeys compared to same quarter previous year Average journey distance increased for regional, but fell on a intercity and...
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    ORR calls for more competition in station catering

    Looks like the ORR is looking at station catering and comments specifically in the notes, about £700m profit, but only £100m going to station, so would like to see more invested in improving station, seems sensible to me, what do others think...
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    29 new trains for Transpennine Express ?

    In notes to todays Government announcemen on £3.9bn for Transpennine routes is Are these definite, and if so what type https://www.gov.uk/government/news/service-announcement-39-billion-boost-for-more-reliable-train-journeys-in-the-north
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    New EMUs for CP Portugal

    Alstom has won 117 train order for Portugal, some of the trains being replaced are 70 years old https://www.urban-transport-magazine.com/en/alstom-major-contract-to-modernise-lisbons-suburban-train-service-additional-regional-trains/

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