Rail
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Think about passengers as well as engineering, Network Rail told
ORR demands a new focus on customers when the rail operator plans possessions but company escapes fine for Christmas chaos. -
A business case for growth and jobs
Crossrail 2 chief executive Michèle Dix starts her new role leading the project this week. She sets out her challenges for the year ahead. -
London’s Underground has always relied on being ahead of the game
New Year, new photo, new thinking; LUs David Waboso is focused on innovation in this month’s column and he says it involves more than just new technology. -
Changing tack: Crossrail advances beyond tunnelling
London’ £15bn Crossrail project reaches a milestone in May as civils contractors start to hand over tunnels and stations to mechanical and electrical fit-out and systems crews. Antony Oliver report. -
MPs call for new strategic vision to maximise return on investment in UK rail
Network Rail “must demonstrate that it can deliver” ambitions for CP5 after Christmas chaos, says Transport Select Committee. -
It’s the private sector that will make HS2 a success, says rail lobby body
The Public Accounts Committee’s concerns last week about public sector strategy for high speed rail missed the benefits that will come from private sector support, says Greengauge 21. -
HS3 or HS2? Both? Where's the strategy for high speed rail MPs ask?
Pubic Accounts Committee queries high contingency in HS2 budget and wants a clear plan of priorities for rail investment. -
Contractors face big penalties for Christmas rail overruns, MPs hear
Amey and Balfour Beatty/Alstom to pay the price while Network Rail waits for verdict on its efforts from ORR, Transport Select Committee told -
East Coast Main Line at Holloway – an hour by hour descent into trouble
Network Rail explains what happened on the East Coast Main Line over Christmas to prevent Kings Cross station opening to passengers on 27 December. -
Plant failure, bungled testing and poor contingency behind Christmas rail chaos
Carne apologises: “We simply did not do these things well enough.” MPs to grill Network Rail boss later today.