Its all about the future...the Training College for HS2, now known to be situated at Birmingham and Doncaster....
The safety of women on trains... a secure policy for the future needed ..
Future direct links between Oxford and Bristol...and an extension to the Bakerloo Line?
And CER (The Voice of European Railways) sets out its vision.. for the future...
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Headlines
UK
Birmingham to host HS2 college HQ.(insider media)
HS2 College: Skills boost welcomed with 2,000 apprentices to be trained(Birmingham Post)
Doncaster wins HS2 rail college race.(Doncaster Free Press)
Progress on HS2 college welcomed.(ICE)
Rogue rail activity clampdown.(Doncaster Free Press)
Train door 'ripped from hinges' in Bangor tunnel.(BBC News)
Brighton, The South Downs and The Bluebell Railway
Women-only train carriages could cut sex attacks, says transport minister(Birmingham Mail)
MPs call for direct rail service between Oxford and Bristol.(BBC News)
Bakerloo Line extension consultation begins.(BBC News)
Network Rail told to cut costs by 20% in next five years.(FT.com)
Office of Rail Regulation (ORR)
Regulator publishes Network Rail’s efficiency and financial assessment report
The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) today published its assessment of Network Rail's efficiency and financial performance from 2009-2014 (control period 4, CP4).The report (PDF) highlights that:
- Network Rail has implemented a number of initiatives to reduce its costs of operating, maintaining and renewing the national rail infrastructure by 15.5% in CP4.
- This work represents a positive outcome for the company's funders, however, the 15.5% efficiency savings reported were 8.0 percentage points lower than the 23.5% efficiency savings that Network Rail agreed to deliver. The lower efficiency was mainly due to additional costs incurred as Network Rail undertook more work towards the end of the control period to improve train punctuality and reliability.
- In CP4, Network Rail spent £1.2bn more on operating, maintaining and renewing the network, Schedule 4 & 8 costs and financing costs than assumed in our determination of Network Rail's funding for CP4. It also spent an additional £1.4bn on enhancements to the network than assumed in its funding settlement. This higher enhancements expenditure was mostly due to additional projects that were not included in the CP4 funding settlement but that were later requested by governments.
- The efficiency shortfall means that Network Rail now faces a greater challenge to deliver the further 19.4% efficiency savings on operations, maintenance and renewals that the company has been funded to deliver by 2019.
- Network Rail's financial performance in Scotland was better than Great Britain as a whole and it delivered the majority of its required outputs for Scotland.
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The Great Western - Improvements - Network Rail.
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International
Africa
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China
China hopes to revive the Silk Road with bullet trains to Xinjiang.(The Guardian)
India
Train collision kills 12 in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.(BBC News)
USA
GE Transportation on YouTube
Other Railway Press
SmartRail World
The Shinkansen, the Japanese 'super express of dreams' turns 50.
With the start of the Shinkansen, we had a feeling that the starving time would end and Japan would change dramatically...."
It was 50 years ago today that Japan unveiled its first bullet train, the Shinkansen, which at the click of an ignition switch ushered in the era of modern high-speed rail and the position of Japan as a symbol of economic growth and innovation. Abigail Francis of SmartRail World finds out more... Here
www.cer.be. The Voice of European Railways
The Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) is pleased to present its new publications:
CER's vision for the future of the European rail sector
andCER - The Voice of European Railways
In its Vision, CER calls for policy initiatives that facilitate growth and business development in the rail sector on the basis of substantial and rapid infrastructure investments where positive business cases exist, covering both maintenance and renewal needs, and upgrade and new build priorities; of strong and fair price signals within and between transport modes; and of business-friendly support measures to aid the emergence of new infrastructure and new services. A stable legal framework, applied in a consistent manner, is a crucial basis for investment and new business development.
CER calls for the following three-tier approach for the railway sector:
- Stabilise the legislative framework for the railway market
- Pursue a pro-growth agenda for the railway sector
- Develop a new inter-modal strategy for transport
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For further information on CER and CER activities:
Web: www.cer.be
E-mail: contact@cer.be
Twitter: @CER_railways
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Twitter: @CER_railways
Leaving on a night train: the best long-distance rail journeys.(The Guardian)
www.railway-technology.com
EBRD loans €121m to Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ) for rail equipment
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has granted a loan of €121m to national rail company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ), for the purchase of equipment for logistics and infrastructure maintenance.
Swedish Transport Administration and APM Terminals conduct train trial run at Gothenburg port
The Swedish Transport Administration and APM Terminals have started the trial run on the Western Main Line with a 730m-long freight train at the Port of Gothenburg.
Argentina's SBASE contracts Siemens for Metroline C upgrade
Argentina's urban infrastructure company Subterráneos de Buenos Aires/Sociedad del Estado (SBASE) has selected Siemens for a €30m project to enhance the signalling and depot operations control centre.
Stadler to deliver additional 34 FLIRT trains for Helsinki Regional Transport
Finland-based Junakalusto Oy has placed an additional order worth €200m for 34 FLIRT trains from Stadler Rail.
Slideshow: Orient-Express (Ronik24 on YouTube)
More details on this journey at Steam Tube
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