Rail.co Latest news. 9th November 2011

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• Northern Rail rides to success in Cycle Rail Awards  Northern Rail is celebrating thanks to success at this year's ATOC Cycle Rail Awards, winning three of the top accolades on the night. Northern's Ian Hall ...
• Report claims there is ˜a good case" for HS2  There is a good case for a high speed rail network, linking London and the major cities of the Midlands, the North and Scotland says the ...
• Metro Chairman responds to new transport funding gap figures  Responding to Treasury figures released yesterday which show transport spend in London is now almost triple that in Yorkshire and Humberside, Metro Chairman Cllr James Lewis ...
• ATOC responds to HS2 report  In response to the publication of the Transport Select Committee report on HS2, Michael Roberts, Chief Executive of the Association of Train Operating Companies said: œA ...
• London Underground unveils proposals to boost Bank capacity  Plans that would see the creation of wider platforms, better access to lines and step-free access to a new ticket hall at one of the Tube’s ...
• York named Station of the Year at Cycle Rail Awards  Train operator East Coast and City of York Council have won a top industry award for improvements made at York Station to encourage more sustainable cycle-rail ...
• Park and rail deal is just the ticket for commuters  Commuters using a busy West Midlands rail station could save £100 each month and avoid the rush hour jams by parking up their cars and continuing ...
• CCTV released after passenger forces his way off train  British Transport Police (BTP) investigators are appealing for the public's help after a passenger forced a train to make an emergency stop before making off down ...
• FCC & British Transport Police team up to warn rail criminals  First Capital Connect teamed up with the British Transport Police last week to send a warning to those who commit crime on the line in Hertfordshire ...
• Campaign for Better Transport responds to Government's HS2 report  Responding to High Speed Rail, the report of the inquiry into high speed rail from the Transport Select Committee, Richard Hebditch, Campaign for Better Transport's campaigns ...
• ScotRail's Bishopbriggs & Lenzie stations go ˜Smart"  ScotRail customers in Bishopbriggs and Lenzie can now switch to SmartCard tickets. New scanners at the stations allow monthly and weekly season ticket holders travelling to any station ...
• Chiltern Railways employee named ˜Britain's Next Top PA"  Lesley Knight, a PA from Ivinghoe in Buckinghamshire, has been named as the winner of the 14th annual ˜Britain's Next Top PA" Awards. Lesley, who is ...
• London Midland appoints new Managing Director  After an open competition, Patrick Verwer, currently Go-Ahead's Managing Director “ Rail Development, has been appointed as Managing Director of London Midland. David Brown, Go-Ahead's Group ...
• Global expansion of high speed rail ˜gains steam"  As interest in high speed rail (HSR) ‘surges around the world’, the number of countries running these trains is expected to nearly double over the next ...