- Andy Comfort
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Articles by Andy Comfort
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Features
One way to tackle recruitment difficulties breaks new ground
The new government is looking to recruit 100,000 people into the rail industry. One train maintenance company has taken matters into its own hands.
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Insight
Can the Royal Mail trains keep on running?
After Royal Mail decided to stop using its own trains, Andy Comfort hears how the 30-year-old trains may still have plenty of life left in them.
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News
Signalling work closes stations in south London
Much of south London’s suburban network will be out of action for seven days from the end of this month.
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News
Paddington ticket hall brings accessibility boost
The new ticket hall at Paddington station has opened, serving London Underground’s Bakerloo Line.
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Features
Hull Trains keen to open up new markets
Part two of Andy Comforts’s focus on Hull Trains looks at the company’s recovery from the pandemic, and at its ambitions to run more services.
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News
Upgrade work closes part of the Leeds to Manchester main line
Part of the main Leeds to Manchester railway is to close on weekdays for 5 weeks from October 21, with some trains diverted and replacement buses running.
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News
Southeastern boosts timetable with hundreds of weekday services
Passengers in the South-East of England will benefit from 220 new train services a week from the December timetable change.
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News
Records broken at Great North Run
A record number of people used public transport at this year’s Great North Run on September 8.
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News
Northern saves fuel by changing the way trains are driven
Northern Trains has been working with data scientists to save thousands of litres of diesel fuel a year by changing the way trains are driven.
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News
Exhibition on Shinkansen at 60
A Japanese bullet train nose cone has gone on display in London, to mark 60 years since the first-generation Shinkansen entered service.
