- Paul Clifton
- Contributing Writer, RAIL & RailReview
- [email protected]
Articles by Paul Clifton - Page 6
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Network
“In a worse situation than when the dispute started”
The leader of train drivers’ union ASLEF can see no end to the current disputes unless Government permits train operators to offer larger pay rises.
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Network
Elizabeth line tunnels open to services from Reading
The latest stage of Elizabeth line opening means that direct services now connect Reading and Heathrow with Abbey Wood, without the need to change trains.
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Insight
The need for SPEED is still an important one
What is happening to Project Speed? Has it been buffeted by the economic storms swirling around the industry, or is it undergoing a subtle evolution
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Insight
Rail reform: managing the expectations
There’s a growing view that rail reform is stalling. The team creating Great British Railways says that’s not true
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Network
London Transport Commissioner Byford to return to America
London’s transport commissioner, Andy Byford, is to step down at the end of October.
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Insight
Less is More? Rail’s role in post-pandemic travel
As we learn to live with COVID without restrictions on how we travel, new permanent patterns are starting to emerge. How will the railway adapt?
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Network
Nine-day blockade signals start of £95m upgrade
Part of the Portsmouth Main Line closed for nine days from February 12, at the start of a three-year, £95 million project to upgrade outdated signalling.
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Network
Concerns over rail service cuts becoming permanent
West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin has claimed that the pandemic is being used as a “smokescreen” to cut rail services in the North.
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Network
“Intolerable” service cuts under emergency COVID timetables
Train operators have further reduced rail services, in response to surging staff sickness levels due to COVID.
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Network
Salisbury Tunnel reopens after clean-up operation
Salisbury’s Fisherton Tunnel reopened on November 16, 16 days after a crash between two trains that injured 14 people
