Articles by Paul Clifton - Page 8
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Widespread support for 30-year rolling stock strategy
"Thirty-year rolling stock strategy would create a market place for whole supply chain" - Porterbrook Chief Executive Mary Grant
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London ‘bailout’ achieved with just minutes to spare
Funding deal for Transport for London agreed with 14 minutes to spare
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1-in-11,000 chance of contracting COVID-19 on trains
RSSB research estimates the risk of infection per passenger journey to be 1-in-11,000 journeys
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EXCLUSIVE: Transport for London “hours from stopping the Underground and buses”
“I waited until five to midnight on the day when I would have had to pull the plug for the next day" - former London Transport Commissioner Mike Brown
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DfT has “no idea what to do”, say top railway insiders
Insiders criticise Government over continued rail industry uncertainty
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Rail freight sector warns of slump in container traffic
“In recent weeks no one has been placing orders with China. And in the UK, factories have not been making anything to export" - GBRf MD John Smith
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COVID-19: Railway working with government to combat crisis
Concern operators will not meet franchise obligations as passenger numbers fall
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South Western Railway contract “could end” as turnaround plan announced
Hopwood: "We are having constructive talks with the DfT as regards a new contract. Another potential outcome is that the current contract will end."
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South Western Railway's £895 million Aventra unveiled - but entry delayed to 2020
Bombardier finally unveils the first Class 701 for SWR, but it won't enter traffic next month as planned.