Eurostar calls for depot plans to consider growth
Eurostar has called for investment to fuel international rail growth, as the debate over capacity at Temple Mills depot continues. Eurostar said a new ORR report ignored its own growth ambitions, and that although there is some space at Temple Mills it would not be enough for new operators as well as an enlarged Eurostar fleet.
Arriva says it has submitted a new open access application to the Office of Rail and Road for direct services between Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Brighton.
Train services between Bicester, Bletchley and Milton Keynes are not expected to start until almost the end of this year, although test trains ran successfully on the line last October.
Colour light lineside signals are being removed for the first time on a commuter railway as digital train regulation expands. Signals will be removed between Moorgate and Finsbury Park over the weekend of 17 and 18 May, following the introduction of the European Train Control System on the route.
Planning permssion has been granted for a new 100 million-pound station in Liverpool which is expected to stimulate further development in the growing Baltic Triangle district.
Trains were running normally again this morning after a long weekend of upgrading the railway in many parts of the country. One upgrade at London Paddington overran, but all lines have now been reopened, although delays or cancellations are still possible for a while.
Work to improve the railway with an investment of ?86 million is being carried out by Network Rail at 300 worksites over the long Easter weekend.