Trains return to landslip lines
Trains are running again between Horsham and Dorking (Main) this morning, after more than two weeks of disruption caused by a landslip. The route was closed on 27 January after the slip at Ockley had left two lines hanging in the air. The soil had given way along a nine-metre section of embankment leaving the lines unsupported in a ‘rotational failure’. Network Rail attributed the slip to heavy rain, following a wet winter.
Scottish rail fares to be frozen this yearFares on ScotRail will be frozen for 12 months, following a similar freeze south of the border. First Minister John Swinney said it was part of his government’s ‘resolute focus on the cost of living’. Peak fares have already been abolished on ScotRail routes. The freeze has been welcomed by the TSSA union, although it called for the SNP government to be replaced by a Labour administration.
Anti-social passengers face tougher ScotRail banA new law banning people who behave unacceptably on the railway could be introduced in Scotland. A court can already order anti-social offenders not to travel by train or enter stations, but a new report says a ‘Railway Banning Order’ could be created by passing a new law, while the range of offences which could be dealt with out of court ‘quickly and proportionately’ could also be increased. The report has been produced by the Rail Enforcement Powers Working Group, which reflects the views of rail operators, trade unions and the police.
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