New East West Rail plans include five trains an hour
New plans and images for East West Rail have been unveiled, including the possibility of running up to five trains an hour between Oxford and Cambridge. The trains will be longer, and several stations will be rebuilt or gain additional entrances, while discontinuous electrification is likely, so that hybrid electric/battery trains can be used. The new plans are part of a further round of consultation which has been launched today by the East West Railway company.
RSSB to phase out signal post telephonesThe era of telephones at signals is coming to an end, the RSSB has announced. They were originally provided so that train crews could communicate with the nearest signal box without walking down the line, but they are now being replaced by GSM-R cab radios or specialist portable devices.
Trams for Leeds 'could be waste of money'A leaked government review of the plans to build tram lines in Leeds has concluded that buses would be cheaper. The Labour mayor of West Yorkshire Tracy Brabin had promised to get ‘spades in the ground’ by 2028, but the project has been pushed back into the 2030s after the Cabinet Office and the Treasury carried out an audit in September.
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