Platforms reopen after Waterloo derailment
Disruption has eased at London Waterloo today after one bogie of a Class 456 unit derailed as it was leaving Platform 13 about 05.40 yesterday, tilting the leading driving car into the side of wagons involved in this month’s blockade. No one was injured, but the incident caused serious disruption to services, while an unrelated points failure meant that the former international platforms 20 to 24 were also isolated. Other incidents which have been disrupting services include a slow-speed buffer stops collision at King’s Cross and a derailed freight train near Ely.
Fares rise leads to fresh calls for renationalisationRegulated rail fares are set to rise by 3.6 per cent in January, in line with July’s Retail Price Index. The release of the figure by the Office of National Statistics was accompanied by calls for the lower Consumer Price Index to be used instead, while other critics claimed that renationalisation of passenger services would lead to lower fares. The RMT held demonstrations outside more than 30 stations between Fife and Devon, while the Rail Delivery Group said ‘money from fares is supporting one of the biggest programmes of investment in the railway since Victorian times’.
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