Government issues urgent PPE requirements request to rail industry
RAIL businesses which need anti-virus personal protection equipment for their staff are being urged to send details of their requirements to the Department of Health and Social Care today (8 April). The Department said all requests will be considered against ‘clinical criteria’.
++ Bombardier to restart Derby production ++ New shadow transport secretary welcomed by industry
++ Watchdog calls for ‘clarity’ over season ticket refunds
The architects of privatisation in the 1990s wanted railways to be as loosely restrained as possible. Their mantra was ‘the market will provide’. In the first of a new series of essays, Sim Harris argues that the problem is that the market only provides when it can see a profit.
++ West Midlands Railway axes trains ++ GWR helps with home learning ++ Yorkshire consultation extended
++ Naturalist loses environmental challenge to HS2 ++ More trains to Stansted
All Grand Central services are being axed tonight for at least the next two months. The official announcement from the open access operator confirms a Railnews report published earlier today. GC, which is owned by Arriva, described the measures as ‘necessary but temporary’. The news follows a similar decision from the other open access East Coast Main Line operator Hull Trains, which withdrew all its services on 30 March. GC plans for a new service between London and Blackpool are also being put back until next year.