Arriva submits another open access application
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.
The start of train services between Bicester, Bletchley and Milton Keynes is set to be delayed until later 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.
The Department for Transport’s consultation into Great British Railways closes tonight, and FirstGroup has made a final plea for open access services to continue. First owns the open access operators Hull Trains and Lumo, and has acquired the licences for new open access services between London and Carmarthen and also between London and Stirling.