Obituary: Cyril Bleasdale Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Mart 29, 20220 We greatly regret to report the death of Railnews chairman Cyril Bleasdale. Cyril, who was 87, was one of the founding owners of Railnews Ltd when the title was acquired from the British Railways Board in 1996, and served as managing director until last year. He died in hospital on Sunday afternoon
Obituary Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Mart 28, 20220 We greatly regret to report the death of Railnews chairman Cyril Bleasdale. Cyril, who was 87, was one of the founding owners of Railnews Ltd when the title was acquired from the British Railways Board in 1996, and served as managing director until last year. He joined the railways as a booking
Monday essay: a high speed problem Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Ocak 11, 20210 HS2 may now be under construction, but the debate about it continues in no uncertain terms. The problem with HS2 is that it is quite simple to make a case for or against the idea. AFTER more than ten years of discussion, work is finally underway on Phase 1 of HS2. Tunnelling
Season’s greetings Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Aralık 18, 20200 THE Railnews website is taking a Christmas break. We will be back on Monday 4 January. Thank you for being with us in 2020 and for all your comments. We hope you have a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year. The next print edition of Railnews will be published on
Monday essay: Thomas is a distraction the railway can’t afford Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Aralık 7, 20200 You may have seen reports that Prince William and his wife the Duchess of Cambridge are touring the country in the Royal Train to thank community workers and frontline staff for their efforts during the pandemic. Sim Harris suggests one small aspect of this tour is rather out of date. THE
Monday essay: Is it time to let the Doctor rest? Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Kasım 30, 20200 ONCE again the Department for Transport has issued a list of favoured railway schemes which have each won a modest slice of a fund to help pay for developing them. Also once again reports of this generosity have been littered with the ‘B’ word. Sim Harris suggests that this word
Monday essay: Should the state pay our fares? Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Kasım 23, 20200 THE Department for Transport is paying National Rail operators who had been running franchises until March this year to keep going. The government takes the revenue and pays the bills, and the deficit so far has reached £4.2 billion. But does this amount to renationalisation, and should the state simply
Monday essay: A political problem (conclusion) Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Kasım 16, 20200 THE Department for Transport has agreed to provide financial help for Transport for London until next year, but the agreement has not been reached without a price. In the second of two essays, Sim Harris looks at the effect politicians can have on the business of running transport services.‘I would
Monday essay: A political problem (part 1) Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Kasım 9, 20200 THE Department for Transport has agreed to provide financial help for Transport for London until next year, but the agreement has not been reached without a price. In the first of two essays, Sim Harris looks at the effect politicians can have on the business of running transport services. ‘I would
Monday essay: Getting the message Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Kasım 2, 20200 A NEW version of a classic railway alphabet first seen in 1965 has been unveiled. Rail Alphabet was a key part of modernising British Rail’s corporate identity in the days of Beeching, and its effects eventually reached every part of the country. Sim Harris considers the prospects for Rail Alphabet
Monday essay: Thank you minister – up to a point Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Ekim 26, 20200 Passengers who bought Advance tickets have been angered by the refusal of train operators to recompense them when they could not travel as a result of a lockdown. The government, which controls the policy on this, has now given way and says that unused Advance tickets can be rebooked for
Monday essay: A new era? Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Ekim 19, 20200 THE Department for Transport has awarded a three year contract to Arriva to continue running CrossCountry until October 2023, and this new deal will not include significant commercial risk. Sim Harris asks if this is the way forward. THE reform of the passenger railway was supposed to await the publication of
Monday essay: Paying the bills Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Ekim 12, 20200 The latest operator to be threatened by the coronavirus pandemic may be Eurostar. Sim Harris wonders how far our government would help. RAILWAY operators are now in a curious position, but they are not all in the same boat. The franchised TOCs are continuing to provide services as government contractors under the
Monday essay: facts and fancies Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Ekim 5, 20200 THE review of the railway industry which has been led by Keith Williams is still being kept behind closed doors. Sim Harris argues that it is time to publish what he has to say. ON 1 October, rail minister Chris Heaton-Harris gave a written Commons answer to MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi,
Monday essay: has franchising finished? Yes, it has. Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Eylül 21, 20200 All the franchises in England were transferred to Emergency Measures Agreements in March this year, to coincide with the start of lockdown. The EMAs essentially removed commercial risk for the operators, who neither pay the bills nor keep the revenue but simply receive a management fee. At the time, the
Monday essay: is franchising finished? Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Eylül 14, 20200 All the franchises in England were transferred to Emergency Measures Agreements in March this year, to coincide with the start of lockdown. The EMAs essentially removed commercial risk for the operators, who neither pay the bills nor keep the revenue but simply receive a management fee. At the time, the
Monday essay: knowing when to stop Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Eylül 7, 20200 They are not too happy in Kent, because Eurostar has announced that its trains are not expected to call at Kent’s two international stations at Ashford and Ebbsfleet again before 2022. Sim Harris wonders whether they will ever return. THE reason, says Eurostar, is that it must ‘take action to reduce
Monday essay: commuting catastrophe ahead? Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Ağustos 24, 20200 ONCE again some media commentators are predicting the end of commuting as we have known it for well over a century, and implying that it also could spell disaster for public transport systems (writes Sim Harris). This kind of forecast is based on the quaint notion that transport organisations – rail
Monday essay: Stonehaven answers Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Ağustos 17, 20200 Stations in Scotland and many in England and Wales will fall silent for a minute on Wednesday at 09.43, one week after the derailment south west of Stonehaven in which two members of ScotRail’s staff and one passenger tragically lost their lives. The time has been chosen to mark the
Monday essay: the Stonehaven mystery Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Ağustos 17, 20200 Stations in Scotland and many in England and Wales will fall silent for a minute on Wednesday at 09.43, one week after the derailment south west of Stonehaven in which two members of ScotRail’s staff and a passenger tragically lost their lives. The time has been chosen to mark the
Monday essay: an open cheque book? Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Ağustos 10, 20200 The government has just announced a new round of funding to support English tram, light rail and bus services outside London, but Sim Harris suggests that the final reckoning, along with the billions already allocated to National Rail, will be a high one. FINANCIAL support is needed because of the continuing
Monday essay: Attlee returns? Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Ağustos 3, 20200 The Department for Transport has been traditionally unhappy about the n-word – nationalisation, that is. But Sim Harris has been wondering whether perhaps it is time for a u-turn. WHEN the Virgin Trains East Coast franchise collapsed in 2018, it was suggested that the Intercity East Coast operation had been nationalised
Monday essay: a long road ahead Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Temmuz 20, 20200 The rule restricting use of public transport to ‘essential journeys’ only was suddenly lifted on 16 July, and new guidelines about returning to work are expected on 1 August. But Sim Harris suggests that this is not, to quote Sir Winston Churchill, even the beginning of the end, although it
Monday essay: look, no driver Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Temmuz 13, 20200 Boris Johnson risked re-igniting a storm when he advocated driverless trains on the London Underground while on a visit to Siemens’ future train-building works at Goole. Rail unions are not in favour, but recently-designed new trains for the Underground include provision for automatic and even driverless working. Sim Harris describes
Monday essay: misplaced enthusiasm? Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Temmuz 6, 20200 The Department for Transport is now considering no fewer than 50 suggestions for railways or stations to be reopened. MPs and local authorities have bid for a share of the second round of the Restoring Your Railway ‘Ideas Fund’, and their ideas will be considered by a panel which includes
Monday essay: brave new world Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Haziran 28, 20200 If there was any remaining doubt about the survival of the established rail franchises that doubt was put to rest by transport secretary Grant Shapps on 24 June. What is not yet confirmed, writes Sim Harris, is the future shape of the passenger railway. WE do have a fairish idea. Keith
Monday essay: more on board again? Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Haziran 21, 20200 Times are changing, with widespread speculation that the government is about to halve the social distancing minimum to one metre. As Sim Harris writes, the railway industry has spent several hectic weeks adapting itself for the original measurement. IT has been a busy time for train operators and Network Rail. There
Monday essay: time to cover up Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Haziran 15, 20200 Today is the day that we should all start wearing face coverings on trains, trams, buses and other forms of public transport. Sim Harris has been looking at the new rules. TODAY is the day that we should all start wearing the equivalent of muzzles on trains, trams, buses and other
Monday essay: is nostalgia out of date? Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Haziran 8, 20200 The railway industry faces a struggle to emerge from the restrictions of the pandemic. Sim Harris asks if it will have the time to simultaneously celebrate its own history as well, at least in the immediate future. THE history of the railway is rich with details, which go back for two
Monday essay: the price TfL must pay to survive Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Haziran 1, 20200 WHEN the Transport for London board meets tomorrow, it will be entering a new era, because there will be two special representatives from the Department for Transport at the meeting. Their presence – on video link – is the price TfL and the Mayor of London have had to pay
Monday essay: Off the rails? Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Mayıs 25, 20200 In spite of the present problems, the Department for Transport is moving ahead with plans to reopen some railways – or at least, to fund more detailed proposals. Sim Harris has been looking at some newly-published DfT ‘Guidance’, and finds that it lacks some details. THE Department for Transport rather oddly
Monday essay: Keeping your distance Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Mayıs 18, 20200 There has to be social distancing on trains, writes Sim Harris. Neither they nor the wider railway system were designed to allow for it indefinitely, but there could be some gleams of hope as well. THE passenger railway industry has an unusual target at the moment – to keep people off
Monday essay: How can operators make a profit now? Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Mayıs 11, 20200 Social distancing on trains will come at a price, says Sim Harris. IT has been reported over the last few days that rail timetables could be restored to around two-thirds of the normal pre-pandemic service on 18 May, particularly on urban commuter lines. But even though up to 70 per cent of
Monday essay: danger down the line Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Mayıs 4, 20200 If the rules of safe working on the railway are ignored, the consequences can be horrific. Sim Harris looks back at the Margam tragedy last July, when two track workers were killed.WORKING on the railway has always involved risks, and those who are most at risk are the staff who
Monday essay: suspicious about surveys? Perhaps you should be Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Nisan 27, 20200 Whenever a newsdesk is short of a story, one tried and tested method is to use the results of a survey to fill a page or a minute or two of airtime. Surveys come in various forms: some are expected and respected, such as the National Rail Passenger Survey from
Monday essay: could the Great Central be used for HS2? Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Nisan 20, 20200 Construction of HS2 is going ahead, after the Government authorised the issuing of Notices to Proceed to the main contractors for Phase 1 between London and Birmingham. But alternatives to the route, or details of it, are still being urged by some transport campaigners. Sim Harris considers the possibilities offered
Tuesday essay: the end of franchising Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Nisan 14, 20200 The era of risk-taking rail franchises appears to be over. In this week’s essay, Sim Harris tries to predict what will happen now. EVEN before the current emergency and the replacement of all franchises with management contracts for at least six months, transport secretary Grant Shapps had coined a new term
Monday essay: can competition work? Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Nisan 6, 20200 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. PASSENGERS
Railnews: our plans Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Mart 22, 20200 THE present emergency is affecting everyone, but we are publishing our print editions as usual, while our website continues to bring you the latest industry news. Our staff already work from home and so we are able to maintain our normal arrangements with complete security. Advertisers can still get their messages seen
InnoTrans 2018 – the largest one ever Yurtdışı Haberleri by railsistem - Aralık 31, 20180 Quick link to exhibitors: A-D, E-H, I-N, P-R, S-Z Every two years, the railway industry gathers in Berlin for the InnoTrans exhibition. Held between 18 and 21 September, the 2018 show was the biggest so far, with 3,062 exhibitors from 61 countries showing off their expertise, products and services to 153,421