Job
done
++ Normal
train
services
between
Glasgow
Central
and
Edinburgh
have
been
restored
via
Carstairs
this
morning,
after
three
months
of
a
major
engineering
possession
to
upgrade
Carstairs
Junction,
modernising
its
layout
and
improving
the
platforms
and
lighting
at
Carstairs
station.
The
£164
million
project
has
cleared
a
bottleneck
on
the
West
Coast
Main
Line.

Appointment
++


Craig
Harrop
has
been
appointed
interim
regional
director
for
Northern
in
the
North
West.
He
took
over
yesterday.
He
has
replaced
Chris
Jackson,
who
is
joining
the
newly-renationalised
TransPennine
Express
as
interim
managing
director.
Craig,
who
was
born
in
Blackpool
and
lives
in
Manchester,
was
previously
head
of
trains
and
stations
at
Northern.

Scotland
wins
++


A
station
on
the
west
coast
of
Scotland
has
won
the
title
of
World
Cup
of
Stations
champion
2023.
The
competition
was
supported
by
the
Rail
Delivery
Group
and
Community
Rail
Network.
Wemyss
Bay,
42km
west
of
Glasgow,
has
an
orrnate
glass
roof
and
a
wide
passageway
down
to
the
ferry
terminal,
and
attracted
8403
votes
Over
70,000
votes
were
cast
for
stations
in
11
regions.
The
runners
up
were
Denmark
Hill
with
7441
votes,
and
Leamington
Spa
with
3271.