Train
production
Siemens
says
that
four
out
of
five
new
trains
for
the
Piccadilly
Line
of
London
Underground
will
be
assembled
in
West
Yorkshire,
rather
than
just
50
per
cent.
The
company
said
it
is
in
the
final
stages
of
fitting
out
its
factory
in
Goole
as
part
of
its
‘rail
village’
in
which
up
to
£200
million
is
being
invested
and
up
to
700
jobs
created.
Lines
closed
The
lines
between
Southampton
Central
and
Havant,
Eastleigh
and
Portsmouth
Harbour
and
also
between
Southampton
Central
and
Portsmouth
Harbour
will
be
closed
from
today
until
Friday,
while
Network
Rail
engineers
upgrade
the
railway
in
the
Portsmouth
and
Fareham
areas.
At
Portsmouth
Harbour
engineers
will
renew
1094m
of
track.
They
will
also
refurbish
592m
of
rails
at
Vernon
Bridge
and
replace
sleepers
and
ballast
in
the
Fareham
area,
while
signals
will
be
upgraded
between
St
Denys
and
Swanwick.
Buses
are
replacing
trains
operated
by
South
Western
Railway,
Great
Western
Railway
and
Southern.
Service
returns
Hourly
Transport
for
Wales
services
are
returning
between
Chester,
Runcorn,
Helsby,
Frodsham
and
Liverpool
this
morning.
The
number
of
daily
trains
on
the
route
is
increasing
from
15
to
30,
and
they
will
be
formed
of
new
Class
197
CAF
units
built
at
Newport
in
south
Wales.
Services
on
the
route
were
launched
in
2019
and
call
at
Liverpool
South
Parkway,
for
John
Lennon
Airport.
Higher
penalty
Transport
for
London
is
increasing
the
penalty
fare
for
travelling
without
paying
from
£80
to
£100,
following
a
similar
move
by
the
Department
for
Transport
on
National
Rail
in
England.
TfL
said
it
prosecuted
19,614
people
for
fare
evasion
in
2023,
an
increase
of
56
per
cent
on
the
previous
year.
It
estimates
that
fraudulent
travel
costs
around
£150
million
a
year.
Revenue
disputes
can
also
be
a
cause
of
aggression
by
passengers,
and
all
frontline
staff
have
been
equipped
with
body
worn
video.