Network
Rail


will
switch
the
large
screen
at
London
Euston
back
on
tomorrow
night.
The
screen
had
displayed
advertisments
but
was
left
blank
after
protests
about
congestion
and
overcrowding
which
reached
the
transport
secretary.
It
will
now
display
travel
information,
and
Network
Rail
said
it
was
making
the
change
in
response
to
feedback
from
passengers
who
had
called
for
a
large
‘focal
point’
on
the
concourse
providing
information
about
train
services.

Rail
minister


Lord
Hendy
will
face
the
Commons
Transport
Committee
tomorrow
morning,
when
he
is
expected
be
questioned
about
railway
renationalisation,
HS2,
the
project
to
improve
London
Euston,
Great
British
Railways
and
reforms
to
fares
and
ticketing,
as
well
as
other
matters.
The
former
Network
Rail
chairman
was
appointed
rail
minister
after
the
General
Election
in
July.

National
Rail


timetables
will
change
from
Sunday.
Among
the
changes,
some
Sunday
trains
on
East
Midlands
Railway
will
be
accelerated
by
as
much
as
28
minutes
and
there
will
be
more
trains
on
the
EMR
route
between
Crewe
and
Newark
Castle.
Northern
will
be
running
more
electric
Class
323
trains,
four-car
trains
between
Blackpool
North
and
Manchester
Airport
will
be
lengthened
to
six
cars,
and
services
between
Blackpool
North
and
Liverpool
Lime
Street
will
use
four-car
Class
331
units.
Southeastern
will
run
an
extra
44
weekday
services,
including
more
London
Cannon
Street
‘rounders’
on
the
Woolwich
and
Sidcup
lines
and
27
extra
off-peak
services
between
London
Victoria
and
Orpington.

Platform
4


at
Cleethorpes
has
reopened
following
a
£1
million
refurbishment
which
is
intended
to
ease
congestion
at
the
Lincolnshire
station.
The
upgrade
included
repairs
to
the
platform
walls
and
the
installation
of
drainage,
lighting
and
track.
A
waiting
shelter
has
also
been
added.

A
nationwide


heritage
hunt
has
been
launched
to
discover
the
person
with
the
longest-serving
railway
family.
The
search
for
the
longest,
continuous
cross-generational
railway
family
in
Britain
is
part
of
the
celebration
of
200
years
of
the
modern
railway
next
year,
which
has
been
inspired
by
the
launch
of
the
Stockton
and
Darlington
Railway
in
1825. 
Railway
200
will
celebrate
railway
people
and
also
help
with
recruiting
the
next
generation
of
staff.
At
the
top
of
the
railway
family
tree
so
far
are
father
and
son
Mike
and
Andrew
Lamport
whose
railway
lineage
dates
back
to
1846.