More hints about Williams Review expected todayTHE author of the forthcoming Williams Review into railway industry reforms is to be questioned by MPs in public today. The Commons Transport Committee will be quizzing Keith Williams about how his review has worked, what conclusions are emerging and how his recommendations should

A SIGNAL cabin in use at London Underground’s (LU) Edgware Road station since 1926 closed for good on August 31 when it was replaced by a new signalling system.  An extension to the Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) signalling, which is being rolled out across all of the sub-surface lines, meant

HITACHI is no longer in the running to build the next generation of trains for the Tyne and Wear Metro, according to reports in various national media, including the BBC.  How the new Tyne & Wear Metro fleet could look. Nexus However, Hitachi has offered no comment, while Nexus, which

WORK to reinforce a 173-year-old railway viaduct is helping to protect endangered crayfish in Cumbria.  The Grade-II listed Docker Garths Viaduct, on the West Coast Main Line at Lambrigg, is currently being reinforced to repair damage from water erosion, at a cost of £750,000.  Work includes the

FORMER Blackpool Corporation ‘Standard’ car No. 143 was expected to be launchedinto traffic in Blackpool on September 23 following a complete restoration by Blackpool Transport at Rigby Road depot. The 1924-built open-top balcony car has been owned by the Fylde Transport Trust (FTT) since 2002, and is on a 25-year loan

THE ‘make or break’ review into the future of HS2 being carried out by Douglas Oakervee and Lord (Tony) Berkeley may have been delayed by wider political uncertainties, including the possibility of a General Election, according to the Government’s critics.There were clashes in the House of Commons on 24 October

Northern multiple units await their next duties in the former parcels platforms at Leeds, which are currently being modified to create an additional platform (platform 0). NETWORK RAIL The next major stage of expansion work at Leeds station will take place on October 26-27, when services will be reduced to

THE next major stage of expansion work at Leeds station will take place on October 26-27, when services will be reduced to accommodate further construction work on the new platform 0.  The new bay platform is being installed alongside platform 1 on the western side of the station, used mainly

THE story of the pioneering role played by Manchester’s Metrolink in the revival of modern tramways in the UK is to form a major part of a proposed expansion of the Heaton Park Tramway. The plans are centred on the Manchester Transport Museum Society’s (MTMS) preserved AnsaldoBreda ‘T-68’ articulated tram

THE number of Pacers staying in service on Northern during the first few months of next year has risen, and they now include some of the older Class 142s as well. The RMT has described the decision as an ‘outrage’.The original deadline for complete withdrawal of all Pacers was 31