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20-11-2015, 09:10
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Network Rail has ‘lost its grip’ on projects like the Manchester-Leeds electrification - and it’s costing the taxpayer.
That’s the damning conclusion from the Committee of Public Accounts, appointed by the House of Commons to probe how public cash is spent.
The TransPennine electrification was ‘paused’ after an original budget of £260m escalated to what experts claim could have been £600m following Network Rail ‘failings’.
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin announced it was back on track last month following an M.E.N campaign - and there is now a 2024 completion date. But the cost has not been revealed.
The Committee of Public Account report highlights severe planning and budgeting failures in Network Rail’s current five-year investment programme.
It says the Department for Transport, Network Rail and the Office of Rail and Roads wrongly agreed an ‘unrealistic’ programme for 2014-19.
It says there is still ‘far too much uncertainty’ over costs and delivery dates for the TransPennine electrification.
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20-11-2015, 13:19
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22-11-2015, 09:36
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Tram- Train heads for Sheffield
http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/n...sheffield.html
Can see this taking off if trials are successful
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26-11-2015, 12:19
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Network Rail sell-off to fund upgrades.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34926322
New train carriages worth £9.3bn to enter service, rail industry says.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...stry-says.html
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More than 3,700 new carriages will enter service in the next four years, the Rail Delivery Group (RDG), the body that represents train operating companies and state-owned infrastructure manager Network Rail, will say today.
Over half of the new rolling stock are being manufactured in Britain, according to the RDG, and will help to replenish the country's fleet, which is at its oldest for 14 years
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Revealed: Britain's busiest and quietest stations.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35105105
Well l have heard of some excuses but this takes the biscuit.
https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/...e-to-sunlight/
Borders Railway passes 500,000 passenger mark.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...tland-35428213
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12-02-2016, 13:24
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21-02-2016, 11:21
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Flying Scotsman will be doing her inaugaral run on Thursday (25th Feb) from Kings Cross to York up the East coast mainline. I'll plonk myself at Hitching as I'm in Letchworth that morning so it's on the way.
No definitive times yet apart from the kings cross departure at 07:40 and York about 12:30 but estimate Potters bar 25-30 mins later, Nottinghamshire about 10:30
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21-02-2016, 12:10
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That will be a sight and a half and hopefully one day it will come down to the Westcountry.
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25-02-2016, 11:07
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25-02-2016, 12:23
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It was followed by 3 helicopters and an autogyro
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25-02-2016, 13:18
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Absolutely stunning.
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25-02-2016, 13:43
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Absolutely stunning.
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If you want the full size pic(20mp) I can put it on a download link later for you.
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25-02-2016, 15:10
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Yes that would be very welcomed Kymmy.
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26-02-2016, 07:56
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Absolutely stunning.
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Agreed, such a shame about the knitting though...
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