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Title: Greater Britain Rail News Round-Up (16/01/2009) Post by: Lee on January 16, 2009, 23:41:17 Eurotunnel has seen three-month revenues fall almost a quarter, partly due to the knock-on impact of September's tunnel fire (link below.)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7830278.stm The number of trains running on time in July-September 2008 totalled 92% - a 1.2% increase on the summer 2007 figure, the Office of Rail Regulation said (link below.) http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?More_trains_running_on_time,_reports_say&in_article_id=481250&in_page_id=34 Video journalist James Shaw took his mobile phone on an early-morning train journey from Wellington to Birmingham in a bid to find out whether overcrowding is still a problem (link below.) http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/01/15/are-our-trains-too-crowded/ Firstco has been continuing its work with the London Crossrail project throughout 2008 and 2009. Currently work is being performed on the design of intervention and escape shafts which need to be positioned before any tunnelling can begin (link below.) http://www.railway-technology.com/contractors/project/firstco/press12.html This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |