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Title: Greater Britain Rail News Round-Up (01/11/2008) Post by: Lee on November 01, 2008, 23:50:59 An investigation into how a train nearly collided with a gas tanker and a man pushing a pram is focusing on ^human factors^ as the likely cause. Rail authorities are investigating reports of a train apparently breaching a red light on a crossing at Llanbadarn Fawr, Aberystwyth at around 11.10am on Tuesday last week (link below.)
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2008/11/01/investigation-into-near-rail-disaster-in-aberystwyth-55578-22160768/ A ^20m scheme would have modernised Liverpool Central, which is used by 60,000 passengers a day, and James Street stations was left out of a bid for cash to the Office of Rail Regulation by Network Rail, sparking fury (link below.) http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/10/31/fury-at-dumped-merseyrail-station-revamps-100252-22157009/ The German government has defended Transport Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee against calls that he resign because of his role in a row over bonus payments linked to the planned listing of national rail operator Deutsche Bahn (link below.) http://www.rmtbristol.org.uk/2008/10/german_minister_under_fire_ove.html#more 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 |