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mod note - split from : https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/more-delay-for-hs2.242566/ Funding for pensions and infrastructure projects is not interchangeable (though the interest on the latter is).

Ozzy was unveiled at New St today, after adaptation for its new role on the station concourse. It should brighten the trudge through the station, and is clearly very popular with the locals. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-birmingham-66314878

The Trent Valley route (Stafford-Rugby) is closed for a total of 10 days over the next 3 weeks for upgrade work, with diversions via the West Midlands...

Although the UK appears to be heading for an outright ban on carrying some li-ion powered e-things on trains, the French have no such inhibitions. On several Intercités and TER trains last week, I saw e-scooters being brought on board - they are a common sight in towns. On one occasion, a woman...

I made my first trip via Paris Austerlitz this week, the last of the major Paris stations I have used, and was surprised to find the station enduring a major rebuild. It has scaffolding of extraordinary scale and density holding the roof up, and navigating the station via the narrow corridors is...

Not sure if this has been posted before, but there are new rules in the EU for compensation after disruption to rail journeys. The aim is to bring it closer to the compensation rules for air travel delays (the EC 261/2004 regulations, which still apply to UK-EU travel). It looks as though there...

There's an interesting interview with Mick Whelan (General Secretary of ASLEF) in the Guardian/Observer, by their transport correspondent Gwyn Topham. There's as much about the person as the dispute...

I'm travelling air/rail through Bordeaux in June, so I have been checking the public transport options between the airport and St Jean station. Currently there's a direct airport bus, non-stop to St Jean taking 30 minutes, costing €8. Frequency varies but is typically every 30-40 minutes...

The Global Centre of Rail Excellence (GCRE) has signed up with Hitachi to develop the rail test centre being built at Nant Helen. Hitachi Energy will prepare plans to provide traction power for the two circuits, and Hitachi Rail will aim to test its new products there, including rolling stock...

Railway Gazette has a piece on the first award of an operating contract for services in the Hauts de France (north-east) Region, centred on Amiens. The contract went to incumbent SNCF, for 9 years, and beat a bid from private Transdev. So we have a publicly owned operator for a local government...

The Guardian is reporting that the plan for a "Britrail Pass" for domestic use has been binned. The aim was to boost domestic tourism with a special "railrover" type ticket. Apparently it is "not commercially viable" to introduce, which means that DfT/RDG opposed it, or only at a price which was...

mods note - split from this thread If you mean the loop south of Croes Newydd North Fork box (Watery Rd), it's a goods loop. It's not signalled for passenger movements, so wouldn't have been available. While you're right about Wrexham resignalling, and the use of the loop for reversing trains...

I see Tim Shoveller, lead negotiator for Network Rail in the current industrial dispute with the RMT, is to become CEO of Genesee & Wyoming UK and Europe, which includes Freightliner. His day job at the moment is MD of NR's North West & Central Region, one of the top jobs in NR. I believe he...

Hungary is to introduce a range of monthly transport passes on May 1. A national pass will be HUF 18 900 (about £44), but there will be local (county) versions as well. They will cover bus, tram and rail services, but not those of the Budapest city operator BKK. This article doesn't say how they...

I'm looking at spending a few days in Slovakia exploring the Tatras, in late summer. The trip would end on a Poprad-Bratislava Ex service, at a "normal" fare (ie not attempting to get "free" travel) of about €18 for 2nd class. However ZSSK has "Senior" fares (over 70) which appear not to need...

It may only be in the Sun, reported by the BBC, but pressure is mounting to cap spend on HS2 because of high cost inflation. Delay to the Euston section or to the whole project, is in the air, to keep within present annual budgets. I'm not sure I believe the possibility of axing the Euston...

Network Rail has deposited plans with the council for upgrade works at Chester station (Grade II* listed). They appear mostly to be in the passenger areas, including the concourse, PIS, seating etc. Regular users will know that these are the very areas that were upgraded under ATW stewardship...

Mod note - split from: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/class-345-progress.120221/page-167 Would I be right in thinking that a class 345, passed for three signalling systems, is potentially capable of operating from Cardiff to Norwich via the Crossrail core? They can clearly run between...

The East West Railway bridge over HS2 at Calvert has been lifted into place - pictures here: https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/resources/f/construction/wendover-to-warwickshire/calvert-east-west-rail-bridge Most of the EWR approach embankments have still to be constructed. Construction of the...

Continuing from the former generic HS2 construction thread: HS2 Ltd continues its rather erratic updates on the progress of its 5 TBMs, issued today (Dec 12) for December 9 (except that the Chiltern report is for December 6, almost a week ago). The Chiltern TBMs were at 7784m/7551m, continuing...