This from IKB...
Good news for all fans of gaspers!
FHT have evidently relaxed the draconian restrictions on lighting-up in this carriage, although smoking on top is still verboten!
This from the Canal and River Trust...
New chief executive appointed
Richard Parry is to swap trains for boats as he takes up the role of chief executive of the Canal & River Trust starting this summer.
Currently at FirstGroup, Richard headed up First's bid in 2012 for the InterCity West Coast line and more recently has been leading First's highly-regarded Hull Trains company as well as other wider development programmes across First's rail businesses
Before that he spent 19 years at London Underground (LU) and Transport for London (TfL) where he had a range of senior roles, spending eight years as a director of LU, including a year as interim LU managing director (2009-10), and then a further 18 months as deputy managing director, TfL Rail and Underground (2010-11).
Interesting. Does this herald some further moves at First?
UPDATE: This from a Mr Tony Miles...
Am I alone in wondering whether the role of MD at First Hull Trains is now timed to change with the same frequency as that of the Secretary of State for Transport?
If so anyone offered the job may want to take this into account! (Which one, Parry's or McLoughlin's? Ed)
This just in from Ollie over at I work for First Great Western...
This from the First Group Intranet...
“After six years as Managing Director, Mark Leving left First Hull Trains at the end of last week.
I would like to thank Mark for all his good work during his time as Managing Director.
He established a capable team and laid strong foundations for the next phase in First Hull Trains' development, which will include the engineering and on-board upgrade of our Class 180 train fleet. We wish Mark well for the future.
James Adeshiyan, who has worked in key commercial and operational roles in a number of train operating companies across the rail industry over the last 13 years, becomes General Manager of First Hull Trains, with immediate effect.
I hope you will all join me in welcoming James to First Hull Trains and congratulate him on his appointment.”
Anyone know where Mark has gone?
There's gratitude!
This from Stagecoach...
Passengers using megabusplus.com will be able to travel between London’s St Pancras Station and nine key locations in the North of England - Hull, Scunthorpe, Doncaster, Castleford, Harrogate, York, Bradford, Halifax and Huddersfield.
The fast, integrated journey will be by comfortable coach and high-quality train, provided by East Midlands Trains, running in and out of St Pancras.
Nice of First to give their class 222s to EMT, so that Stagecoach have enough rail capacity to mount a raid on Hull Trains' flows.
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