Unexpected bonus for Transpennine franchise

This from ShareCast...



Perhaps unsurprising if the market was reliant on ShareCast for information?

Environmental benefits of electrification in question

This from today's Gruaniad...

A study by Booz Allen Hamilton, a consultancy, argues that building and operating a new north-south rail network in England will generate more CO2 than taking the same route by air over a 60-year period.

No doubt it will be a similar length of time before the Noble Lord invites Booz Allen to undertake further work for DafT.