So today the Institute of Directors came out against HS2.
Don't forget to cancel your IoD membership in protest (shurely 'sign up as many people as possible to overturn this guff'! Ed)
Perhaps timely, therefore, to publish this article that appeared in Passenger Transport on the 2nd August...
This from Just for Stu...
Here is the Metro leaflet for the Leeds Festival.
Note the stern injunction about mud and boarding trains:
Sources suggesting that Railcare may have come out of administration.
New owners believed to be Knorr Bremse.
Awaiting details of implications for Wolverton and Springburn...
UPDATE: This from ITV...
Rail maintenance firm Railcare has been sold to Knorr-Bremse Rail
Systems, securing two UK sites and more than 200 jobs, said
administrators BDO.
UPDATE: This from Knorr-Bremse...
Knorr-Bremse Acquires Railcare Business
Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems (UK) Limited has acquired the rail vehicle component and overhaul business of Railcare.
The acquisition sees the UK Company of the global Knorr-Bremse Group taking over the Railcare operational sites at both Springburn in Glasgow and at Wolverton near Milton Keynes.
Following the acquisition Knorr-Bremse has formed a new company called Knorr-Bremse RailServices (UK) Limited. This company now joins the three other established Knorr-Bremse Rail Group operations in the UK. Located at Melksham in Wiltshire is the UK engineering and manufacturing headquarters, at nearby Corsham is a satellite precision machining operation and at Burton-upon-Trent in Staffordshire, Knorr-Bremse operates a specialist HVAC facility.
Knorr-Bremse RailServices (UK) Limited will be fully supported by Knorr-Bremse UK but will operate as a specialist company with its own identity. The company will continue to offer customers its previous portfolio of services and remain fully focused on train maintenance and repair.
Paul Goodhand, Managing Director of Knorr-Bremse in the UK commenting on the acquisition of Railcare said, “We are delighted to welcome Railcare into the Knorr-Bremse family of companies based here in the UK. My team and I in the UK and the Executive Board of Knorr-Bremse are committed to the future success of Knorr-Bremse RailServices (UK) Limited. We see Knorr-Bremse RailServices operations developing and expanding in the future in what we view as a dynamic area of rail operations with much potential. Railcare currently has many skilled and experienced individuals working at both its sites, in vehicle overhaul and repair but also in specialist incident repair and logistics. We believe that with the support of Knorr-Bremse, both in terms of solid financial investment and in process and management experience and support, we will, together with the existing team, be able to create a strong, new company. Our vision for Knorr-Bremse RailServices (UK) Limited is to create a company which supports customers in keeping their trains running through offering them an outstanding range of quality train maintenance and repair specialist services going forward.”
ENDS
This from John-John...
The 1745 from St Pancras had a brush with Long Eaton's reforestation programme yesterday.
This from the Wicked Weaver...
Word reaches Eye that the Ninky Nonk Train has gained another supporter!
Graham Meiklejohn, late of DBS, has set up his own communications consultancy - Meiklejohn Communications - specialising in rail and logistics.
According to a PR puff piece sent to Eye the new entity "has already commenced project work to support the Intercity Express Programme, employee engagement and passenger rail franchising."
Good news indeed!
Leaving Hitachi and DfT with just another 62 million people to convince...
Interesting revelations in the Currant Bun about TfL's Transport Commissioner.
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So farewell iDave!
Your time has come, and gone.
For some of us, not a moment too soon.
And who wielded the knife?
Why, officials in the department of your best friend - Gideon George Osborne!
Or so we are led to believe by Wednesday's FT, which suggests that notoriously competent "senior Treasury officials" are looking to cape HS2 in favour of more roads.
This from Huffpo, via Pike...
This via the Institution of Railway Operators...
It is with great sadness we share the news that Tom Birch passed away on Thursday 8th August 2013 in the presence of his family, after his courageous battle against cancer.
Tom was most recently Operations Director (Projects) at Chiltern Railways and a member of the Arriva Franchise Bid Team.
He was also previously a Board member of the IRO and a member of the Midlands Area Council since its inception. He was a great proponent and contributor to the IRO education programme and, as members of the IRO, we owe Tom a great deal. He will be missed by all who had the pleasure of working with him.
We would like to pass on our condolences to his family, his many friends and his colleagues.
Tom's funeral will be held in Derbyshire on 3rd September 2013.
Rest in peace Tom.
This from Rover...
The new canopy at Reading is so high the lights make no difference in daylight.
This from a Swift Tern...
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