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Crossrail tracks and those used by North Kent services. Matt White, Crossrail’s surface
director, said: ‘This landmark station will help to transform Abbey Wood.’ From 2018, Crossrail will add up to 12 extra trains an hour, linking Abbey Wood with central London and beyond. For example the journey from Abbey Wood to Canary Wharf and Bond Street will be around 20 minutes quicker and passengers travelling to Heathrow will cut around 40 minutes off their journey.
Hero train driver new president of REPTA ScotRail driver Willie Dickson has been appointed president of the Railway Employees and Public Transport Association. Dickson, who is based at Glasgow Queen Street station, joined REPTA in 1980. He went to his first national AGM in 1989 and became vice-president in 2012. In 2010, Dickson was named Frontline Employee of the Year for his part in securing the safety of 60 passengers following the Falls of Cruachan derailment; his actions led to him being honoured as Frontline Employee of the Year at the 2010 Scottish Transport Awards.
Electrification plans on track Integrated Transport Authority chairman Cllr James Lewis has welcomed news that Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin ‘would be delighted’ to meet Harrogate and Knaresborough MP Andrew Jones about plans to electrify the Leeds, Harrogate and York line after Metro, along with partners North Yorkshire County Council, Harrogate Borough Council and City of York Council submitted a £94 million business case to electrify the line. Speaking in the Commons, McLoughlin said the case looked promising.
DB Schenker Rail celebrates arrival of MOL Caledon at London Gateway
ail freight operator DB Schenker Rail UK took over track maintenance and rail operations at DP World London Gateway, on the day that Britain’s newest deep water shipping port and logistics hub welcomed its first regular container line customer - the 4,900teu vessel MOL Caledon from South Africa.
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DB Schenker will be responsible for controlling all rail movements and conducting safety checks as well as providing dedicated ground staff services for rail freight operators using the facility, which is located alongside the new port container handling areas at London Gateway.
The new rail terminal is capable of handling the longest intermodal trains in the UK and can accommodate trains up to 35 wagons long, transporting deep-sea containers, European containers and swap bodies to UK domestic and continental European destinations.
Carsten Hinne, managing director Logistics, DB Schenker Rail UK said: ‘London Gateway offers excellent connectivity to the UK rail network and the continent, including direct links to the national network and access to main rail hubs in the Midlands, South Yorkshire and the North West. With a third of London Gateway’s throughput expected to go by rail, we are committed to providing the right infrastructure and operational processes for all rail freight operators using this fantastic facility.’
The first rail freight service from London Gateway was loaded and transported by
Freightliner on the day of the port’s launch. Serving its customer Hillebrand Group, Freightliner is running the service to Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal.
New campaign to stop passengers obstructing train doors
doors, D B Regio Tyne and Wear, which operates the Metro on behalf of Nexus, has launched a new-style campaign it hopes will finally get the message across. A specially commissioned animation
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called Use your brain near a train, which features cartoon characters who receive a range of injuries as a result of obstructing train doors, is being used on Metro’s social media channels.
The initiative is in response to a Rail
n an effort to reduce the danger, inconvenience and cost of passengers obstructing train
Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) report into an incident at Jarrow Metro station last year when a woman’s arm became trapped in the doors of a train. She was dragged a short distance along the platform, as passengers on board raised the alarm and alerted the driver, who stopped the train. The RAIB recommended that DB Regio Tyne and Wear makes improvements to its maintenance of train doors and driver training, and that it educates passengers about the implications of obstruction.
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