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A locomotive has been named after a signalman whose quick thinking prevented a train crash 40 years ago.
An article on the BBC website says Willie Taylor was on duty at the Carlisle signalling centre when a freight train broke in two on 1 May 1984.
The 57-year-old managed to divert the carriages into a bridge and the River Caldew, instead of the city’s station where passengers were boarding a train.
To mark the anniversary of his actions, a locomotive has been named in his honour at the station, attended by his “proud” son David Taylor.
Final designs for a “radical revamp” of the city’s historic railway station have today been revealed by Leicester City Council.
An article on Leicestershire Live says a new picture shows the entrance will feature a curved ramp leading through a plaza to make the station more attractive and easily accessible.
Under the plan, the station’s main entrance will be moved around the corner from London Road to Station Street, which will be closed to traffic and replaced with a new pedestrianised public area.
The former Parcel Yard pub and taxi office will be demolished – work which expected to be completed by the end of the summer – creating the space needed for the redevelopment to go ahead.
Network Rail, announced that retail sales reached over £800m in the past 12 months across its retail portfolio of 19 managed stations in Great Britian.
An article on the Retail Times website says over 600,000sq ft of prime retail space is managed by Network Rail within major city centre locations, with footfall climbing above 700 million visits per year.
In the past 12 months 53 new units have opened, attracting 15 new brands to the portfolio alongside 18 pop-ups to test the retail travel market.
Results from a new survey has revealed East Coast Main Line train operator Lumo has achieved a 96 per cent overall satisfaction rate among its customers.
The Customer Insight Survey, carried out earlier this year, analysed views and experiences of those travelling on the Tyneside-based operator’s services along the East Coast Main Line between Edinburgh, Newcastle and London.
Customers were asked to score their overall journey, as well as more specific aspects of their experience, such as how satisfied they were with experience of onboard staff (96 per cent), the cleanliness of the train (93 per cent) and timekeeping (96 per cent) – all of which reflect scores typically well above industry averages.
