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The latest rail news on Thursday, 1st July 2021
An innovative approach to sharing rail data that will improve journeys for passengers and support the commitments in the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail is being kickstarted with a £5 million Government investment.
The Rail Minister has announced funding to begin the development of the Rail Data Marketplace (RDM), a collaboration between Government and the rail industry to provide the tools and frameworks to open up rail data through a new single-access platform.
The RDM will unleash new opportunities for developers and tech companies to collaborate with the industry and integrate rail data into passenger-facing apps and develop new services.
The latest weekly survey by LondonTravelWatch and Transport Focus has found that 59 per cent of respondents wouldn’t use public transport unless passengers were required to wear face coverings.
The article in the Evening Standard says that confidence may change and Transport for London is going to constantly monitor the situation.
Also in the paper are comments from Andy Byford giving a “100 per cent” guarantee that Crossrail would finally open in the first half of next year.
He said he was “micro-managing” the long-delayed project’s completion with calls seven days a week with the Crossrail management team.
A new study highlighting future opportunities to expand Oxfordshire’s railway and help deliver economic growth to the region has been published.
The Oxfordshire Rail Corridor Study (ORCS) looks in detail at the county’s predicted growth in jobs and housing over the next two decades and presents an industry vision for how the rail network can best support it.
Commissioned and funded jointly by the Department for Transport and the Oxfordshire Growth Board, the study has been produced by Network Rail, with oversight from the Growth Board, in collaboration with industry partners and the County and City Councils, to help develop an overarching strategy for rail development.
The final interior design of the North East’s new Metro fleet has been revealed following one of the most far-reaching public consultations the global rail industry has seen.
Nexus, the public body which owns and manages Metro, has finalised the design options after an unprecedented 23,000 responses from customers, employees and specialist user groups.
It has led to extra seats being added, as well as final decisions on the look and feel of doors, handholds, wheelchair spaces, cycle storage, seat fabric, internal artwork and branding.
Photo credit: Nexus
