Click here to listen to the latest rail news on Thursday, 21st October 2021
Click here to listen to the latest rail news on Thursday, 21st October 2021
Lumo, FirstGroup’s new 100 per cent electric, affordable rail service, will travel from London King’s Cross to Edinburgh for the first time today (21 October) as it celebrates its inaugural service.
Early ticket sales data suggest reaction to Lumo’s greener and affordable offering has been positive.
With the first passenger services beginning on Monday (25th October), Lumo says sales are above expectations, despite selling tickets for just 44 days.
Heavy rain and strong winds overnight have led to flooding of homes and businesses, and the closure of roads and rail lines across the South East.
An article on the BBC says Knockholt in Kent had the highest rainfall figures in the country.
No trains are running between Crowborough and Uckfield, and through Greenhithe following landslides.
Building Britain’s net zero railway could create almost 6,000 long term jobs in the sector nationally between 2024 and 2050 while also supporting the growth of emerging high-value manufacturing sectors, according to a new report.
The study was commissioned by the Rail Delivery Group and uses research and analysis by economists at Oxera, jobs and skills experts at the National Skills Academy for Rail and rolling stock consultants Ipex.
The North Yorkshire Moors Railway has unveiled its latest visitor experience, the Light Spectacular, an October half-term audio and visual sensory event for passengers on board the heritage railway.
Carriages have been decorated with 17,000 LEDs for the hour-long illuminated journey from Pickering to Levisham station.
Photo credit: North Yorkshire Moors Railway
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