I have now returned from a 10 week break in Indonesia. Whilst I’ve been away the SENRUG Committee led by Dan Nesbitt have produced another excellent newsletter which SENRUG members should have received. And I was pleased to discover SENRUG have been given 3 awards by national rail campaign group Railfuture. Also the DfT have announced who will take over the running of the East Coast Trains franchise from March 2015. First job on my return was to answer a call from the Morpeth Herald who wanted SENRUG’s response to the award of the East Coast franchise to Virgin Trains. Second job is to finalise the arrangements for the trip to London for the 4 students from Hirst Park Middle School who won our ABT DVD Competition.
