This morning I had a very useful meeting (well, Zoom call) with Alice Gillman from Vivarail – the company that…
Today I had a Zoom meeting with Stuart McNaughton of Northumberland County Council who updated me on progress on the…
Useful meeting today (via Zoom) with Tony Baxter and Pete Myers from Northern. Mainly we discussed rail services as we…
There’s been a lot in the press about the Ashington Blyth & Tyne re-opening. Firstly, Under-Secretary of State at the…
Making hay whilst the sun shines has never been a hallmark of the rail industry. No preparatory work was done…
Today I had 2 really useful telephone meetings. Firstly, with Northern’s new Regional Director Tony Baxter along with Pete Myers,…
Today I had a very encouraging phone call with East Coast Trains, the new “open access” company, part of FirstGroup,…
An excellent Public Meeting last night with Anna-Jane Hunter, Director North of England Rail at Network Rail. Anna-Jane hit exactly…
There was no mention of the Ashington Blyth & Tyne line re-opening in yesterday’s budget, despite there seemingly being plenty…
Today Trevor Watson and I met Steve Hopkinson, Interim Regional Director at Northern to discuss the long outstanding faulty CIS…
