Met with Pete Myers (Northern Rail) and Ian Arkle (News Post Leader) to judge the schools competition. What a tough…
My letter expressing unease re Network Rail’s costs for re-opening the Ashington Blyth & Tyne line has appeared in the…
SENRUG submitted its response to the DfT on the Northern Rail / TransPennine Express franchise renewal today. This is a…
It just gets better. Formal letter today saying Ashington Town Council will make up the balance of our funding request,…
My other daughter (not the Aberdeen commuter) returned to Paris today (where she lives). I had persuaded her to go…
Great news! I heard today we DID get the funding (see 17th July 2014). Apparently the panel were really impressed…
Down to London today to pitch for funding for a new brand new website and colour brochure for SENRUG. It…
Today our daughter arrived by train from Paris. An event free journey, though not so easy to book as a…
An excellent SENRUG public meeting (and AGM) with guest speaker Christian Wolmar, arguably the UK’s leading journalist on rail matters.…
Today I attended the DfT and Rail North’s consultation meeting on the Northern and TransPennine Express franchise renewals. This was…
