GO STRAIGHT TO... (just click) RailManager THREE MINUTE BRIEF Disruption continues after bomb attacks Piccadilly line affected ‘for forseeable future’ ON LINE LUL gives behind the scenes account of 7/7 Balfour Beatty pleads guilty to safety charges Jailed graffiti vandal set to be sued for damage The interactive weekly magazine Byers admits to court: ‘not a truthful statement’ ::: NR raises more than £1bn with bonds issues No.7 Monday 18 July 2005 Why nine could be a magic number for XC
Comment The Rail Safety and Standards Board has now uttered its final words, at least as a formal report, on the unhappy Ufton Nervet collision last November. Seven people lost their lives when an HST hit a car, which was apparently in the charge of a suicidal motorist. We won’t get confirmation of that until the inquest can be completed later this year, but there seems to be little evidence to the contrary. It is about the only conclusion which is (rightly) missing from the RSSB document. Once upon a time, after an accident there was just one report, from Her Majesty’s Railway Inspector- ate. The gentlemen of the Inspectorate were not to be rushed. They said nothing in public while they meditated on causes and effects, and commissioned detailed drawings of track layouts. In due course, a solemn and carefully written document in blue covers would go on sale at Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, and that was that – until the next time. Pausing to remember: King’s Cross yesterday Regrettably, railway accidents still happen, but no longer can we wait for the HMRI to tell us about it after a decent pause for deliberation. Now, within days, the HSE (soon to be the ORR) Contents must issue a ‘preliminary’ or ‘interim’ report. The RSSB, too, now publishes its own ruminations, again in serial form. 2 Three minute brief > There is nothing wrong with the intention, which is to run as safe a railway as is practicable. It is an admirable policy. 3 News in detail >>> It is in the execution of the task that we start to waver. The 9 Feedback >>> amount of research which the RSSB is now proposing will not 10 Finance come cheap. Indeed, it includes a plea for more funding for the Level Crossings Group, which it is going to need. 11 Government >>> But the reality (sorry about that word) is that Ufton was a 12 People, Events, RMOLIS >>> very rare event. When one train crashed into the back of another >> at Harrow & Wealdstone in 1952 (and was then hit by a third), it was plain that some form of ATC was desperately needed on all How links work main lines. It duly came to pass, and although AWS was not perfect it has probably saved a lot of lives. You can navigate quickly around RM But it is hard not to detect a faint note of hysteria in the latest by clicking on links. Links may take Internal links to other RSSB report. Should window hammers have clearer instruc- you to another page or to an external pages or items tions? Should the front ends of HSTs be rebuilt? Should we all website. In some cases, a link may hide under the bed until the wicked train has gone by? Should...? open a multimedia file, such as an Desiros> Internal links in text to Should...? It is as if the railway, which is the innocent party if video clip. These are usually
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Plea Balfour Beatty today admitted charges of breaching Health and Safety Restored Trains on the Northern and Victoria lines of London Under- regulations before the Hatfield train crash. The case for the defence was ground began calling at King’s Cross again this morning, for the first time due to begin today, but Ronald Thwaites QC for Balfour Beatty entered a since Thursday 7 July. But the Piccadilly line will remain closed between plea of guilty. The plea, read out in court, did not accept all the allegations Arnos Grove and Hyde Park Corner ‘for the foreseeable future’, warned LUL, brought by the prosecution at the start of the case five months ago. ‘The while damage to the tunnel between Russell Square and King’s Cross is company pleads guilty on the basis that there was no one single cause of assessed. Also still closed are the Hammersmith & City line east of Pad- the derailment, but an aggregation of causes,’ said Mr Thwaites.
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Heightened alert continued after alleged bombers were identified Disruptions occurred in days after London attacks as a number of suspicious items were found on trains and stations
The railways have suffered disruption in many places in the days after the London bombing attacks, with security alerts delaying many trains. Police believe they have identified the men who were responsible for the attacks. The bombers had travelled from Leeds to Luton, where they laid final plans and travelled onwards to London. CCTV images have been retrieved showing some of the men as they travelled en route to London in the early rush hour on 7 July. The focus of at- tention moved to Luton last week (left) when two cars, one containing explo- above Queueing to sign the Network Rail book of condolence at King’s Cross sives, were found below The tributes in a garden alongside the station concourse building parked at the town’s main station. The dis- covery led to a major security alert, and train services could not resume until the following day. But alerts have occurred at many other stations, usu- ally caused by items of luggage abandoned by oblivious travel- lers. It has not been possible so far to cal- culate the total number of delay minutes, but one incident, at Oxford, delayed more than 100 services on Virgin CrossCountry alone.
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Underground chief reveals chain of events after the bombs went off in London on Thursday 7 July ‘ … at 0859, the Group Station Manager at Edgware Road called to say that we might have a person under a train, we might have a derailed train, that a train might have hit the tunnel wall …’
The Managing Director of London Underground has painted the most injury when you move that many detailed picture yet of what happened inside the company’s stations, people; you can see that this is a control rooms and offices in the tense minutes after the bombs went off on decision you only take when you the morning of Thursday 7 July. know you are confronting a very dif- Tim O’Toole’s statement goes a long way to explain the initial, but ficult situation. misleading reports that power surges were somehow to blame. ‘Following initial reports, we had ‘As we now know there were three virtually simultaneous bombs that one team concentrating on getting exploded on the LU network at around 08.50. There was an outer rail emergency resources to the sites Circle line train going eastbound between Liverpool Street and Aldgate, and getting further reports, and we train 204; a westbound inner rail Circle train going between Edgware split another part of management to Road and Paddington; and a Piccadilly line train (Train 331) going be- think about what we would be do- tween King's Cross and Russell Square.’ ing later, four hours and 24 hours Mr O’Toole told how a call was recorded at 0850 from a station super- London Underground MD Tim O’Toole later, because at that time of course, visor at Aldgate reporting an explosion or loud bang: ‘At 0851 a shift shortly after the bomb exploded on engineer – so this is at power control centre – reported that traction current the bus we knew we were dealing had failed on one part of the network that was being fed by a particular box © TfL 2005 with crime scenes. supply. You will recall at this point we ‘We knew we would not be had been through this before, we had a given those parts of the railway, so rather traumatic experience two years we immediately began planning al- ago, 28 August, where we had to deal with a loss of power on a major part of ternative timetables, and operation the network. plans, to see what we could return ‘At 0851 again, one minute from to service, because our thoughts the incident, the Central line control cen- from the beginning were to get the tre called to say a large bang had been network running. reported near Liverpool Street. Also at ‘What would we do with the 0851 there was another call from the drivers? We had drivers about to Metropolitan line control centre, report- timeout from early shift, would we ing the sound of an explosion near train bring in drivers from late shift? How 204 in the area of Aldgate. At 0853 a were we going to get them to work? call was recorded saying a tunnel tel- We were dealing with a London that ephone line had been activated at had bus services withdrawn – we Russell Square, thereby discharging trac- weren’t providing a service. tion current westbound between Holloway Road and Russell Square. ‘We had to ask ourselves what was the smart move: were we going to ‘At 0859 the Group Station Manager at Edgware Road called to say we consume their time and not be able to use them? We had to consider what might have a person under a train, we might have a derailed train, that a we would do with all those trains which were scattered across the network train might have hit the tunnel wall. At this time a call went to London Fire – how were we going to get drivers to them and get them back to the depot Brigade and to the London Ambulance Service to dispatch units to all three to prepare them for next day? We had to determine what were we going to sites. At 09.03 the London Ambulance Service called back to confirm they do about station staff – it would be one thing to perform miracles and get were en route. trains running but what if we couldn't open any stations and provide ‘At 0911 the Piccadilly line controller called again to report the sound services. All those people had to be relieved and new people bought in. of a bang in the area of Russell Square. And so we began a series of hourly conference calls with our general ‘At 0915 we declared a Code Amber for the rest of the network: begin- managers who did all the heavy lifting, sorting these problems out, report- ning a controlled evacuation. Over the next hour we moved over 200 000 ing on the state of the network throughout the day and planning recovery. people off the network without a single injury, confining the damage to the ‘Mike Brown, the Chief Operating Officer, and his group performed three sites. brilliantly. Mike immediately split off his command. He took all responsi- ‘There is a complete misunderstanding by some members of the me- bility from running part of the network from Howard Collins who is service dia as to the significance and timing of calling a Code Amber – Code director of SSL and instead put him in charge of service recovery. Amber is completely irrelevant to rushing assistance to the three sites. ‘But of course the story is not about management. It’s really about the ‘Calling a Code Amber had relevance to all the other trains on the professionalism of people in the field which is why in my mind it is so network – it was completely irrelevant to dealing with sites where there outrageous that reports speak of delay. There was no delay – people in the had been blasts. It was not a decision you reach lightly. If we called a Code field reacted immediately – they acted as planned. Amber every time we had a dramatic incident on this old network, which ‘We had staff at Edgware Road walking people out within two minutes. needs to be rebuilt as we all know too well, we would be throwing people We had reports of off-duty drivers on their way to work, who saw what was out on the streets on a weekly basis. Plus when you do it, it is a very going on and immediately ran into tunnels to help. People generally do the difficult thing to do – to move that many people without injury, if you look right thing and it is absolutely edifying. at any study that the military conducts over the likelihood of (cont’d Col.4) ‘In short it was an awful day and the staff did a magnificent job.’
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Many lines, stations affected by security alerts after items were abandoned
Thameslink and Midland Passengers were not allowed There have also been multiple Mainline services were disrupted to collect their cars until the cor- alerts and disruption in many other when a car, believed to be linked to don was lifted at 01.00 the follow- areas, including the West Midlands London’s terror attacks, was ing morning. Officers were and Cornwall. Much of Birming- deployed to help passengers, and ham’s city centre was evacuated on in Luton community centres were Saturday opened to provide refreshments for evening (9 stranded people. July), in- Nine controlled explosions cluding Vir- evacuated and sealed off. The were carried out on the car, which gin’s West owner of the rucksack, which was was taken away for further foren- Coast and harmless, returned to recover it sic analysis at 04.30 on Wednes- CrossCountry later in the afternoon. day. No damage was done to the controls. Further problems arose on discovered at Luton. surrounding area. These Tuesday, the same day as the Luton Police closed the station and Services were running again moved to a incident, when a pair of old train- its car park at around 14.45 on by 01.30 on Wednesday. MML standby lo- ers was left in an unmarked box in Tuesday 12 July, and imposed a reported some delays and had to cation at a toilet on a CrossCountry train 100 metre cordon around the area. cancel five early trains, but other- Birming- from Bournemouth to Edinburgh. The evening rush hour was se- wise ran normally. Thameslink ham Inter- The train was halted at Oxford riously disrupted: trains were not said: ‘We are now running a national. for prolonged examination. allowed past Leagrave to the north, through service, but with delays, Mean- Virgin calculated that 125 other nor Luton Airport Parkway to the cancellations and short formations, while, Newquay station was closed trains and tens of thousands of pas- south. Passengers were told to dis- as stock and drivers are displaced.’ and cordoned off for several hours sengers were delayed as a result. embark at these stations and wait, Bedfordshire Deputy Chief during the the afternoon of the ‘We think it is probable that some- or make alternative arrangements. Constable Martin Stuart thanked same day, and holiday services one bought some new trainers, and A limited bus service was run everyone involved: ‘A great number were delayed, after a passenger left simply dumped the old ones,’ said between the two neighbouring sta- of people suffered great inconven- a rucksack unattended. the company. tions and also to St Albans, where ience as a result of the operation to The Bomb Squad was sum- The police and railway opera- services were running to and makethe scene safe and recover the moned from Plymouth, and part tors made renewed pleas to users from London. Services between car,’ he said. ‘We had invaluable of the adjacent town centre, includ- of the network not to leave any items Leagrave and Bedford continued. help and co-operation.’ ing the police station, was also unattended on trains and stations.
Balfour Beatty pleads guilty to Health and Safety Virgin gains priority charges, as Hatfield derailment trial continues trial for CrossCountry
Engineering firm Balfour Beatty of the indictment this company is charges faced by all the defend- When the 0825 Virgin Cross today admitted to charges of guilty.’ ants.’ The judge said he was not Country service from Penzance to breaching Health and Safety regu- ‘That is not an issue with which permitted to give any reason for Dundee starts its journey on 18 Au- lations before the Hatfield train you are now concerned in any way,’ his decision. gust it will, in a small way, be mak- crash. Mr Justice Mackay told jurors. ‘It ‘I must ask you to accept my ing railway history – although pas- The case for the defence was will be, or may have to be, resolved ruling, which does not affect one sengers are unlikely to notice. due to begin today, but Ronald by me at a later date.’ way or the other the important de- The 0825 will have a new re- Thwaites QC for Balfour Beatty He instructed the jury to for- cisions you will have to make when porting number – 9S66 – which entered a plea of guilty. mally convict the company. considering verdicts on the health suggests to the initiated that it is The plea, read out in court, did Today’s development comes and safety counts.’ either an unfitted freight train with- not accept all of the allegations less than a week after corporate Four people were killed and out fully braked vehicles, or else a brought by the prosecution at the Manslaughter charges against 102 injured in the Hatfield crash Eurostar. In fact, this service, nor- start of the case five months ago. Balfour Beatty, Railtrack (now Net- on 17 October 2000. mally known to signallers between ‘The company pleads guilty on work Rail), and five rail executives Prosecutors had alleged that Cornwall and Scotland as 1S66, is the basis that there was no one sin- were thrown out at the Old Bailey the crash was ‘a disaster waiting to the trial for a plan to renumber all gle cause of the derailment, but an on Thursday. happen’, which could have been CrossCountry services in the 9xxx aggregation of causes. The After reviewing evidence and avoided if proper safety measures series. Virgin has been pushing for breaches admitted were significant considering issues that had arisen, had been followed. this development since 2003 at when aggregated with failures on the judge ordered the jury to find The remaining defendants, least, the aim being to identify XC the part of others and/or with sys- the defendants not guilty. three from Railtrack, along with services as the important intercity temic failure in the railway indus- Mr Justice Mackay told jurors, their employer, and two from trains that they are, with especial try,’ it said. 'It is not open to you to convict any Balfour Beatty, still face personal vulnerability to delays. The trial will Richard Lissack QC, pros- of the six defendants on charges charges brought under the Health test software across the system, ecuting, told the court: ‘We con- of manslaughter. The trial will pro- and Safety Act. and it will be fully assessed before tinue to maintain that in the totality ceed on the health and safety The case continues. any change can be agreed.
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Many lines and stations are affected by security alerts Balfour Beatty pleads guilty to Health and Safety Thameslink and Midland Mainline services were dis- There have also been multi- charges, as Hatfield derailment trial continues rupted when a car, believed to be linked to London’s ple alerts and disruption in many terror attacks, was discovered at Luton. other areas, including the West Engineering firm Balfour Beatty of the indictment this company is charges faced by all the defend- Police closed the station and its car park at around Midlands and Cornwall. Much of today admitted to charges of guilty.’ ants.’ The judge said he was not 14.45 on Tuesday Birmingham’s city centre was breaching Health and Safety regu- ‘That is not an issue with permitted to give any reason for 12 July, and im- evacuated on Saturday evening (9 lations before the Hatfield train which you are now concerned in his decision. posed a 100 metre July), including Virgin’s West crash. any way,’ Mr Justice Mackay told ‘I must ask you to accept my cordon around the Coast and CrossCountry con- The case for the defence was jurors. ‘It will be, or may have to ruling, which does not affect one area. trols. These moved to a standby due to begin today, but Ronald be, resolved by me at a later date.’ way or the other the important de- The evening location at Birmingham Interna- Thwaites QC for Balfour Beatty He instructed the jury to for- cisions you will have to make when rush hour was se- tional. entered a plea of guilty. mally convict the company. considering verdicts on the health riously disrupted: Meanwhile, Newquay station The plea, read out in court, did Today’s development comes and safety counts.’ trains were not al- was closed and cordoned off for not accept all of the allegations less than a week after corporate Four people were killed and lowed past Leagrave to the north, nor Luton Airport several hours during the the af- brought by the prosecution at the Manslaughter charges against 102 injured in the Hatfield crash Parkway to the south. Passengers were told to disem- ternoon of the same day, and holi- start of the case five months ago. Balfour Beatty, Railtrack (now Net- on 17 October 2000. bark at these stations and wait, or make alternative ar- day services were delayed, after a ‘The company pleads guilty on work Rail), and five rail executives Prosecutors alleged the crash rangements. passenger left a rucksack unattended. the basis that there was no one sin- were thrown out at the Old Bailey was ‘a disaster waiting to happen’, A limited bus service was run between the two The Bomb Squad was summoned from Plymouth, gle cause of the derailment, but an on Thursday. which could have been avoided if neighbouring stations and also to St Albans, where serv- and part of the adjacent town centre, including the po- aggregation of causes. The After reviewing evidence and proper safety measures had been ices were running to and from London. Services be- lice station, was breaches admitted were significant considering issues that had arisen, followed. tween Leagrave and Bedford continued. also evacuated and when aggregated with failures on the judge ordered the jury to find The remaining defendants, Passengers were not allowed to collect their cars sealed off. The the part of others and/or with sys- the defendants not guilty. three from Railtrack, along with until the cordon was lifted at 01.00 the following morn- owner of the ruck- temic failure in the railway indus- Mr Justice Mackay told jurors, their employer, and two from ing. Officers were deployed to help passengers, and in sack, which was try,’ it said. 'It is not open to you to convict any Balfour Beatty, still face personal Luton community centres were opened to provide re- harmless, returned Richard Lissack QC, pros- of the six defendants on charges charges brought under the Health freshments for stranded people. to recover it later in ecuting, told the court: ‘We con- of manslaughter. The trial will pro- and Safety Act. Nine controlled explosions were carried out on the the afternoon. Fur- tinue to maintain that in the totality ceed on the health and safety The case continues. J car, which was taken away for further forensic analysis ther problems arose on Tuesday, the same day as the at 04.30 on Wednesday. No damage was done to the Luton incident, when a pair of old trainers was left in an surrounding area. unmarked box in a toilet on a CrossCountry train from Virgin gains priority trial for CrossCountry service next month Services were running again by 01.30 on Wednes- Bournemouth to Edinburgh. day. MML reported some delays and had to cancel five The train was halted at Oxford for prolonged ex- When the 0825 Virgin CrossCountry service from Virgin has been pushing for this development for early trains, but otherwise ran normally. Thameslink amination. Penzance to Dundee departs on 18 August it will, in a almost two years, the aim being to identify XC services said: ‘We are now running a through service, but with Virgin calculated that 125 other trains and tens of small way, be making railway history – although pas- as the important intercity trains that they are, with espe- delays, cancellations and short formations, as stock and thousands of passengers were delayed as a result. ‘We sengers are unlikely to notice. cial vulnerability to delays. drivers are displaced.’ think it is probable that someone bought some new The 0825 will have a new reporting number – 9S66 However, Virgin and Network Rail are keen to see Bedfordshire Deputy Chief Constable Martin Stuart trainers, and simply dumped the old ones,’ said the – which suggests to the initiated that it is either a freight how this 9xxx train is recognised. If 9S66 is interpreted thanked everyone involved: ‘A great number of people company. train without fully braked vehicles, or else a Eurostar. at Derby as an unfitted freight, for example, it will not be suffered great inconvenience as a result of the operation The police and railway operators made renewed pleas In fact, this service, normally known to signallers displayed on the platform describers. The trial will test to makethe scene safe and recover the car,’ he said. ‘We to users of the network not to leave any items unattended between Cornwall and Scotland as 1S66, is the trial for software across the system, and it will be fully assessed had invaluable help and co-operation.’ on trains and stations. J a plan to renumber all XC services in the 9xxx series. before any widespread change can be agreed. J RailManager News in detail 4 ON LINE Monday 18 July 2005 7
Network Rail to sue Seatbelts to be researched further, says RSSB jailed graffiti vandal Final RSSB report into Ufton crash also recommends fewer crossings and better training
A graffiti vandal was sent to The Rail Safety and Standards prison on 15 July at Middlesex Board has completed its inquiry Guildhall Crown Court, after he into the collision between a train conducted a ten-year campaign and car at Ufton Nervet level cross- defacing railway property in south ing in November last year, in which west London. seven people died. Robert Lee, 23, of Kennington, They included the train driver was sentenced to three and a half and five passengers, as well as the years in prison after pleading driver of the car, which had been guilty to nine charges of criminal driven on to the crossing and parked damage. The jury was also asked across the line. ‘The initial derailment occurred as a result of the train colliding with a motor car, to take another 51 offences into The Board says ‘the underlying causing the flange of the left hand wheel of the leading bogie of the front power car to consideration. cause was beyond the direct con- climb over the left hand rail…the derailment of all the vehicles occurred when the On release Lee will be issued trol of the railway’ and that although train shortly afterwards reached facing points which caused the derailed left hand the derailment ‘was caused by the wheel to follow the left hand stock rail of the points pulling the trailing axle of the with an ASBO banning him from leading bogie, and then the bogies of all following vehicles, into derailment’—RSSB railway property for five years. presence of a car on the fully func- Commenting on the sentenc- tional level crossing, the inquiry re- The main recommendations ing, Superintendent Mark Newton vealed a number of issues relating from the British Transport Police to road risks for the industry to con- LEVEL CROSSINGS PASSENGER/CREW PROTECTION said: ‘The scourge of graffiti is sider with other authorities’. something that the British Trans- The inquiry has made a number L Consider crossing closures with L Assess: whether there could be a port Police and our partners in the of recommendations for the indus- Network Rail and highway authorities net safety benefit from seat belts; the L rail industry are determined to try to consider to reduce the risk of Where considerable safety expendi- level of usage required to justify the ture is justified, consider bridges eradicate. This case involved a per- derailments and to mitigate the con- cost; if that level could be maintained L Investigate closure of Ufton LC L sistent offender who was captured sequences if they do occur. Extend requirements for laminated following a BTP investigation in windows, and speed up research on RISK ASSESSMENT emergency exit windows partnership with Network Rail and L Review the RSSB’s research into train operators. This should be a L Include local track features in the couplers and bogie retention, to see if assessment of level crossings, where warning to all those who deface this work can be completed earlier railway property that the BTP and these could make a derailment worse the rail industry are not prepared EMERGENCIES to tolerate this criminality and we ORGANISATION AND FUNDING will continue to do all we can to L Consider photo-luminescent mark- L The National LC Safety Group should bring you to justice.’ ings on emergency equipment be supported ‘vigorously’, and given L As provided on the train involved, Lee was caught following a high priority for funding and resources joint operation between the British display safety information near seats Transport Police and Network Rail. where this is practicable Among the proposals are reduc- TRAINING FOR RESCUE/RECOVERY He caused damage costing L Also as provided on the train in- tions in the number of level cross- volved, install light sticks if emergency £74 000 to Network Rail property L Review on-train staff responses to ings (with replacement by bridges lighting is not available by scrawling his ‘tag’ across sta- an accident, with particular emphasis where the expenditure is justified), L Provide emergency lighting for all tions, bridges and railway equip- on the evacuation of the passengers improved training of staff both on new/substantially refurbished vehicles ment along the route from London and the protection of the line. Lessons and off the railway into how to deal L Extend current research on design Waterloo to Barnes. On many oc- learned should be used in training pro- with major incidents, a critical look and information on the effective use of grammes, exercises and briefings casions he would have had to tres- at track features near crossings, bet- window breaking hammers L Give consideration to including, in pass on the railway, crossing elec- ter lighting including possible wider the training of staff, the opportunity of trified tracks and scaling walls or use of lightsticks (above), and more REDUCE DERAILMENT RISK fencing, said Network Rail. experiencing the conditions inside a research into whether the installa- coach that has rolled over Network Rail Route Director, L Review exemption for axle loads of tion of seatbelts would be ‘reason- L Decide if there are elements of First David Pape welcomed the sen- 17 tonnes+ from the requirement to ably practicable’. Great Western’s emergency training tence, saying: ‘Graffiti is an anti- fit deflectors to new leading vehicles Ufton Crossing itself is also now that could be used by other passenger L Investigate modification of the front social crime that affects both rail- being considered for closure; the train operators way passengers and staff. We will RSSB says it is on a minor road of HSTs and/or fitting an obstacle de- flector to reduce the derailment risk continue to work with the British with a nearby alternative route. POST-ACCIDENT PROCEDURES Transport Police to catch and bring The full version of the report to justice those responsible.’ was released only within the indus- L Review arrangements for the attend- DESIGN IMPROVEMENTS Network Rail said it will shortly try initially, and just an abstract was ance of specialist investigation L Research into the possibilities of a be launching a civil action against published. However, the RSSB said organisations, derailment and crash system to warn train drivers in good Robert Lee to recover the costs of following numerous requests it was worthiness specialists at an accident time of obstructions at AHB LCs cleaning up and removing his tag placing the whole report on its website L Review the emergency command L Review and modify the AHB level from railway property. today. ¶ RSSB report (pdf) structure for major rail accidents crossing emergency telephone system
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Bridges Transport for London is holding a public exhibition to ScotRail busier during bus strike today SET back after fire give details of the scheme to replace two of the bridges carrying the A40 ScotRail reported more business South Eastern services from Pad- over the GWML at Wales Farm Road than usual on Edinburgh Crossrail dock Wood to Maidstone were re- and Perryn Road in Acton. Wales this morning, after the city lost stored on Wednesday after a major Farm bridge has been designed to more than half its buses because fire in a warehouse at Paddock allow future expansion of the rail of an industrial dispute. Wood damaged signalling and network. Drivers at Lothian Buses track, causing a nine day closure. walked out after pay talks broke A team of more than 20 Net- Mk3s Operator One is following up down. Extra buses were run by work Rail engineers worked the announcement of its £25m roll- First where possible, but some throughout the week replacing ing stock upgrade by holding a se- people used trains instead. ‘We track components and signalling ries of customer roadshows. The were busier at Newcraighall today,’ equipment. roadshow visited Norwich on Fri- said ScotRail, ‘but with such a lim- Meanwhile, Midland Mainline day and was at Diss today. It will ited suburban network in Edin- services suffered severe disruption then visit Stowmarket, Ipswich, burgh we could not do a great deal on Saturday when a woodyard Manningtree and Colchester on to help.’ Some reports suggested caught fire near Cricklewood. successive days until 22 July. that many people simply walked. HSTs were forced to terminate Museum Underground mainte- at Luton, and Meridians at Bed- nance firm Metronet has donated ford and Kettering. Road closures £400 000 to London’s Transport Yes – it really was a cow on the line in the area included the M1, which Museum. The Museum is to close Virgin CrossCountry passengers on the Edinburgh to Bournemouth meant that rail replacement buses in September for building work, for were delayed for seven hours last service were stranded while engi- could not be provided. a £18.6m redevelopment which night after their Voyager hit a cow. neers carried out repairs. The People reported seeing smoke will take eighteen months. Metronet The unfortunate bovine dam- recovery took time because of the from as far away as Chelsea. The is contributing its own display to aged the train’s suspension and air remote nature of the area, said lines were partially open by 1800, the resulting exhibition of ‘visions brakes, causing them to lock just Virgin: ‘There was no road access and back to normal working by of a better London’. outside Oxford. 220 passengers or civilisation of any kind.’ 2100. No one was hurt.
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The first six RMOLs have produced a large amount of feedback: so much so that we have taken longer than first planned to consider it all. Thank you to everyone who has given an opinion: we are most grateful, and the various views have been very useful. We also appreciate the many complimentary remarks.
There were two main areas which caused some discussion. One is the page size of the magazine, and the other is how it should be distributed.
Page size and orientation At the moment, RMOL is A4 portrait – the same size and Given that computer screens are landscape format, it orientation as its printed predecessor. A number of would make it easier to read if correspondents, like those on the right, suggested that the pdf was landscape, rather what is suitable for a printed document is not necessarily A rough approximation on my PC than portrait. Indeed, as print screen shows that 1/2 an A4 the best choice for one which is designed primarily to be isn’t involved, it could be page is visible at any one time. If read on a screen. However, some readers want to be made the optimum shape to you were to divide the A4 page able to print hard copies. Since a hard copy is no longer be easily read in a standard- into 2 sections, these effectively interactive, is ease of printing a factor which should sized window. (Mel Holley) being 2 landscape A5 pages, on seriously influence our page size? top of each other then it may be possible to satisfy both the hard copy and environmentally This week’s issue contains a landscape page (still standard A4). friendly screen only readers. Should all RMOL look like that? Should it be landscape, but not A4? (Graham Taylor) To express a view on page size, please ¶ click here.
Distribution method: attachment or link? We email all our readers when each weekly edition is ready, but should we attach the magazine file to the email? It is certainly how we started with Edition 1, but some readers, usually not on broadband, complained that the attachment was taking a long time to download, and couldn’t we simply send a website link? So we tried that...
Regrettably not the same convenience at all - please please please restore the attachment not a link! The Many thanks. Very beauty of the attachment was that it was there on It worked perfectly as informative and much the laptop when one left the office and could be read an attachment to the more convenient ! at leisure on the next train journey. A link is no use email and no probs OUR READERS ALSO SAID: (Patrick Murphy) whatsoever as you need to be on-line to open it. with the pdf. By the way congrats on the publication… (Andy Saunders) Although initially sceptical (Nick Olley) about‘ the value of ‘yet another rail industry publication’ I have found RMOL to be stimulating, useful and interesting. The electronic publishing of Rail Manager is a great step forward – allowing topical news stories to be read and It has displaced my reading analysed on a just-in-time basis. However, the decision to invite readers to download the latest edition from the of written media! web is shortsighted, as it assumes the reader is on-line when reading your e-journal. Perhaps you should invite ’ readers to select how they would wish to receive RMoL. With this information you would be able to identify those I find this a useful read which whose preference it is to receive the full-strength version whilst those with busy mail boxes (or IT Departments) ‘would be even better with a could of course request the light, or URL, version. In this way, hopefully, all subscribers may be satisfied. bigger section on who has (Rupert Brennan Brown: railpr.com) moved where.’ Rail Manager OnLine is an In fact, when we analysed the objectors to attachments (who were well outnumbered by supporters of them), it ‘excellent source of current seemed that they were usually people who live or work in a non-broadband area – and such areas are steadily information and, being online, is easy to read, easy to scan diminishing. Compiling more than one list is perfectly possible, but we fear fresh confusion could arise, and the around and of course number of people who might benefit seems to be very small. We might, of course, be wrong. If you would like easy to file. RMOL to be an attachment, or a link (in other words, if you have strong views either way), please tell us by ’ ¶ clicking here. (All recent RMOLs are downloadable from ¶ www.keepingtrack.co.uk/railmanager, by the way.) Could you add me to your list ‘of on-line subscribers to “Rail If there seems be enough demand, we’ll certainly look again at running two lists (one with a link, the other with an Manager”? Most impressive and a valuable weekly briefing. attachment), but for the moment, the attachments win. Thank you again for all your comments: they really have ’ helped us to develop RMOL. Have a look at our landscape page (p6), and please tell us what you think.
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NR raises £1.3bn with bonds £11m for NW TODAY’S PRICES 1630
Network Rail issued bonds Bolton and Wigan are to receive Arriva 543.50 on 13 July in Sterling and an investment of £11.6m in public Balfour Beatty 338.00 Australian dollars worth a to- transport over the next year. Carillion 274.00 tal of £1.345bn. The Transport Infrastructure Corus Group 45.00 On Wednesday the ‘not Fund was set up in 2001 to im- Eurotunnel 17.25 for profit’ company issued prove public transport in areas of Firstgroup 333.50 A$800m (£345m) in so- the north west not benefiting Go-ahead 1241.00 called ‘kangaroo bonds’ until directly from the Manchester HSBC Hold. 909.00 2010, the largest single- Metrolink tram scheme. Jarvis 6.38 tranche kangaroo bond with The £11.6m will come in equal National Exp. Gp 885.50 a Triple A rating since 1998. parts from GMPTE, Bolton Met- Serco Gp 242.75 Meanwhile, Network ropolitan Borough Council, Wigan Siemens 4355.00 Rail’s 2020 Sterling issue Metropolitan Borough Council and Stagecoach 113.00 amounted to £1bn after bids the government. totalled £1.4bn. A large proportion of the fund The company has ben- will be spent on improving bus RailManager efited from a transfer of its financial liabilities from the Strategic Rail routes, although major improve- Authority to the Department of Transport, lowering its risk weighting ments will be made at a number of from 20% to zero. railway stations including Bolton OnLine The markets have taken due note of the change in status: Network Interchange, Hall i’ Th’ Wood, Rail’s credit rating has been improved to Triple A by financial agencies Daisy Hill, Kearsley and Blackrod. Standard & Poors, Moody’s and Fitch IBCA as a result of the govern- A new ticket office is also is published ment backing. being provided at Horwich Samantha Pitt, Network Rail’s Head of Corporate Finance, said, Parkway, and a car park will be ‘These transactions represent important further steps in implementing constructed at Hindley station. every Monday. Network Rail’s proven strategy to fund the renewal of Britain’s railway. We were delighted by the high level of interest in the Australian issue, which represents the first time that we have accessed the Australian capital market. The issue was significantly over-subscribed.’ 9(0304(.,: City renews call for Crossrail to start 6SHFLDOLVWVLQ5DLO3KRWRJUDSK\ City leaders pressed MPs to today to ensure fast-track progress for 1HZXSGDWHGZHEVLWHQRZ Crossrail, as the key Crossrail hybrid Bill received its second reading. RQOLQHZLWKWKRXVDQGV Leading City figure and Crossrail backer Michael Snyder, who is Chairman of the Corporation of London’s Policy and Resources Com- RILPDJHVWRYLHZ mittee, said: ‘London needs Crossrail and the UK needs Crossrail so we welcome the second reading as a sign of the Government’s commitment, but now MPs have to ensure the right Crossrail is delivered in the right way. The Corporation has backed Crossrail for more than a decade and we will work to make sure construction-disruption is minimised. The City is no stranger to large-scale building projects but we need to ensure the details are right.’ The Corporation is submitting a ¶ detailed petition on the Bill which it says will make construction easier and less disruptive to City businesses and residents. Network Rail awards £58m contracts
Network Rail awarded two contracts worth £58m to Exel and Unipart Rail logistics today. One contract, to Unipart, is for £51m a year, to run for two years with an optional three year extension. A commercial team will negotiate new prices for every product used, buying high volume or high value materials nationally. Exel has been awarded the other contract, worth £7m a year. This is for a three-year period with an optional extension of two years, to handle the distribution of all NR maintenance materials from a 10 000m2 distri- bution centre in Worcester. Exel will be responsible for managing 323 Network Rail stores. 7HO)D[ This contract also includes the provision of a call centre in West HPDLO LQIR#UDLOLPDJHVFRXN Bromwich to coordinate requests from Network Rail engineers for materials needed at work sites. ZZZUDLOLPDJHVFRXN
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Minister’s ‘not truthful’ statement to MPs TWA changes
Former Transport Secretary ‘attracted to the idea of pushing Mr Byers denied the existence The Department of Transport Stephen Byers has admitted that he Railtrack into administration’. of a plot. ‘These are very serious launched the next stage in its con- made ‘an untruthful statement’ to When questioned on this, Mr allegations, without foundation in sultation about changes to the Parliament, specifically the Trans- Byers said, ‘Dan Corry is wrong fact, and are simply wrong.’ He Transport & Work Act on 14 July. port Select sub-Committee, in con- when he says I had a preferred said. ‘Throughout this period, I The statutory procedure rules nection with the placing of route in the middle of September.’ had regard to the interests of the which govern the making of TWA Railtrack in Railway Administra- Mr Rowley commented that for Railtrack shareholders.’ applications, and objections to tion in 2001. Mr Corry to be incorrect on three He said that in light of the ‘poor them, were last revised in October Mr Byers was giving evidence seperate occasions was unlikely. financial position and deep seated 2000. Revisions have been pro- in the Railtrack shareholders case. ‘He may have misconstrued,’ Mr problems in Railtrack’, he had to posed them to make them more For most of his three days in Byers responded. put the interests of rail passengers efficient and effective, to cut bu- the witness box, the MP for North Mr Rowley also asked Mr and taxpayers first. reaucracy, and to ensure compli- Tyneside was said to be the picture Byers to explain an account by the He added, ‘At the time, I judged ance with a new EU Directive on of coolness, but he was forced to former Rail Regulator Tom Winsor that the public interest was best public participation. admit that he had lied to the Trans- of a dinner at the House of Com- served by this approach’. The DfT consulted widely on port Select sub-Committee in No- mons on 5 February 2002. The former Transport Secre- a package of improvement meas- vember 2001, a month after In written evidence, Mr Winsor tary has said he will make a state- ures in late 2003. The proposals Railtrack had been put into admin- said Mr Byers told him it was ‘he, ment to the Commons once the have now been developed into a istration. not officials, who had first had the hearing has concluded. Mean- detailed set of rules, on which the MPs on the committee had idea of putting Railtrack into ad- while, the Conservatives are DfT is now consulting again. This wanted to examine the govern- ministration’. Mr Byers said he had demanding a full inquiry. latest consultation period ends on ment’s claim that administration for ‘no recollection’ of what was said. The case continues. 13 October. ¶ Consultation (DfT) Railtrack had only been explored ‘There may be a possibility that after a meeting on 25 July at which I may have been more effusive and In the Parliaments John Robinson, Railtrack’s Chair- expansive than I would have been in a more formal setting,’ said Mr man, had told Mr Byers the com- London IN COMMITTEE pany was in financial difficulty and Byers, ‘And that I elaborated more than I would otherwise.’ The membership of the Transport Select would need to be bailed out. This week (summary) Committee is currently being appointed. The Railtrack Private Share- Mr Byers had been asked if ¶ The week ahead in Parliament The members of the Committee in the last holders Action Group is accusing Parliamentary session were: work was carried out on the ad- Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Chairman) Crewe Mr Byers of misfeasance in public COMMONS ¶ = click to see Bill ministration option before this July and Nantwich (Labour); Mr Jeffrey M office, claiming that he acted with Donaldson Lagan Valley (Democratic meeting. His answer was, ‘Not that Monday 18 July Work and Pensions Questions Unionist); Mr Brian H. Donohoe ‘targeted malice’ to avoid paying Cunninghame South (Labour); Clive Efford I am aware of.’ ¶ Crossrail Bill Second reading Eltham (Labour); Mrs Louise Ellman compensation to shareholders. > Collapse of the Gerrards Cross Keith Rowley QC, for the Liverpool Riverside (Labour); Ian Lucas railway tunnel Adjournment debate claimants, pressed him on this an- Wrexham (Labour); Miss Anne McIntosh Tuesday 19 July Vale of York (Conservative); Paul Marsden swer, and Mr Byers then con- Foreign and Commonwealth Off. Questions Shrewsbury and Atcham (Liberal ceded, ‘It was such a long time ago, Railways feature Local Govt and Planning Ten Minute Rule Bill Democrats); Mr John Randall Uxbridge ¶ London Olympics Bill Second reading (Conservative); George Stevenson Stoke-on- I cannot remember, but it is not a Micro-bikes and anti-social b’haviour.Adj.deb. Trent South (Labour); Mr Graham Stringer in Commons Manchester Blackley (Labour). truthful statement and I apologise Wednesday 20 July for that. I cannot remember the Wales; Prime Minister Questions There are currently no sessions business this week Vehicle Registration Marks motives behind it.’ Ten Minute Rule Bill planned for the Transport Select In a series of forceful ex- Several items of railway business Regulation of Financial Services Committee. (Land Transactions) Bill Second reading changes in court, Mr Byers also are being considered by the House Dunstable College Adjournment debate Recent Committee publications: denied misleading ministers into of Commons this week, before Thursday 21 July 10th report: Integrated transport: believing that the network opera- Parliament starts its summer recess. Trade and Industry;Minister for Women Quest. the future of light rail and modern tor had no funding options left. Monday sees the second read- Summer Recess Adjournment Motion trams in the United Kingdom Open cast mining in the Derwent Vall.Adj.deb. [3 April 2005] ¶ Download pdf Mr Rowley alleged that Mr ing of the CrossRail hybrid Bill, Friday 22 July Byers had planned the demise of and also an adjournment debate on The House will not be sitting 6th report: The performance of the Railtrack for some months. the causes and consequences of London Underground LORDS Mr Byers told the court that he the Gerrards Cross tunnel col- [18 March 2005] ¶ Download pdf Monday 18 July had kept an open mind towards the lapse, which is currently still ob- Equality Bill Committee stage future of Railtrack throughout that structing the Chiltern main line. Harbours Bill Second reading Edinburgh summer, though he admitted that a Then, on Tuesday, Parliament Tuesday 19 July Borough Freedom (F.S.) Bill Comm. stage This week (summary) change of ownership had been will deal with the second reading Consolidated Fund (App.) Bill All stages disscussed as early as June. of the London Olympics Bill, Finance Bill Second reading ¶ Business Bulletin ‘I wanted all the options inves- which has been introduced follow- Fraud Bill Committee stage tigated but not exclusively owner- ing the announcement of the 2012 Wednesday 20 July Commons Bill Second reading The Scottish Parliament ship and management,’ he said. Games on 6 July. This measure [Private Legislation] Private Bills; Sec.read. is now in Summer recess. An email from Mr Byers’ spe- will create a special London Thursday 21 July cial advisor Dan Corry dating from Olympics Authority, which is to Organ transplants/donations Debates Next business day: August was read to the court. In it take over transport planning for the Friday 22 July The House will not be sitting 6 September 2005. Mr Corry stated that Mr Byers was Games from TfL.
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