South Western Railway performance nosedives after nationalisation Transport and infrastructure Performance at South Western Railway has plummeted in the months since it became the first network to be brought under state ownership, piling fresh scrutiny on the government’s nationalisation drive just days after it announced the lines that will be taken public next. Delays and cancellations both rose sharply over the three months after it [...]
Arriva’s Chiltern Railways announced as first East West Rail operator Transport and infrastructure Arriva Group’s Chiltern Railways has been selected to operate the first stage of the East West Rail project linking Oxford and Cambridge. The Department for Transport (DfT) said on Tuesday it expected services to start later this year, connecting Milton Keynes to Oxford for the first time in 60 years. East West Rail, a proposed [...]
‘Too rigid’: Let us decide timetables, London Overground operator Arriva says Business Arriva Group, which operates the London Overground, said operator's can't make "straightfoward" changes in the best interest of passengers.