Simon Walton

United Kingdom

Head Of News And Digital Content at Yorkshire Living

Journalist and wanderer.

Articles

British railways forego Easter to engineer

6 days ago | railtech.com | Simon Walton

Published on 18-04-2025 at 11:01 Head out on the highway. It’s what the British do at Easter, and to facilitate that, the Department for Transport has suspended almost all road works. However, rushing to the rails might prove a little more fraught, with over 300 engineering projects taking place over the next four days. Would you like unlimited access to all Premium content?
American railroads not running scared

6 days ago | railfreight.com | Simon Walton

Make America Rail Again Published on 18-04-2025 at 09:00 The freight-centric American railroad industry is sanguine about tariffs. The threat of disruption has not yet put up a red signal on investment. The Association of American Railroads has said as much in its current newsletter, distributed to business interests around the world.
Fire scare for UK Easter engineering plans

1 week ago | railtech.com | Simon Walton

A fire in the Stevenage area on Thursday evening caused chaos on Britain’s prestige route. The East Coast Main Line, connecting London, Yorkshire and Scotland, was blocked for several hours. There were concerns over the availability of the line over the Easter break, as it is earmarked to provide cover for the planned closure of the West Coast route out of London Euston. Well laid out plans were jeopardised for the whole Easter weekend.
US railroads are positive about prospects

1 week ago | worldcargonews.com | Simon Walton

Published on 17-04-2025 at 14:31 Has the threat of tariff-related disruption put the brakes on economic development? Not a bit of it, if the Association of American Railroads (AAR) is reading the market correctly. In the latest issue of their newsletter to business interests around the world, the AAR paints a picture of an industry that is holding its course in the face of disruption.
Engineering Easter on the UK network

1 week ago | railfreight.com | Simon Walton

Eggspress April Uprising Published on 17-04-2025 at 09:20 Britain has many Easter traditions. Pious religious observance; a less pious sharing of chocolate Easter Eggs; a frantic football fixture list; and a huge programme of railway engineering works. This Easter weekend features all four. No prizes for guessing which Easter Element catches our attention.
Liverpool St revised plans still subterranean

1 week ago | railtech.com | Simon Walton

The redevelopment of London’s Liverpool Street terminus has been amended, although it is difficult to spot the differences. If given the go-ahead, the Victorian engineering masterpiece will still be hidden under a vast office and commercial development. Network Rail and the managers of Liverpool Street station in London claim they have gone back to the drawing board with plans for a vast redevelopment of the station precinct.
Proposals for £100 fines for street urination, defecation and dog fouling in York have

1 week ago | yo1radio.co.uk | Simon Walton

The plans for new city-wide fines are set to go before York Council’s Executive on Tuesday, April 22after 4,194 street urination incidents were recorded in 2023-4. A council report stated the penalties were more reasonable, proportionate and cost-effective means of punishing offenders which avoided lengthy and expensive court proceedings. But 162 of the 346 people who commented on street urination and defecation penalties in a council consultation said a lack of public toilets was partly to blame.
'People take desperate measures': public toilet shortage blamed for street urination

1 week ago | yorkpress.co.uk | Simon Walton

2 1/1 Proposals for £100 fines for street urination, defecation and dog fouling in York have prompted calls for more public toilets ahead of a decision on enacting them. The plans for new city-wide fines are set to go before York Council’s Executive on Tuesday, April 22 after 4,194 street urination incidents were recorded in 2023-4.
Trends in British rail freight

1 week ago | worldcargonews.com | Simon Walton

Published on 16-04-2025 at 07:00 The United Kingdom is very much divided over rail freight operations and ambitions. The need to encourage modal shift is widely recognised, but differing demands call for a different approach in each of the four nations. Log in to read this articleWould you like access to all contentLeave your details to read this article for free. *This is available once every 30 days.
Varamis parcels to London at last

1 week ago | railfreight.com | Simon Walton

Logistics to Liverpool Street Published on 15-04-2025 at 13:00 Varamis Rail, the upstart start-up, is on the cusp of achieving its London ambitions. The company has intimated that it is only about a month away from extending its express logistics service into London.