Both Modern Railways for July and Rail no. 699 (on sale this Wednesday) carry the story that Chiltern Railways are looking to 'lease or hire' new 100mph locomotives for the Birmingham-London services from 2015. Details of the tender can be found here
Rail also notes that Chris Gibb, Chief Operating Officer of Virgin Trains, is to join Network Rail on secondment to 'help improve performance on the southern end of the West Coast Main line'.
Barry Doe in Rail notes that LondonMidland are to introduce 110 mph running from December which will enable a revamp of their service pattern to take place (primarily along the Trent Valley lines).
Also highlighted by Barry is the new National Rail Conditions of Carriage, valid from May 20th 2012. Of particular interest is Section 19 - Using a combination of tickets - which specifically allows Split Ticketing (so long as both tickets are valid for the relevant portion of the journey AND the train does stop at the station at which the split ticketing is done).
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