UK: Finance Director Liz Collins has been appointed Interim Managing Director at TransPennine Express, after Leo Goodwin left the FirstGroup franchise on March 5 to ‘pursue opportunities outside the group’.
‘I would like to take this opportunity to thank Leo for his contribution’, said First Rail Managing Director Steve Montgomery when Goodwin’s imminent departure was announced on March 4. ‘We wish him every success in his future career.’
Speaking to Rail Business UK, Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps accepted that whilst some changes would come in immediately, including deep cleaning of all trains and improvements to Sunday timetables, passengers needed to accept that ‘things won’t change overnight’.
UK: Issuing an update on Network Rail’s impact on passenger train performance on January 21, the Office of Rail & Road said it had put the infrastructure manager ‘on a warning’ for poor service in the North West & Central region.
UK: Marking the completion of a £500m investment programme, TransPennine Express formally launched its new fleet of 44 Nova trainsets with an event at Liverpool Lime Street station on November 22.
