David Leam

Chief of Staff at Network Rail. Formerly London First, Department for Transport, HM Treasury. Leicester City 🦊

[David Leam @dleamo]

@Captain_Deltic 😂😂😂

[Andy Burnham @andyburnham]

It was a great experience to travel on the bullet train between Kyoto and Tokyo - although it did produce some mixed feelings.

It felt like a Jim Bowen “come and have a look at what you could have won” kind of moment. 🤦🏻‍♂️

#HS2

4/6

[David Leam @dleamo]

@t0nyyates Yes pls Tony if you still have any. Thank you

[Network Rail @networkrail]

🚂 On 27 September 1825 the Stockton and Darlington Railway opened and changed the world!

The rail industry is planning a year-long programme to mark 200 years of train travel in 2025.

Find out how your organisation can take part in #Railway200:

👉 https://t.co/aZ42qzMlTM

[UK House of Commons @HouseofCommons]

We’ll be live streaming Chamber business from approx 9.30am.

You can also watch on Parliament Live: https://t.co/ukmzUqGDpF https://t.co/bsY0D5buN9

[Network Rail Wessex @NetworkRailWssx]

🪖This morning we’re delighted to have welcomed more than 5,000 @DefenceHQpersonnel to @LondonWaterloo, for the Coronation Procession.

🙌This is the largest movement of Armed Forces personnel since Sir Winston Churchill’s funeral in 1965.

Full story ⬇️ https://t.co/xGhPhmFywI

[NRPressOffice @NRPressOffice]

Our chief executive's response to the positive result of the @RMTunion referendum of Network Rail members 👇

[Jon Yeomans @JonLYeomans]

NEW Andrew Haines of Network Rail on the railway's future
🚅 Great British Railways could be ready by late 2024
🚄 Train firms could earn sweeteners on contacts
🚆 Commuters are often "relieved" on strike days
🚉 He wants to see a rival to Trainline https://t.co/lrLVOQCb6c

[Network Rail Western @networkrailwest]

📣 The Dartmoor Line - arriving Saturday 20 November 2021 🚨
We’re pleased to reveal that passenger services will start on the #Dartmoorline in just 39 days’ time.
Tickets on sale now - a day return between Okehampton and Exeter will cost no more than £8!
https://t.co/1lnYyZNruK

[City A.M. @CityAM]

OPINION | Yesterday, the Government would stepped in to take control of Southeastern rail - the fourth time in as many years. Tinkering at the edges won't fix our broken railways, we need public and private cooperation for real reform, writes @AdamTyndall

https://t.co/K1MExtYC89

[HM Treasury @hmtreasury]

Chancellor @RishiSunak visited @networkrail to see the work they are doing to connect the nation. Watch more below:
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[HS2 Ltd @HS2ltd]

Network Rail has also made clear that plans to upgrade the North's rail network would be £15 billion more expensive without HS2. For example, #HS2 enable key elements of #NorthernPowerhouseRail, helping rebalance our economy and join up Britain. 3/3 https://t.co/u2HMvMNPmA

[HS2 Ltd @HS2ltd]

With no HS2, Network Rail’s alternative railway upgrade scenario needs 51 improvement projects to be launched. It still only delivers 66 per cent of HS2's capacity. The East Coast Main Line would be closed every weekend for nearly 30 years. 2/3 https://t.co/u2HMvMNPmA

[HS2 Ltd @HS2ltd]

Network Rail has said only HS2 can deliver desperately-needed extra rail capacity. The West Coast, East Coast and Midland mainlines are effectively full and upgrading them would not deliver the same extra seating or journey times as HS2. 1/3 https://t.co/u2HMvMNPmA

[Giles Wilkes @Gilesyb]

The answer to literally every policy question is "infrastructure", and the amount needed is always £100bn. That, or the politicians are treating us like bauble-chasing infants. My latest for @instituteforgov https://t.co/Couls4HPaV

[Paul Hackett CBE @PaulHackett10]

In his book ‘Home Truths’, @LiamHalligan is spot on to call for switch from demand side housing policies, (eg H2B) to supply side, fines for build-out delays following planning and tougher ‘land value capture’ backed by CPO threat. #ukhousing #ukplanning https://t.co/Dg6Zp1wZTE

[James Murray @James_BG]

This piece from @Martha_Gill is really important and there is ample evidence to justify her concerns https://t.co/tgWiwHubae

[FT UK Politics @ftukpolitics]

UK rail needs a new balance between public and private https://t.co/8m08u3DYHM

[FT UK Politics @ftukpolitics]

UK’s rail franchise system has ‘had its day’, review finds https://t.co/eqIdnPPa3H

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

Government should not manage railways, says review https://t.co/u6y3fqqan6