Network Rail has appointed Liam Sumpter as managing director for Network Rail in Scotland on a two-year secondment, following the news that Alex Hynes is joining the Department for Transport, where he is becoming director general rail services, again for two years. Meanwhile, Scottish Rail Holdings has announced that Joanne Maguire has been appointed interim managing director of ScotRail.

The RMT has suspended a planned strike on CrossCountry this Saturday, after CrossCountry agreed to hold ‘intensive talks’ in a new bid to resolve the dispute.