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Tuesday, 21 February 2012
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- Blackfriars Tube station reopensA London Underground station closed for nearly three years for engineering work reopens.
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- Boris Johnson: Blackfriars Station is as clean as a Swiss maternity wardMayor of London Boris Johnson compares the redeveloped and newly reopened Blackfriars Station to a Scandinavian airport and a Swiss maternity ward.
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- Border checks have been 'suspended regularly and applied irregularly since 2007', admits Home SecretaryA damning report found up to half a million Eurostar passengers arriving from French tourist resorts, including Disneyland Paris, were waved into Britain without facing any anti-terror checks.
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- Blackfriars tube station reopens following three-year upgrade projectBlackfriars underground station is back open for business following the successful completion of a large-scale, three-year redevelopment project.
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- Call for transport group to lift threat over city stationsANGRY councillors called on Transport Scotland to scrap a review which could lead to the closure of nine Glasgow rail stations.
- Yorkshire rail investment programme hinges on Northern HubTreasury commitment needed to unlock up to £12bn of economic benefits in Yorkshire.
- Grand Central wins plaudits from rail users’ groupA TRAIN operator running services from Brighouse to London has been praised by a rail users’ group.
- Vital rail link restoredBlackfriars Tube station in central London reopened on Monday...
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- Teenagers arrested on suspicion of railway cable theftFour suspected teenage railway cable thieves were arrested on Friday, 17 February 2012 by British Transport Police (BTP) officers in Leeds, as the fight against cable and metal theft continues. The four male teenagers, one aged 15, the others 16, were arrested close to the railway line in York Road, Leeds, under suspicion of attempting [...]
- Skills-building features at MAINTEC 2012MAINTEC 2012 will provide maintenance and health & safety professionals with a valuable opportunity to be challenged and brush up on their skills at this year™s show. From interactive hands-on challenges to personalised advice clinics, strategic workshops and insightful presentations, the event provides the visitors the chance to immerse themselves within the industry and learn [...]
- Birse Metro awarded Tube cooling contractBirse Metro has been awarded a contract to provide a Water Cooling System at London Underground’s Oxford Circus station. The system will serve 14 new Passenger Air Handling Units (PAHUs) located on six platforms at the station. The contract, part of the ˜Cooling the Tube™ programme, includes the supply of new mechanical and electrical equipment [...]
- DB Schenker Rail wins two major Rail Business AwardsDB Schenker Rail UK won two major categories at the Rail Business Awards held in London on the evening of Thursday 16 February 2012. The work to open High Speed 1, the UK™s only European sized rail route, for rail freight, combined with the successful introduction of direct rail freight services from Poland to the [...]
- Rail worker foils fire tankerA railway worker has been praised for helping avert a disaster. A burning oil tanker had crashed into the side of a bungalow and was at risk of exploding, endangering a nearby primary school. Darren Fletcher jumped into the cab of the burning oil tanker and reversed it away from a house. ˜The valves on [...]
- Football stars back further education for rail staffNewcastle United football heroes John Beresford and Joe Allon took the controls of an Intercity 125 simulator at Newcastle Central to publicise further education courses available for rail staff in the city. Says John Beresford, ˜The simulator is very realistic, right down to the landmarks alongside the track leaving Newcastle. It™s a real eye-opener to [...]
- Skipton ExpansionHere at the rail engineer, we like to report on the major infrastructure projects on Britain™s railways – the grand schemes, multi-million pound undertakings that will have significant benefits to the entire railway network. These often involve several major contractors, hundreds of engineers, and usually some great photography! However, we shouldn™t fool ourselves that this [...]
- Mayor of London marks completion of London Overground track layingThe Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, recently donned his hard hat to ‘ensure the last rail was put firmly in place’ in the final link of the London Overground orbital network. His visit marked completion of the track laying phase of the project. The new extension across south London will complete the network, providing a [...]
- Blackfriars Underground station reopensBlackfriars Underground station reopened this morning to accommodate a 60% increase in footfall. The station has been completely rebuilt over the last three years. New lifts and escalators make the station easier to access and a curved glass façade floods the spacious new entrance hall with natural light. The upgrade is the latest in a [...]
- Rio Tinto to run driverless trains by 2014Rio Tinto will run the world’s first automated long-distance heavy-haul rail network, with a $518 million investment in driverless trains. The first driverless train will be launched in 2014, with the AutoHaulTM automated train programme scheduled for completion a year later. AutoHaulTM is being pioneered as part of the automation component of Rio Tinto’s Mine [...]
London TravelWatch
- London TravelWatch welcomes the reopening of Blackfriars stationLondon TravelWatch welcomes the reopening of Blackfriars station
Railway Gazette
- Toulouse metro extension public consultationFRANCE: This month is due to see initial public consultation for a 5∙2 km extension of Toulouse metro Line B from Ramonville to Labège, adding five stations to serve growing industrial districts to the southeast of the city. Expected to cost around €370m excluding rolling stock, the fully-automated VAL extension would mostly run on viaduct, apart from a cut-and-cover tunnel under the Canal du Midi just east of the current terminus. Services would run every 5 min at peak times, attracting between 30 000 and 40 000 passengers/day. Local transport authority Tisséo envisages that prelimina...
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- Crossrail and London™s major future rail projects on the agenda 20 February, 2012 - 09:39 The London Assembly Transport Committee will tomorrow question rail chiefs about progress on Crossrail[1] and other major projects and upgrades intended to improve rail services and boost capacity. From 10am: Crossrail Committee Members will question the following guests about issues including: timescales and risks; procurement and supplier capacity; the impact of construction work on local residents and businesses; apprenticeships and the skills legacy; and the challenges of linking Crossrail to existing servic...
- Major London station reopens after three yearsCapital's mayor Boris Johnson visits reopened Blackfriars Underground station
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