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Thursday, 24 April 2014

BBC News

• New Channel Tunnel power grid link scheme unveiledA project has been unveiled to link the UK and French power grids through the Channel Tunnel.

The Scotsman

• Scotland would beat UK to high speed rail - SalmondAmbitious proposals which could see a Scottish high speed rail (HSR) link built and operating decades before the current UK plans were unveiled by Alex Salmond last night.

The Telegraph

• Pensioner hit by train at level crossing but only loses shoeFootage emerges of the terrifying moment a pensioner is hit by a train at a level crossing but miraculously avoids injury

Birmingham Post

• Eastside plans for HS2 college and Unite centre A college for apprentices and a training centre for trade union Unite could provide another boost to Birmingham's Eastside area

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Tributes paid to Desmond Fletcher - the man credited with building the MetroDesmond Fletcher, who was from Whitley Bay, headed up the Tyne Wear Passenger Transport Executive for seven years, from 1976 to 1983

Yorkshire Evening Post

• Delays and cancellations hit Leeds trainsYORKSHIRE’S rail network was thrown into chaos today after a fault disrupted services out of Leeds.

Other Regional Press

• Labour candidate to showcase transport plans at meetingA MEETING to feedback findings from the Crewe and Nantwich public transport consultation will be held at the Crewe Arms tonight, Wednesday April 23 at 7pm.
• Coastal rail link planned for 2015 A PROJECT to run trains from the preserved Swanage Railway to the main line at Wareham is on track to begin next year.

Global Rail News

• Rail industry needs to engineer out risk not just protect from itSue Johnston from the ORR – one of the speakers at the Rail Safety Summit on April 28 – discusses the role of the ORR moving into CP5. Q: We[...]
• Oxford Parkway station to open in 2015The first station to be built in Oxfordshire for 80 years is to open in summer 2015 on a new route connecting Oxford with London Marylebone. Oxford Parkway, which will be[...]
• Talks to continue to avert planned Tube strikesTransport for London (TfL) has publicly backed proposals to close all ticket offices by 2015 as it continues to hold talks with trade unions in an attempt to prevent planned[...]
• FS Italiane profit up 20%Italy’s state-owned rail company Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS Italiane) has recorded a net profit of €460 million, an increase of 20 per cent on the previous year. Unlike other European[...]

Other News Sources

• Business travel boosts Eurostar salesBusiness class passenger volumes up 6% in Q1 2014