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Wednesday, 30 July 2014

BBC News

• Appeal over mass brawl on trainBritish Transport Police appeal for witnesses over a mass brawl on a train at Blantyre station in South Lanarkshire.

Mail Online

• Eurostar launches direct train service to London to Marseille The train will stop at Lyon and Avignon before continuing to France's oldest city, which was named European Capital of Culture just last year.
• Mother walked her two young children across a busy railway line in Pitsea, Essex The woman pushes one child in a pram along the live tracks while a toddler follows behind her - just feet away from where trains pass at a busy junction in Pitsea, Essex.

The Mirror

• Watch shocking moment train runs over two women on railway bridge The video, shot from the train driver's cab, shows the pair desperately running to get out of the way before lying flat between the rails

Northern Echo

• Work starts on new Thornaby bridge WORK to construct a new footbridge at Thornaby Railway Station is underway.

North Wales Live

• Liverpool must be part of High Speed 2 rail network if it's to reach its goal High Speed Rail - Linking Liverpool campaign warns that city will be left to its fate on a withered arm of traditional track technology

Other Regional Press

• New gates boost security at Perth Railway StationPerth has become the latest ScotRail station to receive ticket gates in a bid to improve security and discourage anti-social behaviour.

Railway Gazette

• Transportation not affected by Bombardier Inc reorganisationBOMBARDIER: A corporate reorganisation of Bombardier Inc which is scheduled for completion by January 1 2015 will not directly affect the Transportation business segment, where implementation of the...
• Cubic wins London ticketing system maintenance contractUK: Cubic Transportation Systems has beat rival bids by LG CNS and Scheidt & Bachmann to win Transport for London’s ‘Electra’ contract to maintain its ticketing and fare collection equipment....
• SNCF orders more Francilien EMUsFRANCE: SNCF has exercised an option for 22 additional eight-car Francilien electric multiple-units for use on Transilien suburban routes H and K around Paris, Bombardier Transportation announced on...
• Alstom-TMH freight loco certified for operationRUSSIA: Alstom and Transmashholding have obtained certification for the operation of their jointly-developed 2ES5 twin-section 25 kV AC freight locomotives, ahead of the planned entry into...
• Washington metro paperless ticket contract USA: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has awarded Cubic Transportation Systems an $8m contract to convert more than 500 vending machines selling magnetic stripe ‘farecard’ tickets to...

Other News Sources

• Construcction of worlds tallest railway bridge begins in ManipurGUWAHATI: Northeast Frontier Railwa (NRF) has started construction of a bridge with height of pillars upto 141 metres near Noney in Manipur. This bridge will be tallest in the world surpassing the existing tallest of Mala-Rijeka viaduct on Belgrade-Bar railway line in Europe where the height of pillars is 139 meter.