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'Crossrail for bikes' at crossroad
The mayor's grand plan and a consultation for a "Crossrail for bikes" is at a political crossroad.
Aussies quit race for British trains [subscription]
AN AUSTRALIAN investor has pulled out of the auction for Porterbrook, owner of a third of Britain’s trains.
Hitachi Class 800 trainsets begin testing in Japan
UK: The first of three pre-series Class 800 intercity trainsets ordered under the Department for Transport’s Intercity Express Programme has begun low-speed running trials on the test track at Hitachi’s Kasado factory in Japan.
Sunday, 14 September 2014
Times Online
- Aussies quit race for British trains [subscription]AN AUSTRALIAN investor has pulled out of the auction for Porterbrook, owner of a third of Britain’s trains.
- Go-Ahead given ‘reward for failure’ with new Southeastern contract [Subscription]One of the busiest commuter routes in the country, which has sucked in taxpayer subsidies but still made a loss for its operator, has had its contracts torn up, redrawn and reawarded.
This is Money
- Sir Richard Branson's West Coast line earnings drop to £9.2m Accounts for Virgin Rail Group show that the company, paid out £18 million to its shareholders in the year to March 31, 2014, a fall from £40million the previous year.
Derby Telegraph
- CarolineJones published 175 years of Derby's railways celebrated at Etches ParkTHE train maintenance depot at Etches Park in Derby has thrown open its doors to the public for the first time on Saturday. A community open day was part of the ongoing celebrations of Derby as a railway town, and now city, which began 175 years ago. Twenty different vehicles were on display, including various class locomotives and also six model railway exhibits, at the event, off Deadmans Lane. A variety of stalls and fairground rides were also been available throughout the day. In...
The York Press
- Whitby to York railway campaign back on track RAILWAY campaigners have joined forces in the hope of re-opening an abandoned rail link.
- East Coast passengers to taste chef's dish after competition success A TOP chef's dish has won a competition to tickle the taste buds of First Class rail passengers next year.
Other Regional Press
- Suffolk MP calls for action to end daily railway miseryA Suffolk MP has written to the managing director of Abellio Greater Anglia calling for action to improve the service to rail passengers following a number of recent delays.
- Gosport MP’s question over painfully neglected railwayMORE cash should be pumped into the city’s railway links. That is the message from Gosport MP Caroline Dinenage after she questioned why none of South West Trains’ £210m investment is on track for Portsmouth.
- Capital rail link consultation is open for views A CONSULTATION on a proposed new timetable between Oxford and London Marylebone has been launched.
- Govia launches new era on Thameslink and Great NorthernGovia begins running its Thameslink and Great Northern rail services this Sunday, September 14.
Railway Gazette
- Hitachi Class 800 trainsets begin testing in JapanUK: The first of three pre-series Class 800 intercity trainsets ordered under the Department for Transport’s Intercity Express Programme has begun low-speed running trials on the test track at Hitachi’s Kasado factory in Japan.
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