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Saturday, 25 October 2014

BBC News

• New HS2 station proposed for CreweA report into the route of the second phase of the controversial fast train project HS2 is expected to recommend a new station be built in Crewe.

Financial Times

• Rail line sparks Jerusalem tensionsService touted as breakthrough for Arab and Jewish passengers to navigate divided city attracts violence

The Herald

• Union attacks buffet car scrappingUNION leaders have hit out at

The Scotsman

• Seconds from death: rail workers evade 80mph trainNINE rail workers were just ­seconds from death after being given no warning that an 80mph passenger train was bearing down on them, rail accident investigators have said.
• Former trams figure to run Caledonian SleeperSERCO is poised to appoint Aberdeen-born Peter Strachan to run the Caledonian Sleeper when it takes over the franchise in April, The Scotsman has learned.

Birmingham Post

• Solo Rail Solutions expands on Long Acre Trading EstateA rail products company has expanded its footprint on a Birmingham industrial estate.
• Leading lights put future of region in the spotlightKey figures from the city's private and public sectors came together to debate projects in the region and future collaboration

Derby Telegraph

• Derby Telegraph published TRAINS: Service to mark 175 years of rail in DerbyHUNDREDS of people are expected to descend on Derby Cathedral today for a service marking the city's 175-year association with rail.The service, starting at 11am, ends a year of anniversary celebrations.It will be led by the Dean of Derby, the Very Rev Dr John Davies, and has been organised with the support of the Derby and Derbyshire Rail Forum, the Railway Mission and Derby law firm Geldards.The ceremony will be open to the public and will be addressed by Transport Secretary Patrick...

London Evening Standard

• Seen it all on the Tube? Tell us the most surprising things you’ve seen… Just when you thought you had seen it all on the Tube, you can now touch in with your phone. Unusual eh?  But probably not the most surprising thing you’ve ever seen on the Tube.

Northern Echo

• Buffet cars to be axed from Hitachi's East Coast Main Line trains A UNION says it is

Nottingham Evening Post

• DanRussell published Chancellor George Osborne slams council over Beeston tram delaysTHE Chancellor of the Exchequer has labelled those in charge of Nottingham's tram extension project

Yorkshire Post

• A critical time for the future of rail services in YorkshireWHEN James Lewis recently gave a presentation on rail in the North he put a picture of a pacer train on the screen.
• Exclusive: ‘Waste of billions’ if local rail is not improvedMINISTERS have been warned they are at risk of wasting billions of pounds on high speed rail unless they also invest in significant improvements to Yorkshire’s local network.
• Stephen Joseph: The Pacer train embodies our transport woesTHERE’S a consensus that a key part of improving the economy in the North of England must be better public transport, within and between the cities.

Doncaster Free Press

• Building HS2 station at Meadowhall ‘would put Sheffield at competitive disadvantage’Building Sheffield’s proposed HS2 station at Meadowhall would put the city at a ‘competitive disadvantage’ to its northern neighbours, council leader Julie Dore has said.

Other Regional Press

• Stoke-on-Trent Central MP Tristram Hunt calls for 'realism' on HS2 bid POTTERIES MP Tristram Hunt has called on council chiefs to give up their bid for an HS2 station in North Staffordshire.

Railnews

• Up, up and still upwards: passenger figures rise again Growth in rail travel has outpaced the strengthening economy and rising employment levels over the last six months, according to new figures from the industry-wide Rail Delivery Group. The growth in rail travel between April and September follows a total of almost 1.6 billion journeys in 2013/14, and the latest totals are now reaching levels not recorded in peacetime since the 1920s. But speculation continues that Network Rail's budget for Control Period 5 will not be sufficient, and that some electrification schemes may lag.