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Sunday, 26 October 2014
BBC News
- Dubai: Gold prizes offered for public transport usersCommuters in Dubai are being offered the chance to win lavish prizes if they take public transport, it's reported.
The Telegraph
- HS2 route: Phase Two plans for new hub in Crewe Sir David Higgins, the chief executive of the £50 billion project, is due to publish his analysis of the line north of Birmingham on Monday - and it is likely to go via a new hub in Stoke, rather than Crewe
Times Online
- Fast Track - High-speed rail must link northern cities to each other, not just to London [Subscription]On Monday George Osborne and David Cameron will travel to Leeds to announce a high-speed rail link from Liverpool to Hull. This not an idea but a concrete pledge. They have rushed to get this far in the four months since Mr Osborne first talked about building a “northern powerhouse” in June, and they are committing themselves to HS3 before a yard of track for HS2 has been laid.
- Tories woo voters in north with HS3 railway promise [Subscription]George Osborne will make a major pitch for northern votes next week by announcing a multibillion-pound high-speed railway line linking some of the biggest cities across the Pennines.
Network Rail
- Bearsted station on the up as Sir Hugh Robertson and friends open Access for All scheme’s 1,000th lift.Bearsted railway station, the gateway to Leeds Castle and a popular station in its own right, has become fully accessible for the first time in its 130-year history.
- PHOTO: This weekend, as the clocks go back and people get an extra hour in bed, Network Rail engineers are working through the night to rebuild London Bridge stationStunning night shot of a Network Rail engineer working on track near London Bridge station, with the Shard lit up in the background.
Edinburgh Evening News
- Peace talks to heal rift between transport bossesPeace talks to heal a rift between directors at Edinburgh’s public transport system will be held next week after complaints were filed against the firm’s top boss.
Manchester Evening News
- New details of high-speed rail link to Manchester will be good news for regular travellers to Crewe - but not StokeProposals for northern section of controversial £50bn HS2 project expected to be announced on Monday
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.
- Creagh puts pressure on franchise bidders to phase out old-fashioned trainsTransport companies have been told to have clear plans for phasing out old fashioned trains from Yorkshire or risk having their bids to run the region’s local rails services rejected by an incoming Labour Government.
Plymouth Herald
- Plan to reopen Tavistock to Plymouth railway line could still happen, says Transport Secretary A plan to reopen the train line from Tavistock to Plymouth as an alternative to the vulnerable Dawlish line is still under discussion, the Transport Secretary said today.
Other Regional Press
- Deeping St James signal box taken down to campaigners despairThe last few bricks that once made up The Deeping St James signal box were cleared away last night (Thursday October 23) by Network Rail.
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