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Thursday, 30 October 2014

BBC News

• Norwich to London railway line to get £170m of improvementsA railway line across East Anglia is to receive a £170m upgrade to make it "more reliable", Network Rail has said.
• Public transport fares increasedPublic transport passengers in the Republic of Ireland face fare increases of between 1% and 28%.
• Council backs Cambrian freight ideaA disused railway station could be reopened for freight services for mid Wales under plans being considered by Ceredigion council.

Network Rail

• Changes to access at Spalding stationAs part of a programme of rail improvements in Lincolnshire to improve safety and train performance, the level crossing at Spalding is being closed from Monday, 3 November.
• London to Norwich line set for major investment in 2015The railway line from London to Norwich is set to benefit from a major package of upgrades worth £170m next year, providing a better, more reliable railway for passengers.
• Landscape Photographer of the Year exhibition to turn Britain’s busiest railway station into art galleryNetwork Rail is to transform Britain’s busiest station into a multimedia art gallery this December, as London Waterloo plays host to the Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards exhibition.
• Passengers advised of Manchester Airport station closureWork to complete the new fourth platform at Manchester Airport station will resume in January as Network Rail begins to install the new track and signalling.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Airport access is backedTRANSPORT Minister Baroness Susan Kramer has backed calls for better access to Leeds Bradford airport ahead of a decision by the Government.

London Evening Standard

• Arsene Wenger to voice Tube station tannoys on Poppy Day The voices of Arsene Wenger, Stephen Fry and Joanna Lumley will be heard across London Underground stations in support of London Poppy Day.
• 'Women feel safer on the Tube than the Metro in Paris' Women feel safer in London than Paris when using public transport, according to a study.

East Anglian Daily Times

• Video: Plans for £170m investment to make East Anglia rail line safer and more reliable set out - but brace yourself for disruptionRail users are set to face major disruption next year as part of a £170m raft of works to make the East Anglian rail link between Norwich and London safer and more reliable.

Other Regional Press

• New £7 million National Training Academy for Rail in Northampton praised by Transport MinisterThe Transport Minister has said a new £7 million national training academy in Northampton will be a “much-needed facility to support the future of the railways”.
• Cotswold Line timetable gets shake-up with key peak train speeded up EXTRA trains between Oxfordshire and Worcestershire be introduced on the Cotswold Line next May and a key morning peak train will be retimed to give an earlier arrival in London.

Other News Sources

• All Aboard, Comrades! Labour Fires Up Rail Renationalisation PlanLabour MP Andy Sawford's bill signals the party's ready to renationalise the railways. Sort of.
• Project efficiencies fund station innovationNetwork Rail and Merseyrail partnered to find savings   Pictured: A visualisation of the planned platform at Hamilton Square station   Network Rail is including new approaches to improve customer experience in the £4m refurbishment of Hamilton Square station, funded by project efficiencies agreed with train operator Merseyrail. The funding has been freed up by Merseyrail allowing the project to be carried out during a six-month station closure rather than 48 weekend possessions. In addition, Merseyrail and Network Rail have agreed that Schedule 4 compensation payments to the train op...
• Sir David Higgins: 'HS3 can be built simultaneously with HS2'Sir David Higgins has insisted that High Speed 3 can be built alongside existing plans for High Speed 2.