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Rail, road and bus spending is the way to bridge the north-south divide
While London provides a model of integrated investment, elsewhere growth is slowed by fragmentation and bottlenecks
HS2 'slowly dying’ as Euston terminus plan grinds to halt
Design work on HS2 at Euston station "stopped" due to scheme's "costs and benefits" being "unaffordable", according to minutes seen by The Sunday Telegraph.
Sunday, 23 November 2014
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- Kenilworth railway station design is selectedDesigns for a new railway station in Kenilworth have been unveiled. It follows a public vote, which Warwickshire County Council said had "overwhelmingly" backed a traditional design based on the original building, which closed in the 1960s.
The Guardian
- Trams are back in fashion. So is a sense of collective imagination about our citiesLight rail is transformative, almost magically so. Cities around Australia and the world see it as the key to renewing depressed downtowns and sprawling suburbs
The Observer
- Rail, road and bus spending is the way to bridge the north-south divideWhile London provides a model of integrated investment, elsewhere growth is slowed by fragmentation and bottlenecks
The Telegraph
- HS2 'slowly dying’ as Euston terminus plan grinds to haltDesign work on HS2 at Euston station "stopped" due to scheme's "costs and benefits" being "unaffordable", according to minutes seen by The Sunday Telegraph.
- 11 things that should be banned from public transportAs New York's transit agency clamps down on 'man spreading', Michael Hogan rounds up 11 other habits that we shouldn't have to put up with on the way to work
Mail Online
- First Great Western launch appeal to reunite lost teddies with their owners First Great Western trains have launched the appeal by issuing adorable mug shots of the bears, which have been left on carriages and platforms in a bid to reunite them with their owners for Christmas.
Edinburgh Evening News
- Old railway stations to reopenMOTHBALLED railway stations are set to reopen after more than half a century after services for stops at the platforms were written into the next ScotRail franchise.
London Evening Standard
- Eurostar drama as passengers are left stranded in total darkness for up to nine hours More than 1,000 Eurostar passengers were left stranded without water and in total darkness for up to nine hours today when two high-speed trains ground to a halt in a northern France.
This Is Local London Network
- Age of Brunel revisited as Crossrail work starts at Stockley Park THE spirit of Brunel is alive after railway construction began on a 120m bridge that will be used by Crossrail services from Heathrow to London.
East Anglian Daily Times
- Train services in Suffolk return to normal after freight train breakdownRail passengers faced some disruption this morning after a freight train broke down.
Railnews
- Plan to link HS2 to Birmingham New StreetTHE West Midlands Integrated Transport Authority and the Rail Delivery Group are proposing that HS2 should be linked to the existing railway in central Birmingham so that some trains could serve New Street station as well as the new Curzon terminal planned alongside Moor Street station. The suggestion has come at the same time as an independent think tank has concluded that high speed rail is a catalyst for economic regeneration.
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