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Union backs campaign to save Wrexham to Birmingham rail service
RMT chief Mick Cash says Arriva Trains Wales should 'back off' the busy 7.47am commuter service as petition is launched
DB doubles London Gateway to Trafford Park traffic
Britain's largest freight operator doubles number of trains on key intermodal route.
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Wednesday, 21 January 2015
BBC News
- No weekend trains for two monthsNo weekend train services will run from Norwich to London for two months because of a Ł15m rail upgrade.
Financial Times
- Li Ka-shing to acquire Eversholt RailAsian tycoon-backed investment vehicles to buy group that owns 28% of UK passenger-train fleet
The Independent
- The ten worst excuses for public transport delaysRecently it emerged that a Southern Rail train service had been delayed every day for a year, while thousands of commuters at London Bridge have faced disruption this year due to engineering work.
The Telegraph
- Deep down, every man wants a giant train setJohn Caudwell, the founder of Phones4u, is building a narrow-gauge railway around his Jacobean country house. But wouldn't we all, if we could?
Network Rail
- Manchester Victoria station’s Metrolink stop to reopen in FebruaryNetwork Rail will restore services to Manchester Victoria’s Metrolink stop next month after completing work to build new platforms and tracks.
- Passengers reminded to check before they travel as work to improve the railway between London and Norwich continuesEssential improvements to provide a better, more reliable railway for passengers between London and Norwich will take place over eight weekends from the end of January to the middle of March affecting services at Colchester, Witham, Chelmsford and Marks Tey.
- Record Christmas trade: Consumers opt for convenience shopping and dining at travel hubs as high street habits changeChristmas retail trading (29 November to 27 December 2014) at Network Rail’s 18 managed stations was the busiest on record growing 15.8%, with like-for-like sales growing by 10.7%, according to figures just released by the rail operator. This contrasts sharply with the BRC-Nielsen Shop Price Index which recorded growth of only 2.6% for the 5-week period.
Daily Post (North Wales)
- Union backs campaign to save Wrexham to Birmingham rail serviceRMT chief Mick Cash says Arriva Trains Wales should 'back off' the busy 7.47am commuter service as petition is launched
- Union backs campaign to save Wrexham to Birmingham rail serviceRMT chief Mick Cash says Arriva Trains Wales should 'back off' the busy 7.47am commuter service as petition is launched
London Evening Standard
- Commuters face new Tube strike threat in row over driver who 'failed alcohol breath test' Millions of Tube commuters face the threat of major strike disruption next month called in protest over a train driver sacked after he allegedly failed an alcohol breath test.
East Anglian Daily Times
- Network Rail’s last chance to get things right in East AngliaNetwork Rail has one last chance to get things right as it prepares to close the main line between London and East Anglia on eight weekends between the end of this month and late March.
Other Regional Press
- Video: Transport Secretary 'can't promise weekend work will not over run'TRANSPORT Secretary Patrick McLoughlin said he could not promise weekend engineering work will not over run into commuters' Monday morning.
- Five-hour wait for freight at Eurotunnel in Folkestone after lorry fire at weekendFreight traffic is being forced to wait up to five hours to use the Eurotunnel service - days after a lorry fire caused havoc.
Rail Magazine
- DB doubles London Gateway to Trafford Park traffic Britain's largest freight operator doubles number of trains on key intermodal route.
- IEP training vehicle arrives in UKA part-assembled IEP vehicle has arrived in the UK, to be used in the training of factory workers.
Rail Technology Magazine
- Alstom to deliver signalling equipment for Egyptian Railway Alstom has secured a €100m contract from Egyptian National Railways (ENR) to deliver signalling equipment for the Beni Suef-Asyut line in Egypt.
- EnerSys-Hawker EvoRail, PerfectRail and ZeMaRail Batteries for railway applications EnerSys is one of the world's leading manufacturers of industrial batteries. Our development is future-focused. All of our products are manufactured by the latest production methods. We use our experience, skills and knowledge to advise, plan, set up…
- BNSF announces investment details to boost rail network in 2015 US freight transportation company BNSF Railway has announced investment details about major rail projects that will be undertaken this year in the south, north and central regions to boost its network.
- ABB to provide traction converters for Stadler Rail's trains Power and automation technologies provider ABB has secured orders worth $40m from Swiss firm Stadler Rail for train projects in Europe and the US.
- Fare's fair: does UK rail offer value for money? With many UK rail fares rising well beyond inflation since privatisation in 1993, high customer costs risk damaging rail travel’s value proposition as an alternative to the road. Why hasn’t private sector competition brought lower fares as some might…
- Lightweight Integrated Emergency Door System for Rail Vehicles Working alongside Bombardier Transportation, TRB Lightweight Structures helped to design and develop an emergency detrainment door system for two different rail vehicles: the London Underground sub-surface rail fleet and the new Class 378 London Over…
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