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Friday, 30 January 2015

BBC News

• Mothballed Dudley railway line set to reopenA West Midlands railway line which has been closed to passengers for 50 years could be reopened in a £20m scheme.
• Crossrail workers tunnel under CityWorkers on the multibillion-pound Crossrail project celebrate their latest breakthrough as they tunnel under the City of London.
• Rail suicides increase train delaysSuicides on the line between Norwich and London affected 1,700 more services in 2014 bringing the total to more than 8,000, a transport minister says.
• Trains to resume after tunnel floodThameslink services will resume on Friday after leaks and a burst water main led to more than 1,000 trains being cancelled, Network Rail says.

The Telegraph

• Crossrail makes a break into the City of LondonThe tunneling machine has emerged into Liverpool Street Crossrail station

Reuters News

• EDF in group bidding for UK government stake in EurostarFrench power company EDF (EDF.PA) is in a consortium led by Singapore sovereign fund GIC looking to buy a 40 percent stake in the Eurostar train service which the British government has put up for sale, the Les Echos newspaper reported.

The Mirror

• Record numbers of people use the train as 1.3BILLION trips made in just 12 monthsThe number of journeys rose 5% in the year to last March and commuter ­journeys between London and the South East hit 191 million, up 2.9%

Network Rail

• Thameslink services to resume through central London tomorrow (Friday) following week of floods in tunnelA full Thameslink train service will begin running between St Pancras and Farringdon again tomorrow morning (Friday) following flooding in a railway tunnel under Clerkenwell.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Rail electrification 'vital' to tackling North Wales' traffic woesThe benefits of better rail links for the region delivered to cross-party group of MPs at Parliamentary meeting

London Evening Standard

• Crossrail workers begin tunnelling under the City of London Workers on the £14.8bn Crossrail project have made their latest breakthrough by tunnelling under the City of London.
• Huge queues form outside stations as trains cancelled at Balham Huge queues have formed outside several stations in south London after trains were halted due to a signal failure.

Doncaster Free Press

• Doncaster’s national HS2 college receives £10m cash boostA national railway college to be built in Doncaster has received a £10 million government cash boost.

Other Regional Press

• More than 3,000 jobs at Ashford International rail station and solution explored for Operation Stack as part of Regional Growth FundMore than 3,000 jobs are set to be created in schemes throughout the county, including a revamp of Folkestone seafront and an overhaul of Op Stack.
• ‘Keep HS2 traffic off of our village roads’A parish councillor for Aston le Walls has been invited to appear before an HS2 select committee to call for improvements to road safety ahead of construction of the rail link.
• Thanet Parkway Station: Now you can have your sayResidents and local businesses are being asked for their views on the facilities, potential impacts and benefits of a proposed new parkway railway station in Thanet that will improve travel to and from London (Stratford International).
• St Albans commuters condemn a week of chaos on Thameslink lineCommuters caught up in this week’s train chaos after two burst water mains ground Thameslink services to a halt have criticised what they claim is a “shambles.”

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Sunday Tramlink services boost uptakeTransport for London (TfL) has revealed statistics showing that more frequent Tramlink services between Wimbledon and New Addington via Croydon have resulted in significantly more passengers using the trams.
• Free wi-fi for Northern Rail services announcedPassengers travelling on Northern Rail’s electric trains between Leeds and Bradford can access free wi-fi on their journeys, thanks to a £750,000 investment from Broadband UK (BDUK), which is a subsidiary of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. The internet access is now available for passengers, and has been provided by a joint initiative between Northern Rail, Leeds City Council, City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council and the West Yorkshire Combined Authority. Ed Vaizey, the minister for culture and the digital economy, said: “Providing free wi-f...

Rail Magazine

• Open access operators top passenger satisfaction tableOpen access operators Grand Central and Heathrow Express scored the highest satisfaction ratings in Passenger Focus’ latest National Rail Passenger Survey.
• Middlesbrough-Northallerton electrification favoured?Confidence is growing that the Northallerton to Middlesbrough line will be given a 'very high priority' for electrification.
• Stockport Council seeks tram-trainsTram-trains could run around Stockport, if aspirations in Stockport Borough Council’s rail strategy comes to fruition.

Aviation Industry

• Gatwick airport secures £10m funding for rail stationWork to start in 2017 and expected to be complete in 2020

Other News Sources

• Talks ongoing to improve traffic issues around Burnham Railway StationUkip Cllr Andrew Mellor asked when residents’ concerns on traffic flow around the area can be addressed at a full council meeting on Tuesday.