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Wednesday, 25 February 2015

BBC News

• Tree damages windscreen on trainA train travelling from Inverness to Edinburgh is struck by a tree, damaging the engine's windscreen.

Financial Times

• Hitachi snaps up Finmeccanica rail assetsJapanese conglomerate seeks to become global player in rail by expanding European presence

The Herald

• Loyal passengers need to spend ten times to earn a free ticket under new East Coast points scheme LOYALTY club passengers travelling on the new East Coast franchise will have to spend ten times as much to earn enough points for a free train ticket, it has emerged.

Mail Online

• Truck driver 'was lost' when he caused Metrolink train crash in LA The crash reported at 5.44am on Tuesday caused a number of injuries in Ventura County northwest of Los Angeles.

Network Rail

• Under embargo until 0001, 25 February 2015: Birmingham New Street development reaches another milestone as demolition work finishesThe new Birmingham New Street station and Grand Central shopping destination are a step closer to completion after demolition work to create the stunning new atrium came to an end

Birmingham Post

• HS2 land freed to create over 2,000 jobs in Washwood HeathLand in east Birmingham once earmarked for train yards can now be developed under new vision called East Birmingham Growth Prospectus

London Evening Standard

• California train crash: 30 people injured after carriages derailed in collision with truck Around 30 people were today injured after a train crashed into a truck in California.

Nottingham Evening Post

• Trains through Newark and Gedling to be improved in £2m scheme Long-awaited improvements to trains between Nottingham and Lincoln are to come into place by May.

Doncaster Free Press

• Rail union plans Doncaster railway station protestRail union RMT is to stage a protest at Doncaster railway station this weekend.

Other Regional Press

• HS2 chiefs set abandon plans to demolish Euston station with move back to old schemeHS2 chiefs have performed an “astonishing” triple u-turn after appearing to ditch the plan to demolish Euston Station in favour of an old scheme that was scrapped last year following an intervention by the Chancellor George Osborne.

Airportwatch

• Great Western electrification scheme 'one year behind schedule'Plans to modernise railways in the Thames Valley are a year behind schedule after they proved to be "dramatically more expensive" than first thought.

Middle East North Africa (MENA) Rail News

• Kuwait Parliament Approves New Spending PlansThe Kuwaiti National Assembly has approved a national budget of KD34.15 billion that includes large infrastructure projects. With some members of the Assembly voicing disapproval, the vote was carried and building projects including a new metro for Kuwait City and the country’s section of the GCC Railway Network will commence this year. The budget was […] The post Kuwait Parliament Approves New Spending Plans appeared first on MENA Rail News.
• TAT Railway to Boost Afghan and Tajikistan EconomiesA new railway planned for construction later this year is hoped to inject cash into two of the poorest countries in Central Asia and hopefully increase security with the revenues. The Tajikistan Afghanistan Turkmenistan (TAT) Railway should enable overland trade by linking in to the new international railway network, which could ultimately allow freight to […] The post TAT Railway to Boost Afghan and Tajikistan Economies appeared first on MENA Rail News.

Railnews

• First Great Western train damaged by bridge debris A First Great Western driver was treated for shock after his train struck debris on a line in Wiltshire on 22 February. Rubble on the track had been dislodged from an overline bridge after one of its walls had been struck by a lorry.

Other News Sources

• Younger travellers are ‘more compliant’Buyers have more trouble convincing older workers to book within policy