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Friday, 24 April 2015

BBC News

• VIDEO: Could a train revive Stoke-on-Trent?Officials in Stoke-on-Trent are fighting to get the HS2 route through their city. So does the transport infrastructure affect people's politics?
• Election 2015: Is transport a priority issue for Londoners?Looking at fares, airports and HS2
• Rail upgrade 'raises hack risks'A government adviser warns that a new hi-tech rail signalling system could be hacked by terrorists to cause train crashes.

Financial Times

• Union Pacific held back by weaker volumesRail operator hit by labour disruption at ports on US West Coast

The Guardian

• Transport for London chief: commuter trains into capital are 'shit'Sir Peter Hendy, commissioner of Transport for London, criticises rail franchises that run London’s suburban services – particularly Southeastern
• London Underground agrees first tube station sponsorship on marathon dayCanada Water, which is near start of race, will be rebranded for 24 hours as Buxton Water after deal with Nestlé, drawing criticism from RMT union

The Independent

• 'People hate the suburban rail service': Transport for London czar attacks capital's train operators The man running Transport for London on the move has savaged the train operators who run the capital’s commuter services.
• Transport for London czar attacks capital's 's***' commuter trains with 'Gestapo' staff The man running Transport for London on the move has savaged the train operators who run the capital’s commuter services.

The Scotsman

• Alastair Dalton: SNP MPs in transport driving seat?COULD Nationalist MPs soon be in the driving seat on UK rail and airport policy, asks Alastair Dalton

The Telegraph

• Travelling by train is s**t, says transport bossTransport Commissioner Sir Peter Hendy says travelling on Southeastern's network is 'like the Wild West' and London's commuters 'hate it'

This is Money

• Transport for London boss says commuter trains are 's***' In a Management Today interview, Sir Peter Hendy picked out Southeastern and South West Trains for special treatment in a rant that will be music to many commuters' ears.

London Evening Standard

• London Marathon 2015: Canada Water Tube station to be renamed 'Buxton Water' in marathon sponsorship deal A Tube station is to be renamed after a commercial sponsor for the first time in a deal that will generate £110,000 for Transport for London.
• TfL boss in four-letter rant at London commuter train services London Transport Commissioner Sir Peter Hendy has blasted commuter train services running into the capital as “s***â€� and “like the wild westâ€�.

Northern Echo

• National Railway Museum theatre taking shape WORK has started on putting up the 1,000-seat purpose-built theatre at the National Railway Museum, in York.

Other Regional Press

• Transport for London boss Sir Peter Hendy blasts Southeastern TrainsTransport for London Boss Sir Peter Hendy has branded Southeastern trains

Rail Magazine

• IEP Class 800 moves under its own power in testsFirst pre-series Intercity Express Programme (IEP) Class 800 has moved under its own power at Old Dalby (Network Rail test centre).
• SNP calls for HS2 construction to start from ScotlandCurrent plans for High Speed 2 could be renegotiated if the Scottish National Party holds the balance of power after the General Election
• GB Railfreight names Class 66 after Northampton SaintsFirst time a train has been named after a rugby team

Other News Sources

• We need experience, not culture changeForget culture change, look for underlying causes. Lack of rail experience at the top is a serious handicap for Network Rail   It is no surprise, I suppose, that faced with the problems Mark Carne has at Network Rail and being at a loss at to what to do about them, he should decide to give the new boy’s speech. You will all be familiar with it. He delivered it twice, once in February and once last Monday at the Railway Study Association dinner. They were slightly different but if you put them together, this is how they went. He started with comparisons of safety with his previous industry...
• Parties promise action on rail value for moneyLabour and Conservative manifestos outline new consumer protection policies and pledge fares freezes to make rail travel more affordable     New measures to improve passengers’ perceptions of the value for money of rail travel are set to be introduced by the new government with both the Labour and Conservative parties pledging reforms in addition to freezing fares. The Conservative Party manifesto states that the Tories will “require train companies to improve compensation arrangements for passengers when trains are more than a few minutes lateâ€�. The change would mean significant ame...

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• Crewe 2,000 tonne rail bridge installed over weekend Contractor Morgan Sindall has installed a new railway bridge as part of the Crewe Green Link Road project. Weighing 2,000 tonnes, the 30 metre bridge on the Crewe to Derby railway line was...
• SWT commits to National Training Academy for Rail South West Trains has become the first train operating company to sign up to use the new National Training Academy for Rail, due to open later this year.Under a rolling contract that starts in...
• Kier to restructure Network Rail property tie-up Construction firm Kier looks set to sell off its stake in Solum Regeneration, the property joint venture it established with Network Rail in 2008.Kier is to hive off its interest in the business to...
• Mole freight and PIE Map eligible for Catapult cash The government-backed Transport Systems Catapult has announced it plans to create the world's first 'intelligent mobility investment fund' to pump 50-100m into small technology companies and...
• Network Rail prepares for 50m May Day programme The May Day bank holiday weekend will allow Network Rail teams to deliver upgrade work valued at nearly 50m.New station facilities, new platforms, new junctions and hundreds of pieces of new,...