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Wednesday, 06 May 2015

BBC News

• Welshpool station car park extendedWork to extend Welshpool railway station car park is to be carried out to cope with expected growth in usage when extra train services start.

Financial Times

• Transport for London seeks media partner for £1bn contractTransport for London is inviting media companies to pitch for a £1bn contract to oversee advertising across the capital’s Underground system and to deliver “more imaginative” experiences for passengers.

Network Rail

• Better journeys for passengers following bank holiday rail upgrade workHundreds of thousands of passengers and freight users are benefitting today after more than £50m of investment and improvement work was completed successfully across Britain’s railway over the May Day bank holiday weekend.

Bolton News

• VIDEO: Bolton commuters prepare for months of misery as reduced train services begin COMMUTERS faced delays and disruption this morning as major changes to train services in Bolton were introduced.

Bucks Free Press

• Bucks' HS2 site visits announced An influential group of MPs will visit Buckinghamshire later this month to see where HS2 will go, it has been confirmed.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Network Rail announces successful bank holiday rail upgradeNetwork Rail has announced the completion of more than £50 million of investment and improvement work over the May Day bank holiday weekend. In addition to building work on new tracks and junctions, bridges have been lifted into place, and thousands of new and more reliable equipment has been installed.  New overhead lines and tracks were installed near Chadwell Heath as part of work on the London Liverpool Street, while a vital junction outside Waterloo station was replaced.  Mark Carne, Network Rail chief executive, said a 14,000-strong workforce was determined to see everyth...

Other News Sources

• German train drivers start week-long strikeDeutsche Bahn union members’ walkout over pay and negotiating rights