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Thursday, 14 May 2015

Financial Times

• Rail safety calls after 7 die in US crashAmtrak service from Washington to New York was going at more than twice 50mph speed limit

The Scotsman

• Seven dead, 100 injured in Philadelphia train crashDAYLIGHT revealed mangled train carriages yesterday after an Amtrak passenger train derailed and overturned in the US city of Philadelphia, killing at least seven people and injuring dozens of others, some of whom had to scramble through the windows to escape.

The Telegraph

• Southern Rail acts to make Britain's worst train service get in on time (by pushing back its arrival)The train service dubbed 'Britain's worst', the 7.29am Brighton to London Victoria, is put on a new timetable, which includes a stop missed out

The Mirror

• Coronation Street goes to WAR with Manchester transport bosses over new tram route that could disrupt filmingA new proposed tram route would see thousands of people travelling within metres of the cobbles every six minutes

Other Regional Press

• First look at Rhyl train station's £2.5million makeoverTHIS is the first look inside Rhyl train station's long awaited £2.5million makeover.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Hitachi Rail Europe debuts conceptual high speed train interiors In a global exclusive, Hitachi Rail Europe today released images of the conceptual train interior for its very high speed train at the UK’s flagship rail trade show. These images have been produced with the help of extensive user research and passenger studies, and build upon Hitachi’s expertise in delivering rolling stock for HS1 and the iconic Shinkansen trains in Japan.  Managing Director Keith Jordan says: “We are delighted to be exhibiting at the UK’s largest rail exhibition and we would encourage you to come to the Hitachi stand and see for yourself our ver...
• Stagecoach Supertram invests in electric vehiclesStagecoach Supertram has invested in two electric vans for its response vehicle fleet to help further reduce its carbon footprint.  The firm signed up for the new plug-in vehicles through the Department for Transport’s ‘Local Sustainable Transport Fund’ in a bid to help reduce local air pollution by replacing their older company vehicles and cutting exhaust emissions. Delivered locally by Inmotion! - a partnership between South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive and the local authorities of Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield – with npower, South Yor...

Rail Magazine

• McLoughlin and Perry stay on at Department for Transport Little change at DfT among round of post-election ministerial appointments,

Other News Sources

• Southern adds extra minutes in the timetable to ensure the IT WAS late every day for a year – but now train bosses have moved the goalposts of the infamous 7.29am Brighton to London Victoria service in a bid to improve their performance statistics.