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Thursday, 24 September 2015

BBC News

• Study suggests Tube is 'too fast'A modelling study suggests that if London Underground trains travelled slower, there might be less overall congestion.
• Chinese firms urged to bid for HS2 workGeorge Osborne urges Chinese firms to pitch for £11.8bn in construction contracts for the UK's proposed High Speed Two rail line, on his visit to China.
• The beautiful stations of rail's golden ageAfter a long gap, train stations are being built again. But once upon a time there were some very lovely stations indeed.

Financial Times

• Osborne opens bidding on £12bn HS2 dealsChancellor seeks investment for high-speed rail and northern England regeneration projects

The Guardian

• HS2 bidding process to be opened up to Chinese companiesGeorge Osborne to open competition at event in Chengdu aimed at wooing Chinese investors to back high speed link and other UK infrastructure projects

The Scotsman

• 80 people chasing every ScotRail train driver jobSCOTRAIL has been flooded with applications to become train drivers, with nearly 8,000 received so far for the 100 posts available, The Scotsman has learned.

The Telegraph

• George Osborne opens bidding for £11.8bn north England HS2 contract in ChinaThe bill for construction of the first stage of HS2 from London to Birmingham has yet to receive royal assent

City AM

• Bidding kicks off for HS2 deals worth £11.8bnCHANCELLOR George Osborne is firing the starting gun on the government’s High Speed 2 (HS2) rail project today by inviting companies to bid on at least seven new contracts worth £11.8bn. The chancellor will announce the bidding process for phase one of the HS2 project at an event in Chengdu, China today. A Treasury spokesperson said that the event – one of many during Osborne’s five-day visit to China this week – is “aimed at wooing some of China’s biggest investors to be part of the project as well as a raft of other major UK infrastructure projectsâ€�. The chancellor is also expected t...

Birmingham Mail

• Chinese firms asked to build HS2 rail line as Chancellor invites bids for £12 billion contracts The Government invited Chinese firms to bid for contracts worth £11.8 billion to build a high speed rail line between London and Birmingham

London Evening Standard

• This artist has created a life-size wooden London Underground stationForget FriendsFest - artist Camilla Banard has recreated one of London’s most recognisable scenes at this year’s designjunction exhibition

Manchester Evening News

• George Osborne in plea to China: Invest in Manchester and the Northern PowerhouseSpeaking in Chengdu, the Mr Osborne will say there are ‘unprecedented opportunities’ for investment into the ‘Northern Powerhouse’

Wales Online

• A note and a fiver gets passed through a carriage of a packed train... 20 mins later a can of beer comes back the other wayThe kind gesture by rugby fans is believed to have happened on a train service to Cardiff

Yorkshire Post

• 40 years of the National Rail MuseumIT is a top attraction which shows no sign of running out of steam.

East Anglian Daily Times

• Rail `Oscar’ award for London Liverpool Street stationCommuters from Suffolk and Essex will benefit from further improvements at award-winning Liverpool Street station next year, it has been revealed.

Reading Evening Post

• Live: Reading to London on the 7.02am - one of UK's most crowded trains We take the journey that is officially one of the most overcrowded across the rail network

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Steve Montgomery appointed as new First Rail Managing DirectorFirstGroup has announced that Steve Montgomery has been appointed as the new Managing Director of its Rail division. Steve recently served as Managing Director of the highly successful First ScotRail franchise. Under his leadership, ScotRail achieved the highest ever levels of customer satisfaction and punctuality in the franchise's history and won countless awards including Rail Operator of the Year in 2014 and Scottish Public Transport Operator of the Year in both 2012 and 2013.  Steve's career in the railway industry spans almost 30 years, during which time he has gained significant ...

Rail Magazine

• Stagecoach plans £13m improvements for East Midlands TrainsStagecoach will pay £150 million to operate East Midlands Trains until March 2018
• Voyager evacuation reveals Dawlish vulnerabilityThe evacuation of a CrossCountry Voyager shows the need to upgrade the south west's railway
• Virgin Trains HST livery celebrates National Railway MuseumVirgin Trains East Coast teams up with the National Railway Museum today, September 23,to celebrate four decades of the first national museum outside London
• Cheaper Heathrow Express ticketsHeathrow Express advance tickets will now be cheaper
• Rail contributes £10bn to economyThe rail industry contributes £10.1 billion to the UK economy, according to research
• Passenger growth helps to cover daily running costsThe rail passenger network now generates enough income to cover day-to-day operating costs
• HS2 Euston plans remain unalteredHS2 says services will not start from Old Oak Common, despite Transport Minister Robert Goodwill suggesting that they could

Rail Technology Magazine

• ENSCO Rail: Innovative Solutions for the Rail Industry ENSCO is an international leader in the design, manufacturing and operation of track and vehicle safety assessment systems. For more than 40 years, the company has delivered leading-edge rail safety solutions.
• Higher Standard Regarding Fire Protection in Rail Vehicles In order to maintain general safety of passengers, the requirements of cables in rail vehicles have always been very high.