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Tuesday, 29 September 2015

Financial Times

• China pins economy hopes on trainsBeijing focuses on railway construction to fuel growth

The Guardian

• Top 10 train station restaurants in EuropeThe romance and frisson of rail travel are the perfect accompaniments to these superb dining experiences in the continent’s top stationsNamed after the former first-class waiting room the restaurant now inhabits, the 1er Klas is a wonderful slice of 1880s glam, with monstrously high ceilings, wood-panelled walls and intricate paintings of wildlife. The menu is wide-ranging and refreshingly inexpensive: you can grab some goats’ cheese with peach chutney for breakfast (€6.50), or go for a quintessentially Dutch kwekkeboom croquette on toast for lunch (€4), while a three-course dinner will set yo...

Daily Record

• Train derails in Dundee causing major delays for commuters THE freight train came off the rails in the early hours of this morning causing a series of cancellations to services.

Manchester Evening News

• Manchester University could be among objectors to expansion of Piccadilly and Oxford Road stationsPublic inquiry to start tomorrow over key pieces in Northern Hub transport evolution

The York Press

• York's railway past in pictures THE city council has asked the Government to designate the giant York Central site behind York railway station an 'Enterprise Zone' in an effort to kick-start its redevelopment.

Rail Magazine

• Network Rail predicts new route requirementsNRs Western Route Study looks through Control Period 6 to assess what the railway must do to accommodate increase in passengers

Rail Technology Magazine

• Nord-Lock-Bolting Solutions and Wedge-Locking Technology Nord-Lock offers safe, reliable bolting solutions and technologies for the railway industry.
• New Lifting Jack (Two-Spindle Design) The development of this system originates in the wish of an Australian customer who was planning a fully automated maintenance depot with on-floor lifting jacks that have a bogie lift integrated.

Other News Sources

• Cambridge and Stansted boost in new rail blueprintMore early morning rail services to Stansted Airport and the introduction of new services direct between Stansted and Norwich, have been welcomed by management at the fast-growing Essex hub.
• New rail freight line at East Midlands Airport could create 7,000 jobs A PLANNING decision could come before the end of the year on a 250-acre warehousing complex which could create 7,000 jobs.
• Virgin East Coast adds Stirling and Sunderland servicesBoth direct services launch in December