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Funding call to help link north Wales and Cheshire with HS2 trains
A campaign is launched to secure £1bn of rail improvements to link north Wales and Cheshire with the planned HS2 line and fast trains to London.
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The new Prime Minister's role as a local MP means she knows all about the 'noise and pollution' expansion would bring, councillors argue
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BBC News
- Funding call to help link north Wales and Cheshire with HS2 trainsA campaign is launched to secure £1bn of rail improvements to link north Wales and Cheshire with the planned HS2 line and fast trains to London.
- ScotRail 'minimising strike disruption' for The Open travelScotRail promises an
Financial Times
- No comfort for Southern rail commutersIrate passengers are calling for the company to be stripped of its franchise
The Herald
Mail Online
- UK rail passenger safety concerns after hackers broke into network's systems 4 times last year� Hackers have penetrated into Britain's rail network with four cyber attacks in the past year. Security experts have said this could create 'mayhem' on the tracks as trains could go off the rails or crash.
- Clapham Junction fire breaks out on industrial estate on Culvert Place More than 100 fire fighters are tackling a blaze at an industrial estate next to the country's busiest railway station. The fire broke out near Clapham Junction shortly after 8pm according to London Fire Brigade.
The Mirror
- Clapham Junction fire: 100 firefighters tackling blaze at industrial estate next to railway station Commuters are being warned they could face delays due to the huge fire in Battersea
Birmingham Post
- MPs barred from taking part in HS2 inquiry MPs representing communities affected by HS2 are asking the House of Lords to listen to their concerns about the rail line
Daily Post (North Wales)
- The �1bn rail electrification vision for North Wales and Cheshire Bid to back rail electrification and increases in train speeds and frequency in investment that could create 70,000 jobs
Liverpool Echo
- Campaign aims to secure £1bn to transform rail links between Merseyside, Cheshire and North WalesGrowth Track 360 says the plan could offer a huge boost to the economy across the region
London Evening Standard
- Giving rail passengers choice is the route to keeping them happyWhat makes King’s Cross unique among London’s mainline stations? Why do passengers who use the station rate most of its train services the very best in the country? What are the lessons for the rest of the rail network?
- Tube passengers lost 26 million hours to delays last yearTube passengers “lost” more than 26 million hours due to problems on the London Underground network in the past year.
- Southern Rail: Commuters' fury as south London station is left without any trainsCommuters today vented their anger after arriving at a south London station - to find it was no longer served by any trains.
- Clapham Junction fire: Huge blaze in Battersea triggers warnings of Southern rail delaysCommuters this morning faced the prospect of delays through Clapham Junction after a huge fire broke out in a nearby coffee roastery.
- Safety fears as hackers infiltrate rail network systemsFears have been raised for the safety of train passengers after it was revealed hackers have infiltrated systems with four major cyber attacks in the past year.
Yorkshire Evening Post
- The top seven things Theresa May MUST do for YorkshireTheresa May comes to office just over a year after the Conservatives made a series of pledges to Yorkshire to help win a string of marginal seats.
Other Regional Press
- Rail petition calls for more evening stopsA PETITION which has gathered over 300 signatures so far is calling for an evening railway service to stop at all stations north of Barmouth.
Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport
- Licencing London’s contactless ticketing systemTransport for London (TfL) has announced its world-class contactless ticketing system is set to be used by other major cities across the globe as part of a deal worth up to £15m, which will be used to help deliver a fares freeze that the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan has announced across TfL services for the next four years. TfL signed a deal today (13 July 2016) with Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS), a business unit of Cubic Corporation (NYSE:CUB), allowing them to adapt the capital's contactless ticketing system worldwide. It is the first of a number of planned agreements to sell TfL'...
- Comedian Francesca Martinez challenges rail industry’s disability ‘bolt-on’ cultureRenowned disabled comic, Francesca Martinez, has teamed up with Network Rail to launch a new campaign to improve disabled passengers’ experiences of travelling by rail after challenging its historic ‘bolt-on’ culture. With the number of railway passengers exceeding 1.6bn a year and two-thirds (67%) of disabled people saying they use the railway, Network Rail is launching its campaign, Spaces and Places for Everyone, to set out how it will make the railway more inclusive for every passenger. Francesca, who has cerebral palsy but prefers to describe herself as “a bit wobb...
- Alstom to further maintain Class 180 trains in the UKAlstom has been chosen to provide maintenance support for the Class 180 trains operated by Grand Central Railway Company Limited for the next ten years, from January 2017 until December 2026, for around €100 million. Alstom will provide Grand Central with the specialised materials, parts, technical and engineering support needed to maintain its fleet of ten Class 180s. The support team for the fleet will be based initially at Alstom’s Chester Traincare Centre and will then co-locate with the Grand Central fleet operations team at its East Coast mainline maintenance location l...
Railnews
- Siemens u-turn over Brexit implications Siemens has said it will continue to invest in Britain, as the implications of the forthcoming Brexit continue to sink in. The company, which employs 14,000 people in this country, had warned its workforce before the referendum that a vote to leave could force it to reconsider its activities in the UK. Siemens railway businesses include maintaining the large fleets of Desiros for South West Trains and London Midland, while it is currently building new trains for Thameslink.
- Contactless export deal will help London fares freeze Fares on Transport for London services will be kept down over the next four years by a deal to export contactless technology worldwide, said TfL. A deal has been signed between TfL and smartcard contractor Cubic Transportation Systems to provide the technology which underlies the contactless system to cities around the world.
Railway Gazette
- Nomad Tech highlights energy saving and maintenance optimisationNOMAD TECHCH: The Nomad Tech joint venture of Nomad Digital and EMEF will also be showcasing their...
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