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Sunday, 23 October 2016

BBC News

• Severn Tunnel reopens after �10m electrification workThe Severn Tunnel reopens on Saturday after closing for six weeks for rail electrification works.

Times Online

• The £60,000 dream job: thousands chase chance to be a train driver [subscription]“When I grow up, I want to be a train driver.” It’s one of those childhood dreams that usually fades when the reality of adult life bites, a bit like making a fortune out of professional football, blasting into space or taking to the stage.

Daily Record

• ScotRail goes from bad to worse despite promises from Abellio to improveTHE crisis-hit train service has been under fire from commuters and the Sunday Mail can reveal it has failed to improve.

The Mirror

• Rail unions demand halt to £700m cuts to London's underground after 'bomb scare'Union chiefs now want new Chancellor Phil Hammond to reverse the cuts next month - with the RMT calling them 'an act of criminal irresponsibility'

Liverpool Echo

• New Merseyrail station moves a step closer after city region bosses back schemeMaghull North station will be between Maghull and Town Green stations on the Ormskirk line

Other Regional Press

• New £13m railway station on Ormskirk to Liverpool line approvedWork to start next year but transport bosses "frustrated" as cost of scheme doubles

Railway Gazette

• World rail infrastucture market October 2016Brazil: A consortium of Tiisa and Comsa has been awarded a R$858�7m contract to build the second...
• World rail market October 2016Canada: KWG Resources has appointed Canarail to provide specialised professional services and data...

Other News Sources

• Transport for the North submits formal proposal to DfTTransport for the North (TfN) has submitted a formal proposal to the Department for Transport to become a statutory Sub-National Transport Body.
• Eighth wonderLiverpool has two Caverns. Well, for the purpose of this contrived introduction it does. One bills itself as the cradle of British pop, having claimed legendary status in the Sixties courtesy of John, Paul, Ringo and George; the other, half-a-mile across the city, has temporarily hosted the Eighth Wonder of the World in 2016 thanks to a chap called Dave. How’s that for a claim-to-fame?
• UK DfT wants trains with public WiFi but commuters could face ransomware attacksThe DfT is offering train operators funding to implement public WiFi on trains but no mandatory cybersecurity guidelines have been imposed.
• MP urges minister to back Waterloo to Heathrow rail linkA West London Labour MP has used a House of Commons debate to urge the Government to back proposals for a direct train service between Waterloo and Heathrow Airport.