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Thursday, 23 February 2017

BBC News

• HS2 high speed railway on track for final approvalHS2 high speed railway is expected to be been given final approval, but with costs of £60bn, not everyone is happy.
• Glasgow rail delays over 'abusive' passengerAn

Department for Transport

• Heavy rail fleets: 2020 targeted complianceMatrices showing which aspects of particular heavy rail fleet units need to be made more accessible by the legal deadline of 1 January 2020.

Financial Times

• Fresh Southern rail strike hits London commutersRMT union says members are ‘standing firm’ over changes to working practices

The Herald

• Figures show 537 million public transport journeys made in a yearA total of 537 million public-transport journeys were made in a year, according to new figures.

Birmingham Mail

• HS2 work to start after final hurdle cleared Hybrid bill will receive Royal Assent today to pave the way for new £50bn high-speed rail line between central London and Birmingham

London Evening Standard

• Tube strike February 2017: Underground bosses vow services will return to normal by morning rush-hourTube services are set to return to normal by first thing on Thursday morning – with no further disruption expected after 5.30am – Transport bosses have announced.
• Southern Rail bosses warn of further commuter chaos amid Storm Doris weather alertsSouthern Rail passengers have been warned to expect further disruption on Thursday as Storm Doris is set to bring gale-force winds.

Metro

• Seats on seven London Underground lines are never washed With around 5 million journeys every day, that’s a lot of people walking in dirt from the road, sneezing on poles or putting their feet on the seats.

Wirral Globe

• Merseyrail trains should be made in UKTHE news that the new Merseyrail trains are to be made in Switzerland is a disgrace, and the consequences for British industry should disturb the consciences of those responsible for the decision.

Rail Technology Magazine

• Barclaycard renews ten-year contract with TfL for contactless payments Barclaycard has retained its contract for providing advanced contactless payment solutions to Transport for London (TfL) in the UK.
• Rail recommendations due in spring for north's Strategic Transport PlanTransport for the North’s (TfN’s) major rail and roads reports are due to be published in late spring, and will inform its work to create England’s first pan-regional Strategic Transport Plan that will seek to unify local authorities in dealing with the north’s transport
• Buckingham group awarded �22m Worcestershire Parkway contractWorcestershire County Council has appointed Buckingham Group to construct the new Worcestershire Parkway station, with a completion date set for Winter 2018-19. The scheme for the station, close to junction 7 on the M5, is worth £22m and construction will commence on the project in...
• HS2 potential to northern connectivity not to be underestimated, says PercyMinister for the Northern Powerhouse Andrew Percy has today promised to address the disparity in per-capita spend between the north and the south, but has also said not to “underestimate” the value of southern investment in Crossrail and HS2 to the northern economy. Speaking at the...

Railway Gazette

• Dutch provinces tender operating contractNETHERLANDS: The provinces of Friesland and Groningen have jointly invited bids for a contract to...
• EU backs Croatian electrification projectCROATIA: Plans to modernise and electrify the 24·2 km Zaprešić - Zabok line northwest of...