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Monday, 27 February 2017

BBC News

• Storm Doris: Gwynedd rail line remains shut after damageEngineers were working to repair the line over the weekend after a tree fell onto the track between Llanrwst and Blaenau Ffestiniog on Thursday.
• £165m Manchester tram line opensThe second link through the city centre was built over three years in a £1.5bn transport expansion.

The Guardian

• New £185m Manchester tram line that unearthed burial site opensSecond City Crossing between town hall and Victoria station had been delayed when 280 bodies were discovered in 2015A new £185m tram line, the construction of which unearthed hundreds of bodies in a burial site, has opened in Manchester city centre.The Second City Crossing runs from the neo-gothic town hall to Manchester Victoria station and is the final part of a £1.5bn transport expansion plan. Continue reading...
• Chris Grayling tells Japan: some of our trains are superior to yoursTransport minister urges counterparts from Japan to buy trains made in Derby for their suburban rolling stockTransport secretary Chris Grayling is lobbying Japan, the country that pioneered modern high-speed trains, to buy rolling stock from Derby as part of the government’s post-Brexit trade push.In a counter-intuitive move, Grayling has urged Japanese ministers to purchase trains from the UK. Japan’s bullet trains are among the best in the world, but Grayling believes slower suburban rolling stock is better manufactured in Britain.

The Herald

• Calls for double decker train service between Glasgow and EdinburghINTRODUCING European style double decker trains between Glasgow and Edinburgh would help solve Scotland’s rail crisis, former Transport Minister Alex Neil has said.

Times Online

• Strong mayors can help UK take on the world [Subscription]... This May, many northern cities will for the first time elect mayors with wide-ranging powers over transport, skills, public health and, in some cases, policing.

Daily Express

• HS2 will put UK in fast lane for high-speed rail innovation, says Chris GraylingFORGING ahead with HS2 would prove to the world that Britain is at the forefront of high-speed technology, Transport Secretary Chris Grayling said.

Edinburgh Evening News

• Double decker trains ‘could ease Edinburgh to Glasgow travel crisis’ Using double decker trains to transport passengers between Edinburgh and Glasgow could help solve the country’s rail crisis, according to Scotland’s former transport minister.

Wales Online

• This is the state of a Welsh railway line hit by Storm DorisA rail line in Wales is to remain closed after the full extent of damage caused by Storm Doris was revealed.

East Anglian Daily Times

• Rail service improvements in East Anglia? You’ll need a boat to get to Great YarmouthGreen Party councillor Richard Bearman claimed investment was needed in ferry services amid the growing threat of global warming.

Green Miscellany

• Our friends electric: How Europe is cleaning up its railwaysBritain may have an electric railway that this year celebrates its 134th birthday, but electrification of the entire network lags behind other European countries. Forty per cent of the British rail network was electrified by 2006, representing 60% of all rail journeys. However, electrification of remaining lines, particularly with the more-efficient overhead lines, remains slow. While we wring our hands about the financial… The post Our friends electric: How Europe is cleaning up its railways appeared first on ETA.