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Tuesday, 25 April 2017

The Herald

• Virgin Trains strike suspended after progress in talks with unionA planned 48-hour strike on Virgin Trains East Coast has been suspended following progress in talks.

City AM

• Virgin and Stagecoach team up with French state-owned rail operator SNCF in bid for new HS2 franchiseVirgin and Stagecoach have teamed up with the French state-owned rail operator SNCF in their bid to run the first trains on the £56bn HS2 line.

Birmingham Post

• Conservative Government won't scrap HS2 says mayor candidate Conservative mayoral candidate dismisses back bench calls to scrap HS2 

London Evening Standard

• Crossrail 2 will signal our optimism for London's post-EU future, writes Rohan SilvaTread carefully over the pavements of London for you are treading on skin, a skein of stone that covers rivers and labyrinths, tunnels and chambers, streams and caverns, pipes and cables, springs and passages, crypts and sewers, creeping things that will never see the light of day."
• Virgin Trains strike: Bank holiday walk-out suspended following talks with RMT unionA 48-hour strike on Virgin Trains East Coast on Friday and Saturday has been suspended following progress in talks between rail and union bosses.

Manchester Evening News

• 'No change to government policy' over HS2 rail project, says governmentOldham and Royton MP Jim McMahon quizzed a minister amid reports HS2 could be shelved to pay for Brexit

Yorkshire Post

• Transport Minister dismisses HS2 'cancelled' speculation TRANSPORT Minister Andrew Jones has rejected suggestions the planned high speed rail line to Yorkshire could be cancelled after the General Election....

Other Regional Press

• MP to answer HS2 questions at campaign group meetingErewash MP Maggie Throup is to hold an open question and answer session on the local impact of the HS2 rail project....
• Rail passengers can access free wi-fi and movies on London Midland trains to and from Stoke-on-Trent Rail passengers will now be able to watch movies and access free wi-fi on trains to and from Stoke-on-Trent.
• Scotrail free week of travel launches next week - here’s everything you need to knowIf you have a season ticket valid for at least one day in May then you qualify for a thank you from Scotrail - here's how to claim yours.

Rail Technology Magazine

• Artesyn Extends ControlSafe SIL4 COTS Rail Computing Platform to Onboard Applications At the SafeRail Congress today, Artesyn Embedded Technologies has unveiled the latest in its portfolio of SIL4 COTS computing systems for rail safety applications, the ControlSafe™ Carborne Platform.
• Noise on the underground: Londoners cry foul London Underground is continuing to push forward with its ambitious plans for the Night Tube, with 24-hour services now running on the Victoria and Jubilee, and most of the Central, Northern and Piccadilly lines, on Fridays and Saturdays.
• London Midland launches new Motion entertainment service on trainsLondon Midland has today launched a service that provides customers with an entertainment package featuring films, TV programmes, games and magazines, plus wi-fi on its trains Using the service, called Motion, customers can for the first-time access content on their web browser without the need...
• Crossrail unveils striking ceiling images at Farringdon and Liverpool Street stationsCrossrail has this week completed work on the architectural ceilings at the Farringdon and Liverpool Street Elizabeth Line stations and released a number of striking images of the work that has been done to the two stations. At Farringdon, over 100 diamond-shaped concrete segments were pieced...

Railnews

• RMT urges �no interference� as Southern DCO talks restart Talks are set to take place today (Monday) and tomorrow between the RMT and Govia Thameslink Railway in the long-running dispute over the introduction of driver-controlled working on Southern. The union has called for �no interference� with the negotiations. The dispute has been running for a year, and has caused 31 strikes by the RMT alone.

Railway Gazette

• World rail freight news round-upUkrainian national railway UZ and Polish broad gauge line operator PKP LHS have agreed a 1bn hryvna...

Other News Sources

• Stagecoach And Virgin Join SNCF For UK West Coast Rail Franchise BidPARIS (Alliance News) - Stagecoach Group PLC and Virgin Group said they are joining forces with French high speed operator SNCF to bid for the West Coast Partnership rail franchise.