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Tuesday, 20 June 2017

The Herald

• Staff want moved from 'war zone' Scots train station besieged by 'headbangers & nutters'STAFF at a “war zone” train station besieged by teenage gangs have lodged appeals to be moved to quieter platforms in other parts of Scotland.

The Scotsman

• Scottish Government urged to drop transport police merger plan The Scottish Government has been urged to suspend controversial railway policing plans amid the “ongoing and significant threat from terrorism”.

The Telegraph

• Southern Rail drivers reject £75,000 pay deal and trigger overtime ban

City AM

• Trains into London Waterloo set for extra seats as FirstGroup and MTR order £895m new trains for South Western franchiseA bumper £895m investment in 90 new trains for the South Western rail franchise will boost the number of seats for suburban rail services into London Waterloo.

Mail Online

• Laws to extend the HS2 line announced in Queen's speech Legislation to encourage space rockets to be launched from UK soil and to spread the use of electric cars will also be included in the two-year programme, which will be dominated by Brexit.

Belfast Telegraph

• Court date set for commuters' case against Southern RailwayA commuters' group seeking a judicial review of the Government's handling of Southern Railway has secured a date for a court hearing to press its case.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Major £17m revamp of Bradford railway station moves a step closerPLANS to give Bradford Forster Square station a £17m revamp have moved a step closer.

Derby Telegraph

• Derby's Bombardier lands South West Trains order worth almost £900 MILLION Derby train-maker Bombardier has landed another huge order worth almost £900 million. This morning, First Group/MTR, the new franchisee of South West Trains, announced that it had selected the Litchurch Lane firm to supply 750 carriages. The deal, worth £895 million represents the third largest contract the Derby site has won since 2014.

London Evening Standard

• Southern drivers reject £75,000 pay deal and reinstate overtime banA £75,000-a-year pay deal for Southern Railway train drivers to try to settle a 15-month dispute has been turned down, company chiefs said today.

Yorkshire Post

• Bradford rail station on track for new building The station, built in 1890 as part of a complex that included the Midland Hotel, was reduced and rebuilt in 1990 and now serves stations to Leeds, Skipton and Ilkley. Other routes from the city are served from another station, 10-minutes’ walk away.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Transport for the North publishes Strategic Transport Plan evidence Transport for the North (TfN) has published the evidence that will inform its Strategic Transport Plan. The first of its kind, the Plan is being developed to transform the North’s economy through investment in the region’s transport infrastructure. It could help create close to a million new jobs and add almost £100 billion to the UK’s economy.  The evidence includes a Position Statement, Initial Major Roads Report and Initial Integrated Rail Report. The work, which has been developed in close collaboration with stakeholders and Partners, will help shape the Str...

Global Rail News

• P&O Ferrymasters and Erontrans launch UK-Benelux-Poland rail linkLogistics firms P&O Ferrymasters and Erontrans have launched an intermodal rail service linking the UK, Benelux and central Poland via Europoort, in Rotterdam.

Rail Magazine

• Study claims privatisation cost more than BR - but now outperforms it Privatised passenger railway could have cost �51 billion more to operate than if British Rail had remained in state hands, a new study suggests.

Rail Technology Magazine

• Aslef reinstates overtime ban after members reject second Southern deal Aslef has his week announced that it plans to reinstate its overtime ban after its members rejected a deal with Southern for the second time. Last month, a ban had been arranged to start on 4 June but union leaders postponed this to continue negotiations with the operator. But the two parties...
• Nexus boss calls for greater rail devolution to unlock city-region growthFurther devolution of responsibility for rail networks to local areas should be encouraged to drive more inclusive and sustainable growth across the UK, a number of major transport bodies have today said. In a statement, the Urban Transport Group, who represent the interests of a number of...
• TfN identifies vital pan-northern corridors to inform Strategic Transport PlanEvidence that will support the formulation of the first-of-its-kind Strategic Transformation Plan (STP), including the identification of nine pan-Northern priority corridors, has today been published by Transport for the North (TfN) and its partners. In three reports published today, which...

Railway Gazette

• Fuel cells to be studied as alternative to Toronto electrificationCANADA: Ontario is to study the feasibility of using of hydrogen fuel cells ‘as an alternative to...
• Alliance drops Pendolino plan as Southampton paths identifiedUK: Open access passenger service promoter Alliance Rail Holdings has dropped plans to procure...

Transport Network

• TfN names connectivity corridors to transform North's economyTransport for the North (TfN) has set out how it will develop both a major road network for the region and an integrated rail plan that includes Northern Powerhouse Rail.
• Queen honours transport professionals for safety and equality workThe 2017 Queen’s birthday honours have recognised the contribution people in the transport industry have made towards safety and security, as well as equality and diversity.

Other News Sources

• Bombardier to Supply, Maintain 750 Coaches for South Western Rail Network(Reuters) - Canadian plane and train manufacturer Bombardier Inc said it has signed a $1.14 billion contract to supply its new passenger coaches to the two new operators of Britain's South Western rail franchise.
• Bombardier to supply, maintain 750 coaches for South Western rail network(Reuters) – Canadian plane and train manufacturer Bombardier Inc said it has signed a $1.14 billion contract to supply its new passenger coaches to the two new operators of Britain’s South Western rail franchise. Bombardier Transportation will sell and maintain 750 Bombardier Aventra vehicles to British rail company FirstGroup and Hongkong’s MTR Corp. FirstGroup and MTR Corp will use the coaches to operate South Western franchise, starting from Aug. 20, 2017, it said on Tuesday.
• France’s SNCF plans world’s first autonomous high-speed trainsFrench state railway operator SNCF has announced that it plans to test autonomous “drone trains” by 2019, with the aim of bringing them into public services in 2023.