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Community rail stations of the future to be shaped by new blueprint for success
Have your say on a new strategy to expand the community rail scheme across England and Wales.
Whitehall to overhaul rail network to bring strike-hit Southern into line [Subscription]
Mandarins are plotting the break-up of the biggest and most troubled rail franchise as they attempt to overhaul the network amid a backdrop of strikes and threatened renationalisation.
More London trains, an expanded Liverpool Central and Anfield link - Mersey rail vision revealed
More London trains, an expanded Liverpool Central and a rail link to Anfield – these are just some of the ambitious goals in a new Merseyside rail plan.
Stunning images reveal the shape of things to come for £500m rail station scheme in Leeds
These are the eye-catching images that give the clearest indication to date of the dizzying scale of the redevelopment planned for Leeds City Station.
Jonathan Edwards says Wales is 'being robbed of multi-billion pound investment'
WALES should be grateful for investment in English railways – that was the message from the Secretary of State for Wales when responding to a question from Carmarthenshire East and Dinefwr MP Jonathan Edwards.
Monday, 06 November 2017
BBC News
- South West Railways train derails near WimbledonLondon fire brigade says nine fire engines are currently in attendance near Wimbledon.
Department for Transport
- Community rail stations of the future to be shaped by new blueprint for successHave your say on a new strategy to expand the community rail scheme across England and Wales.
The Telegraph
- Man vs Train: New £20m Bear Grylls adventure park is directly in the path of a planned HS2 rail link
Times Online
- Whitehall to overhaul rail network to bring strike-hit Southern into line [Subscription]Mandarins are plotting the break-up of the biggest and most troubled rail franchise as they attempt to overhaul the network amid a backdrop of strikes and threatened renationalisation.
- Smog brings death and destruction to London’s railways [Subscription]November is often a foggy month but conditions were far worse in the days of coal smoke, when fog turned into a foul smog so dense that cities could be brought to a standstill.
City AM
- Monarch collapse: Frank Field has more questions for the Pension Protection Fund over airline's ditched pension schemeThe chair of the Work and Pensions Committee has written to the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) raising further concerns over the circumstances surrounding the offloading of collapsed airline Monarch's pension fund back in 2014.
- Department for Transport mulls split of Southern owner Govia Thameslink Railway after year of strike troublesDepartment for Transport (DfT) officials are mulling splitting up strike-hit Southern rail owner Govia Thameslink Railway as they assess the best way to improve the network.
- Taxpayers' Alliance calls for Treasury review into £56bn HS2 after raising fresh value for money concernsThe TaxPayers' Alliance today called on the chancellor to urgently review the £56bn HS2 project, after raising fresh concerns over the project's value for money.
Liverpool Echo
- More London trains, an expanded Liverpool Central and Anfield link - Mersey rail vision revealedMore London trains, an expanded Liverpool Central and a rail link to Anfield – these are just some of the ambitious goals in a new Merseyside rail plan.
London Evening Standard
- London to be worst affected by Christmas rail shutdown as major routes close for repair worksLondon will be the worst affected by a UK-wide railway shutdown as major routes close for repair works over the Christmas period.
- Wimbledon derailment: South West Railway train derails sparking delays and cancellations across the capitalA derailed train close to Wimbledon Station added to a morning of travel woe for rush hour commuters, with delays on several major London transport routes.
Wales Online
- How Arriva wanted to develop Wales' railways (but were stopped by the UK Government)Complaints grow about overcrowding on Arriva Trains Wales but way back in 2002 the firm proposed new trains and other improvements which were rejected by the UK Government
Yorkshire Evening Post
- Stunning images reveal the shape of things to come for £500m rail station scheme in Leeds These are the eye-catching images that give the clearest indication to date of the dizzying scale of the redevelopment planned for Leeds City Station.
Other Regional Press
- 'It's crazy' - residents fed up of queues at train barriersResidents and visitors to Lincoln are having to wait in huge queues to cross to the other side of the railway tracks as the footbridge is still out of use.
- The positive impact of Dr Beeching Railways were built for freight. When the first railways were built the promoters were astonished when people wanted to use them....
- £1bn boost for railways covering the West MidlandsTHE leader of Redditch Borough Council hopes the town will benefit from a share of the near £1 billion investment from the new train company covering the West Midlands.
- South Western Railway to rethink proposed cuts to train services following talks with MPAN MP has claimed a partial victory in a campaign against proposals to cut the number of trains serving two stations.
- Jonathan Edwards says Wales is 'being robbed of multi-billion pound investment'WALES should be grateful for investment in English railways – that was the message from the Secretary of State for Wales when responding to a question from Carmarthenshire East and Dinefwr MP Jonathan Edwards.
- Shropshire rail franchise bidding 'must be more open' A rail users' group has called for details of all bids for the Shropshire rail franchise to be published before a decision is made.
Railway Gazette
- World rail freight news round-upNew York Metropolitan Transportation Authority has extended New York & Atlantic Railway's...
Other News Sources
- Minister 'positive' about prospects for new Torquay rail stationThe prospects for the stalled Edginswell railway station on the edge of Torquay has been raised with the Rail Minister.
- Rail chiefs: Business as usual during strikesWe're open for business.
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