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Crossrail chiefs have issued a major alert that the £14.8 billion line might not open on time and is at risk of blowing its budget.
"HS2 is crucial to unlocking the future of Stoke-on-Trent"
Transport minister Nusrat Ghani makes the case for phase 2a of the high speed railway across Staffordshire
Sadiq Khan criticised over Met Line Extension decision
Sadiq Khan’s decision to reject extra funding for the Met Line Extension has been criticised by those who supported the campaign.
Thursday, 01 February 2018
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- Croydon tram crash: TfL receives 87 claimsTfL said in the report it had paid out more than £2.2m in compensation since the 2016 fatal crash.
Financial Times
- Europe ploughs resources into digital railwaysThe industry must justify its relevance to transportation as a whole
- Rail stations to have drink fountains in plastics crackdownMove part of government efforts to promote refillable water bottles
The Herald
- £41m Edinburgh railway station branded a flop as it fails to attract passengersONE of Scotland’s newest railway stations has been branded a flop after attracting less than half of the estimated users in its first year.
London Evening Standard
- Crossrail chiefs warn that £14bn Elizabeth line could blow its budget and open lateCrossrail chiefs have issued a major alert that the £14.8 billion line might not open on time and is at risk of blowing its budget.
- London's one-hour 'bus hopper' ticket is now unlimitedLondoners can now make as many bus and tram journeys within an hour for the price of just one ticket.
- UK's worst three rail operators for internet connection all in London, major survey findsThe UK's three worst rail operators for reliable internet connection all operate major routes through London, a new survey has found.
- TfL set to make bus stations and offices more energy efficient with solar powerThe move comes under the Mayor's new energy saving scheme
Other Regional Press
- "HS2 is crucial to unlocking the future of Stoke-on-Trent"Transport minister Nusrat Ghani makes the case for phase 2a of the high speed railway across Staffordshire
- Rail station figures drop by thousandsPASSENGER numbers at some rail stations across Clydebank and north-west Glasgow are down by more than 10 per cent, according to new figures.
- Isle of Wight MP appeals for feasibility cash to extend Island LineBob Seely MP asks for an assurance that, as £52 billion has been spent on HS2, he will not be told there isn’t any money to fund a feasibility study to extend Island Line trains to Newport and Ventnor.
- Sadiq Khan criticised over Met Line Extension decisionSadiq Khan’s decision to reject extra funding for the Met Line Extension has been criticised by those who supported the campaign.
- County council slashing budget by £101m by the beginning of the next decadeSt Albans MP Anne Main has urged Herts County Council to build homes on Radlett Airfield as the authority considers making cuts of £101m.
- ScotRail looking for ways to add full Changing Places toilet to revamped Dundee stationScotRail has said it will conduct a feasibility study into whether there is scope to provide a Changing Places toilet on the platform in Dundee.
New Civil Engineer
- Poor rail demand drags down infrastructure workloadsA drop in railway workloads has contributed to a drop in orders for UK infrastructure firms for the first time in five years.
Rail Magazine
- Northern unveils its first new CAF-built train.The first complete four-car Class 331 electric multiple unit for Northern has been unveiled in Zaragoza, Spain.
Other News Sources
- Who took away £700m, George?The Evening Standard, under the headline 'TfL faces £400m budget hole as thousands stop using the Tube' reports that Transport for London's income from fares is set to fall £239 million this financial year, with commercial income - from advertising, retail and property - set to drop £160 million.Tube income is currently £80 million less than planned.
- Devizes' 52-year wait for train station could endMORE than 50 years of waiting for a train station in Devizes may come to an end after a new working group said it has found the ‘perfect’ location for it.
- GMCA in talks with Network Rail to develop station sitesChief executive Eamonn Boylan says the GMCA wants to ‘realise value’ of public land around 98 train stations.
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