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Political scraps over public or private ownership are a distraction to solving Britain’s railway woes
Delays, cancellations and strikes - the UK's railways are in a mess. But both parties' solutions for fixing the nation's rail network are flawed, argues Guy Taylor
Monday, 22 April 2024
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- Hackney railway bridge work set to halt Liverpool Street trainsServices to and from Liverpool Street station, including the London Overground, are set to be disrupted for more than two weeks while a 150-year-old bridge is replaced.
- Plans for new viaduct to reunite heritage Great Central Railway linePlans for a new viaduct to reunite two halves of a heritage railway line have been announced. The Great Central Railway line ran between Leicester and Nottingham until the 1970s, when old bridges and an embankment were removed.
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- Train services cancelled after sinkhole appears on railway tracks The fault was detected between Caldercruix and Drumgelloch stations, resulting in train services being cancelled.
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- Train versus plane between London and Edinburgh: rail wins, but not by too muchCould anyone loathe railways any more than the current prime minister? Rishi Sunak’s sheer contempt for the future of train travel (as well as the north of England) was most amply demonstrated when he scrapped HS2 north of Birmingham
Senedd Cymru
- More than £100m to improve public transport and support economic growthWales’ 22 local authorities were invited to submit proposals to the Welsh Government for local transport improvements in their areas that will help to deliver the priorities and ambitions of Wales’ Transport Strategy - Llwybr Newydd.
City AM
- Political scraps over public or private ownership are a distraction to solving Britain’s railway woes Delays, cancellations and strikes - the UK's railways are in a mess. But both parties' solutions for fixing the nation's rail network are flawed, argues Guy Taylor
Newcastle Evening Chronicle
- UK first: Train operator Lumo replaces plastic bottles of water with cartonsA train operator has replaced plastic bottles of water on board its services with recyclable cartons.
Yorkshire Post
- Hull Trains' new partnership with Yorkshire Wildlife Trust announcedOpen access operator Hull Trains is celebrating Earth Day today (April 22) with the announcement of a new partnership with Yorkshire Wildlife Trust.
Other Regional Press
- Network Rail silence on ‘vital’ Delmore passing loop on Far North Line worries Highland railway campaignersVital infrastructure improvements that could transform the reliability of trains in the northern Highlands appear to be in limbo after rail chiefs again failed to provide any timescale for the work.
- Chiltern Railways grows social value by over £250MChiltern Railways grew its social value contribution by more than £250 million in 2023.
- St Helens bus services down by 59 percent compared to 15 years agoTHE number of buses serving St Helens is almost 60 percent lower to what it was fifteen years ago, data has shown.
Railnews
- Relief in Derby as new train order heads for AlstomDerby City Council has revealed a letter from transport secretary Mark Harper which offers new hope for the Alstom works at Litchurch Lane, where ten trains for the Elizabeth Line are now set to be built, after a proposed order for five had been doubled to ten and ‘approved in principle’.
Railway Technology
- Navigating cybersecurity challenges in the transport industry Michael Dugent, EMEA IoT director at Nozomi Networks, considers the current cybersecurity challenges in the transport sector.
Other News Sources
- Grand Central Rail relocates to modern York officeGrand Central Rail have relocated their central office to the modern 20 George Hudson Street in historic York.
- Promised hourly train service 'must be introduced immediately'A Mid and West Wales MS has called on the Welsh Government to deliver on their promise to introduce an hourly train service on the Cambrian line.
- HS2: TBM quartet tackles differing geology on twin bore tunnel under LondonAll four tunnel boring machines are now working on High Speed 2’s Northholt tunnel, which is divided into two sections with different geological challenges.
- Eden Project Morecambe needs electric rail link for visitors, councillor says - but where will the money come from?A Lancashire county councillor has called for clarity over whether some of the cash saved by axing the northern leg of HS2 can be used to electrify the railway line between Lancaster and Morecambe.
News from Europe
- Stars align for night train serviceBELGIUM: Support for overnight train services from Belgium is coming from an unexpected source, according to one of the more unusual missives to reach the Railway Gazette International inbox.
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