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Wednesday, 19 January 2022

BBC News

• Nottingham to Lincoln: Firms' views sought on rail improvementsA consultation has begun on plans to improve rail routes between Nottingham, Newark and Lincoln.

The Herald

• Travel: A new gentler London rises from the ashes of lockdownsWE all know what Samuel Johnson said about London. And it’s gloriously, life-affirmingly, true: it is impossible to be bored with one of the world’s great cities.

The Independent

• Part of London’s Crossrail to open – three-and-a-half years lateCommuters will be able to travel through London on the much-delayed Crossrail scheme before the end of June, the project team has said.

Manchester Evening News

• Why next-day train tickets from London to Manchester after 2.35pm just got £100 more expensivePassengers looking to travel from London to Manchester after 2.35pm will see the cost of their ticket rocket after the operator cut the last off-peak service as part of timetable changes.

Wales Online

• Transport for Wales to start selling rail tickets in convenience storesThe pilot is being launched in 90 different locations within the South Wales Metro area

Other Regional Press

• Heathrow Airport: Fury over proposed London Underground 'premium fare' on Piccadilly LineTransport for London has faced backlash against a proposed ‘premium fare’ on the Piccadilly line, which could see travellers charged an extra 60 per cent for journeys to Heathrow Airport.
• Southend Pier: New electric train spotted on test runOne of the new electric trains planned for Southend Pier has been spotted making one of its first journeys along the iconic attraction. 
• £1m rail station revamp: Pictures show work in progressPictures show how work is progressing on the £1m revamp at the entrance to Weymouth railway station.

New Civil Engineer

• How HS2 plans to use virtual reality to increase reliability of assets and railwayHS2 Ltd has announced that virtual reality and sensors for real time monitoring will be built into High Speed 2’s (HS2's) infrastructure, including rails, bridges and overhead power lines to increase reliability.

Railway Gazette

• DB Cargo places diesel-battery hybrid locomotive orderGERMANY: DB Cargo has awarded Vossloh Locomotives a framework contract for the supply of 250 diesel-battery hybrid locomotives, with a firm order for an initial 50 to be delivered from 2024.

Transportxtra

• Are transport specialists practising self-seception?One of the key topics explored at the Local Transport Summit just before Christmas was how the beliefs and expectations of ‘transport professionals’ in planning for the future compare with those of other members of society, and in particular those without a ‘transport way of thinking’. LTT is taking that discussion forward with a series of contributions over coming weeks. To begin, Steve Melia raises a further potentially significant dimension by questioning whether the ‘transport experts’ are a

Other News Sources

• Stadler awarded €4bn combined tram-train orderThe contract has been awarded by seven German and Austrian partners following a Europe-wide call for tenders.
• Greater Anglia application to demolish train station thrown outPlans to demolish an historic railway station one stop from Norwich have been quashed. 
• HS2: Government hails 'incredible momentum' as Old OakCommon work continues