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Friday, 01 July 2022

BBC News

• ScotRail reveal six-figure salaries of senior executivesNewly-nationalised ScotRail has published the salaries of its senior management for the first time. The operator is required to disclose leadership pay to bring it into line with other non-departmental public bodies.
• Goole: Siemens' train factory to expand with components factoryPlans for a £200m rail factory creating 700 jobs in East Yorkshire have been given an additional multimillion-pound boost. The Siemens Goole Railway Village, first announced in 2018, is now nearing completion.

Times Online

• Rail quango ‘will only strengthen unions’ [subscription] Planned rail reforms will “strengthen and entrench union power” and “paralyse entire regions”, raising the risk of more strikes, the transport secretary has been warned.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Bradford delegation meet with Chancellor Rishi SunakBRADFORD business leaders say Chancellor Rishi Sunak has held out fresh hope of a new, through rail station in the city.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• New Transport for Wales trains unveiled - when and where they will be runningThe Welsh Government run rail group has been under fire for over-crowding and the poor standard of some trains

Northern Echo

• Tyne and Wear Metro: New pictures give update on new trainsNew pictures have shown the new Tyne and Wear Metro trains taking shape on the production line, ahead of them arriving in the North East.

Wales Online

• Rail lines between Cardiff and Pontypridd to close for nearly a weekThe disruption comes after a week of widespread rail strikes

Hull Daily Mail

• Rail industry failing Hull with cancellations leaving the city behind says MPRegional transport leaders say cuts to train services are undermining ambitions to attract more people to use the railways.
• Siemens' new 700-job Goole factory gets multi-million pound Tube boostA new Siemens train factory which is due to create 700 jobs in Goole, along with 1,700 more in the supply change, has been given a further multi-million pound boost.

Other Regional Press

• First look at new Transport for Wales trains made in NewportBrand new trains that will transform and improve transport throughout Wales and the borders have been on show at Chester railway station.
• Council campaign to make Ruabon train station accessible to allWREXHAM Council says it is continuing to campaign to help make a train station accessible to all.

Coach and Bus Week

• Ben Werth appointed Chief Commercial Officer at Wrightbus as new recruitment office opensBen Werth has been appointed Chief Commercial Officer at Wrightbus. He will take up the role alongside his current position as Managing Director of Wrightbus’ sister company Fuze Finance.
• Ben Werth appointed Chief Commercial Officer at Wrightbus as new recruitment office opensBen Werth has been appointed Chief Commercial Officer at Wrightbus. He will take up the role alongside his current position as Managing Director of Wrightbus’ sister company Fuze Finance.

New Civil Engineer

• Old Oak Common station team eyes tunnel prep work following completion of ‘nightmare’ boxConstruction work on High Speed 2’s (HS2’s) Old Oak Common station in West London is now shifting focus towards excavation and preparing the site for tunnelling following completion of the station’s box structure.

Rail Magazine

• Windermere passing loop heads South Cumbria rail plansA plan for South Cumbria, setting out realistic investment targets for the region’s lines with its local operator at its core, is aiming for ‘quick wins’.

Railnews

• Scottish ministers accuse London of picking a fight with rail unions Transport secretary Grant Shapps and his cabinet colleagues are being accused of ‘picking a fight’ with the rail unions, as more walkouts are threatened. Scottish transport minister Jenny Gilruth said a meeting with Grant Shapps and rail minister Wendy Morton was cancelled last week at short notice. It was rescheduled for yesterday but cancelled again. She has accused London politicians of being ‘asleep at the wheel’.

Other News Sources

• MAJOR WEST YORKSHIRE RAIL PROJECT GETS THE GO-AHEADA multibillion-pound rail upgrade set to support faster, greener and more reliable journeys in West Yorkshire has been given the green light.
• London MP calls for TfL to be put in 'special measures' over Tube strikes with Sadiq Khan stripped of powersTfL has faced a wave of strikes over threats to pensions and jobs