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Friday, 02 March 2012

BBC News

• Ministers to take part in high-speed rail talks Holyrood's transport minister will tell his Westminster counterpart he wants Scotland to be included from the start in the new high-speed rail line.
• UK railway heritage: in picturesA look at the National Rail Virtual Archive
• Station case 'impresses' ministerCampaigners in the fight to reopen a Borders railway station say they believe the transport minister was impressed by their case.
• City prepares for more tram worksFinal preparations start for the next phase of tram works in Edinburgh, which are scheduled to begin at the weekend.
• Row after boy survives Tube fallA union says a young boy's escape after falling between a Tube train and a platform highlights the danger of installing driverless trains.
• Eurotunnel swings back to profitEurotunnel, the operator of the Channel Tunnel, returned to profit in 2011 with a record 19 million passengers.

The Herald

• Souter's transport group in fast lane PERTH-based Stagecoach has extended its lead over Aberdeen's FirstGroup as Scotland's largest transport group by market value after its shares rose on a trading update that showed strong growth in its rail business.
• Ministers agree on HS2 rail extensionTHE Scottish and UK governments are to work together to extend a high speed rail network north of the Border following a

The Telegraph

• Commuters at rush hour peak face higher fare rises threatCommuters travelling at the height of the rush hour face being charged even higher fares under proposals being considered by ministers aimed at tackling overcrowding.

Daily Express

• Eurotunnel's pledgeEUROTUNNEL steered to its first profit yesterday as it vowed to put on

Mail Online

• London Underground Jubilee line: Boy, 5, who fell under Tube rescued when driver spots handThe driver had been given the 'all-clear' to pull out of Finchley Road station on Sunday evening when the boy slipped down the gap and tumbled onto the rails beneath the carriage.

Birmingham Post

• Midlands overlooked in transport spending, claims head of Commons Transport Committee Read More http://www.birminghampost.net/news/politics-news/2012/03/01/midlands-overlooked-in-transport-spending-claims-head-of-commons-transport-committee-65233-304347Failure to invest in transport in the Midlands and north of England is holding back the economy, the chair of the influential Transport Select Committee has warned.

Journal Live

• George Stephenson back at Newcastle Central Station after clean-upFOR North East railway pioneer George Stephenson it has been a life of grime for the last 150 years.

London Evening Standard

• Miracle rescue of boy on Tube trackA boy aged five was dramatically rescued after he fell under a Tube train just as it was about to pull out of a station

Metro

• Tube driver saves child who had fallen between train and platformA young child who fell between the train and platform at a London Underground station has an eagle-eyed tube driver to thank for his rescue.

Sheffield Telegraph

• Station bridge breakthroughA SOLUTION to the Sheffield railway station footbridge saga was in sight this week as the Government offered £3m for a new bridge to guarantee public access.

Global Rail News

• Network Rail brings archives to life onlineNetwork Rail has created a virtual archive of historic images of the original architectural drawings of the Forth Bridge, Paddington station and even Isambard Kingdom Brunel™s signature. The website www.networkrail.co.uk/virtualarchive celebrates the heritage of today™s railway infrastructure and provides public access to view a special selection of the Network Rail archive, which holds over five million [...]
• Boxing clever at PaddingtonConstruction of the new Crossrail station at Paddington is pressing ahead as excavation of the station box gets underway. The new Crossrail station will be built under Eastbourne Terrace, to the left of the station facing the tracks from the concourse. To enable excavation of the 260m long station box, Westminster City Council has agreed [...]
• Railsport heralds Olympic GamesThe 2012 Railsport Games will take place in Stanley Park, Blackpool, on 23rd and 24th June. The curtain raiser for the equally prestigious London Olympics the following month will see 1000s of athletic rail staff flocking to the Lancashire coast resort to prove themselves against the verve and vigour of competitors from across the industry. [...]
• WiFi contract awarded for new Stadler trains in Czech RepublicNomad Digital Ltd has been awarded a contract for its WiFi solution by Czech rail company, LEO Express. LEO Express has selected Nomad to provide its technology on the new Stadler Flirt fleet. The first of 5 trains was accepted by the Czech operator in February and full fleet rollout is ‘anticipated by December 2012′. [...]
• Laing O™Rourke awarded Crossrail Liverpool Street contractCrossrail has announced its intention to award the main construction contracts for Liverpool Street station to Laing O’Rourke. Crossrail said in line with European procurement rules, the contract award is subject to a ten-day standstill period. Intensive construction for Liverpool Street Crossrail station will get underway later this year. Andy Mitchell, Crossrail Programme Director said: œAs [...]

London TravelWatch

• London TravelWatch welcomes clean up at Bellingham Station London TravelWatch welcomes clean up at Bellingham Station but more can be done to prevent graffiti and litter on railway land and trains
• Transport users™ surgery at Tooting Broadway Underground Station 10 March 10-2pmLondon TravelWatch, the watchdog for transport users in London, is holding a transport users™ ˜surgery™ in Tooting on Saturday 10 March.