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Tuesday, 05 June 2012

BBC News

• Adonis: 'Dither and delay' over HS2 [Today Programme - Audio clip]The start of a public consultation on plans to compensate people whose homes are blighted by the planned high speed rail link, HS2, has been delayed.
• Diamond Jubilee: Rail firms miscalculate passenger numbers Rail companies have admitted they did not accurately predict the number of passengers there would be for Sunday's Jubilee celebrations in London.
• How did London's transport cope?A look at how the rails, Tube and roads coped with the Diamond Jubilee
• HS2 'dither and delay' criticisedThe HS2 rail scheme might not be ready before 2030 because of "dither and delay" by ministers, former Transport Secretary Lord Adonis has said.

The Independent

• Adonis warns of 'dither and delay' on rail linkHigh-speed rail between London and Birmingham might not be achieved in the 2020s because of

Reuters News

• Bombardier to Supply 300 New Subway Cars for New York City Transit BERLIN, GERMANY- - Bombardier Transportation announced today that it has signed a contract for 300 subway cars with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to be delivered to New York City Transit (NYCT). The order is valued at approximately $599 million US ($623 million CDN, 482 million euro). The MTA Board of Directors approved the award of a contract to Bombardier on March 28, 2012.

Liverpool Echo

• Merseyrail railway man Stuart Mason to have train named in his honourLIFELONG and dedicated railway man Stuart Mason will be remembered with a train named in his honour.

Sheffield Telegraph

• SOUTH YORKSHIRE: Campaigners win fight over railway plansPLANS to convert old railway arches into shops and build housing which campaigners feared could jeopardise chances of reopening the old Woodhead railway from Sheffield to Manchester have been rejected.

The York Press

• Flypast marks launch of York rail celebrationA SPECTACULAR flypast by three iconic aircraft marked the opening of a nine-day celebration of the railways in York.

Yorkshire Post

• High speed rail link ˜unlikely in Twenties™High speed rail travel between London and Birmingham might not be achieved in the 2020s because of “endless dither and delay” by the Government, former Transport Secretary Lord Adonis has warned.

Global Rail News

• Record traffic levels for Eurotunnel™s Le Shuttle over the Jubilee weekendAmid the Diamond Jubilee celebrations, a glittering record for Eurotunnel Le Shuttle: 26,000 tourist vehicles carried in one weekend, exceeding the landmark figure of 10,000 vehicles in a 24 hour period. For the first time in its history Eurotunnel Le Shuttle has carried more than 10,000 tourist vehicles (*) in a 24 hour period between [...]