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Traditional London taxi design faces new rival as Nissan unveils its new van-based NV200 vehicle, which its manufacturer claims is 50% more fuel efficient than existing cabs.
Shake up in service for East Coast rail passengers
EAST Coast rail passengers face yet another rail shake up as the Government prepares to off-load the franchise.
Tuesday, 07 August 2012
BBC News
- Train breakdown in Severn TunnelA freight train is removed after it broke down in the Severn Tunnel, causing delays for passenger services.
- Games helps Tube break recordsThe record for most number of people using the London Underground in one day is broken three times in succession.
The Mirror
- Off the rails: £1.4bn Thameslink train deal set for further delay Awarding the deal to Siemens cost 1,400 jobs at Britain’s last train maker Bombardier in Derby and put the long-term future of the works in jeopardy Siemens today admitted the controversial £1.4 billion Thameslink deal might not be signed until the autumn.
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Bolton News
- MP calls for catering jobs on trains to be protected BOLTON MP David Crausby is calling for the Government to reject any plans by train companies to axe workers and remove catering services on the West Coast mainline.
Edinburgh Evening News
- Lesley Hinds™ tram route dispute leaves city footing £1.4m billA STAND-OFF between city leaders which led to work on the tram project being suspended for eight days cost taxpayers more than £1 million, the Evening News can reveal.
- Lesley Hinds™ tram route dispute leaves city footing £1.4m billA STAND-OFF between city leaders which led to work on the tram project being suspended for eight days cost taxpayers more than £1 million, the Evening News can reveal.
Journal Live
- Shake up in service for East Coast rail passengersEAST Coast rail passengers face yet another rail shake up as the Government prepares to off-load the franchise.
Other Regional Press
- City tram line could be running by end of yearThe company behind plans to bring trams back to Preston said it wants its demonstrator line up and running by the end of the year.
Global Rail News
- Gateway: Employing Birmingham™s lost youthBirmingham is suffering more than any other major city in the UK to get its young people into work, with one in 10 claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance. But within the rail and construction sector there is a ray of light – the Birmingham Gateway Project. The work at Birmingham New Street station has so far brought [...]
- Mace on target to hit New Street apprentice pledgeFifty-six apprentices are now working on the ambitious Gateway project at Birmingham New Street station and Mace, Network Rail’s delivery partner, looks set to achieve its target of bringing more than 100 unemployed young people into work by 2015. While the Gateway Project will modernise a station which is struggling to serve growing passenger numbers [...]
- Chiltern Railways begin £2.5 million car park deck at Warwick Parkway stationChiltern Railways has started work on a £2.5 million car park deck at Warwick Parkway, creating an extra 222 spaces. The new decking area, which is due to be opened in December, will bring the number of spaces at the station up from 737 to 959. Malcolm Holmes, general manager Mainline at Chiltern Railways, said: [...]
- Station parking projectsPassengers are set to benefit from £15m of improvements to car parking facilities at stations across England after four schemes made successful bids for rail industry funding. The successful projects, to be delivered by the train operators, will see single and multi-decked car parking extensions at four stations where demand for car parking has outgrown [...]
- Crossrails Wallasea Island RSPB nature reserve ready thanks to BAM NuttallCrossrail has taken another step towards the creation of a new 1,500 acre RSPB nature reserve with the completion of a new 180 metre jetty at Wallasea Island in Essex. The jetty will receive in the order of 4.5 million tonnes of material excavated during Crossrail™s tunnelling operations in London. Wallasea Island Wild Coast project [...]
Other News Sources
- RMT Slams Fresh Chaos over Thameslink Fleet Contract The RMT has today slammed a catalogue of Government incompetence lasting well over a year after it emerged this morning that German contractor Siemens has admitted that the Thameslink fleet sign off will drag on into the autumn, apparently due to “contractual stuff” although the union remains convinced that it is down to the financial chaos in Europe.
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