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Friday, 09 June 2017

BBC News

• Electrocuted boy hit with 25,000 volts in Wednesbury rail depotThe boy and his friend were trespassing in a railway depot.
• Victorian signal box points the way to the pastA tale of three counties as a vintage railway signal box springs back to life.

The Guardian

• Madrid tackles 'el manspreading' on public transport with new signsTransport authorities in Spanish capital want to encourage men to respect boundaries on bus seats and keep legs closedManspreading around the world – in picturesMadrid’s transport authorities are taking a stand against seated male selfishness with a campaign to tackle the social scourge that is manspreading.Fed up with men whose thighs fail to respect the boundaries of bus seats, the Spanish capital’s Municipal Transport Company (EMT) is to put up signs discouraging the practice. Continue reading...

The Independent

• Disused Tube ticket offices are being turned into miniature tropical gardensThe first garden had the unintended effect of cleaning the station's dirty air a little

Derby Telegraph

• Erewash's re-elected Conservative MP Maggie Throup pledges better HS2 deal for area Tory MP Maggie Throup has pledged to seek better compensation for those affected by HS2 in Erewash after being re-elected as the constituency's MP.

Rail Technology Magazine

• Modern Wheel Detection and Axle Counting Growing conurbations, increasing car park prices and not least rising fuel prices are pushing trams and underground railways increasingly to the forefront of urban and suburban rail transportation infrastructures.
• RSSB unveils 'self-learning' underframe inspection systemAn innovating system that monitors the underside of trains for faults automatically has been designed using funding from the RSSB Railway Operator Challenge Competition. The system, called Vehicle Underframe Examination System, or VUES, uses multi-spectral cameras installed at the track...
• Part of Midland Metro tram line closes for essential worksTram services on the Midland Metro line between Wolverhampton and Birmingham will be facing major disruption this week as essential track maintenance work is carried out by engineers. The line from Priestfield to Wolverhampton St. George’s will be closed from Sunday 11 June, and a...
• BTP issues warning after teen almost killed trespassing at Bescot depotPolice have today released information about a pair of teenagers who were seriously injured last week after being electrocuted by overhead wires when they climbed on top of a freight train in a rail depot. By releasing the information, the British Transport Police (BTP) hopes to discourage other...

Railway Gazette

• Stadler locomotives to support Medway’s expansionPORTUGAL: Leasing company Alpha Trains has taken delivery of six Euro 4000 diesel locomotives from...