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Ruling expected in Bombardier-Boeing trade dispute
Financial penalties could be imposed that could jeopardise a major order from US airline Delta.
Leader comment: Convincing case still to be made over APD
A survey commissioned by the Greens which suggests that the Scottish public does not support plans to cut air taxes is bound to be greeted with a degree of scepticism, regardless of the fact that it was conducted by a highly respected polling company.
£58million Felixstowe rail line loop to increase port cargo to be ready in two years
A multi-million pound scheme to dual part of the Felixstowe-Ipswich branch line to increase its rail freight cargo capacity by nearly 30% should be completed by the end of 2019.
Rail Noise's Impact on People
This white paper aims to investigate the main sources of noise transmission and the effect on communities and passengers, as well as propose effective mitigation methods.
Tuesday, 26 September 2017
BBC News
- Abellio ScotRail's £10m loan as it records £3.5m lossAccounts show it was loaned £10m by a Dutch sister company in its first full year running services in Scotland.
- Ironing board and 'shark' left on South Western Railway trainsThe items were among thousands left by passengers in the first six weeks of South Western Railway.
- Train badly damaged by railway vandalsBritish Transport Police warn disaster was
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- Alstom to pay special dividend in Siemens rail merger: sourcesMUNICH/PARIS (Reuters) - French transportation and manufacturing group Alstom (ALSO.PA) plans to pay its shareholders a special dividend if a deal to merge with Siemens’ (SIEGn.DE) rail business goes through, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.
Newcastle Evening Chronicle
- Labour plans massive investment in rail for the North - and could bring HS2 to Newcastle Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell says a Labour government would finally end the huge gap in funding between North and South
Yorkshire Post
- Andrew Vine: Crossing the Pennines is a relic of the age of steamIf anybody who travels regularly by train across the Pennines cares to divert themselves from the longeurs of the journey, they might reflect that it was worse in 1910.
East Anglian Daily Times
- £58million Felixstowe rail line loop to increase port cargo to be ready in two yearsA multi-million pound scheme to dual part of the Felixstowe-Ipswich branch line to increase its rail freight cargo capacity by nearly 30% should be completed by the end of 2019.
Get West London
- New petition to 'cancel HS2' goes viral in less than a week with more than 8,000 signaturesThousands of people have signed a petition attempting to bring High Speed Rail 2 (HS2) project to a halt.
Reading Evening Post
- 10 Reading roads to be resurfaced as council continues with pothole repairs Reading Borough Council has announced 10 roads around the borough are to get repairs
Other Regional Press
- Interim board in place to take Community Rail Project to next stageTHE Central Fife Community Rail Partnership is progressing now that an interim board has been formed.
- Burton MP Andrew Griffiths to axe his support for East Midlands Trains unless town's railway station is improvedBurton's MP has said a train company should not be given the next franchise to run rail services in the area unless it improves the town station.
Buying Business Travel
- Trainline for Business launches international APICompany aims to streamline international carriers
Rail Magazine
- £68 million signalling scheme for Anglian branchesSemaphores and manually-controlled level crossings to be swept away in £68 million scheme.
Rail Technology Magazine
- Nexus to lead north east bid for 5G connectivity testbedTransport authorities in the north east have today voiced their ambition to set up a national testbed for 5G connectivity in the region.
- Hyperloop One raises another $85m funding Hyperloop One has closed an additional investment round of $85m, bringing the total financing raised since the company's formation in 2014 to $245m.
- Nomad Digital to provide Wi-Fi services to CrossCountry Alstom's wholly owned subsidiary Nomad Digital has secured a contract to provide Wi-Fi technology and other associated services to UK train operator CrossCountry.
- Rail Noise's Impact on People This white paper aims to investigate the main sources of noise transmission and the effect on communities and passengers, as well as propose effective mitigation methods.
- NR puts support behind RISQS under new suppliersThe rail industry will now only be required to subscribe to one supplier assurance scheme, the Rail Industry Supplier Qualification Scheme (RISQS), as Network Rail today announced new arrangements for the delivery of the system. RISQS describes itself as the “single entry point” for...
- Lincolnshire bridge replacement to 'greatly benefit' freightNetwork Rail is to upgrade a railway bridge in Vernatts Drain, Lincolnshire, as part of the Railway Upgrade Plan. The project, which will see a £1.5m investment into the network, will demolish the structure and replace it with a new, ready-made bridge, which will be stronger and able to...
- £68m signalling overhaul set to start in AngliaAs part of its upgrade plan, Network Rail is installing a new state of the art signalling system on the train lines in the Yarmouth, Norwich and Lowestoft areas. The upgrade, part of a £68m investment, will modernise the region by introducing 66 new colour light LED signals, 22 power...
- TfGM gets to work on upgrades at 25 GM stationsMajor work to upgrade stations across Manchester’s Metrolink network has kicked off this week. This first phase will see customer information screens, public address systems, CCTV, help points and induction loops installed at 25 stations around Greater Manchester. Tactile paving will then...
Railway Gazette
- World rail freight news round-upVTG and Dutch company Intermodal Telematics have launched a joint engineering programme to develop...
- Refurbished Pendolino returns to serviceCZECH REPUBLIC: The first of national operator ČD’s Pendolino trainsets to be refurbished returned...
- Spain publishes international open access criteriaSPAIN: National competition authority CNMC has published the criteria that will be used to asses...
- Agreement reached for restructuring at Bombardier Transportation in GermanyGERMANY: Bombardier Transportation GmbH's management and general works council announced on...
- CER appoints Fritzson as ChairmanEUROPE: CER named SJ CEO & President Crister Fritzson as its Chairman at its General Assembly...
- Trainline launches international API to streamline B2B rail bookingTRAINLINE: The business-to-business arm of independent ticket retailer Trainline now offers an API...
Other News Sources
- The Labour party has pledged to nationalise the privatised utility industries an all private finance initiative (PFI) contracts if it wins the next general election.“Building an economy for the many means bringing ownership and control of the utilities and key services into the hands of people who use and work in them. Rail, water, energy, Royal Mail – we’re taking them back,” shadow chancellor John McDonnell told the Labour party's annual conference yesterday.
- Network Rail announces major signalling upgrade on Norwich, Yarmouth and Lowestoft train linesA new state-of-the-art signalling system is to be installed on train lines in the Norwich, Yarmouth and Lowestoft areas.
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