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Government admits HS2 demolition comparisons between Meadowhall and M18 routes were incorrect
A comparison of housing demolition figures used to help justify changing the HS2 route through South Yorkshire was wrong by at least 40 per cent, the Government has admitted.
Consultation on new flight paths plan to launch next month
Heathrow is launching a major consultation as it prepares to embark on the biggest reorganisation of its airspace since 1946.
Monday, 18 December 2017
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- Funicular railway: Switzerland launches world's steepest serviceThe world's steepest funicular railway has opened in Switzerland.
The Herald
- Virgin's new Azuma train makes test run to HighlandsOne of Virgin's new Azuma trains has travelled to the Highlands for the first time on a test run.
City AM
- Network Rail will wrap up Christmas presents for free at London Waterloo stationLast minute London shoppers are being given the chance to make Christmas slightly less stressful, with Network Rail offering to wrap presents for free this coming week.
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- Japan raids firms over alleged maglev bid-riggingTokyo prosecutors Monday raided two major construction firms over suspicions they colluded to secure contracts for Japan's multi-billion-dollar maglev project that will see trains running at 500 kilometres (310 miles) per hour.
Edinburgh Evening News
- Rail commuters demand action to tackle chronic overcrowding FED-up with overcrowded trains, rail commuters across the Capital have demanded action to stop them feeling “crammed in like sardines” on a daily basis.
Manchester Evening News
- After travelling 300m miles in the last 15 years Virgin's Pendolinos are getting a facelift - this is how Trains given a break from the Manchester-London West Coast Mainline for an overhaul
Yorkshire Post
- Government admits HS2 demolition comparisons between Meadowhall and M18 routes were incorrect A comparison of housing demolition figures used to help justify changing the HS2 route through South Yorkshire was wrong by at least 40 per cent, the Government has admitted.
- The Yorkshire Post says: Environmental case should be tipping point for Government U-turn on Yorkshire rail scheme Much has already been made of the damage to commuters from the Government’s decision to scrap a £500m upgrade of a key railway line between Yorkshire and London; now the environmental cost of the cancellation is becoming clear.
- Ministers criticised over scrapping of electrification schemes Transport ministers are facing fresh criticism over their decision to scrap rail electrification schemes in the region after figures revealed the scale of the environmental benefits that the upgrade was expected to generate.
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- 'Slap in the face for cyclists' as bikes banned from rush hour trains to OxfordA RAIL company has been accused of ‘slapping cyclists in the face’ after banning bikes from some trains into and out of Oxford.
- Manchester Airport passenger figures rise highest in UKMANCHESTER Airport added more passengers than any other UK airport between April and September, with an additional 1.27 million compared to 1.25 million at both Gatwick and Heathrow.
- New Virgin Azuma train makes test run to the HighlandsThe journey took it north of Edinburgh to Inverness on Friday, before travelling back to its depot in Doncaster on Saturday morning.
Railway Gazette
- World rail freight news round-upOn December 14 TX Logistik signed a firm order for Bombardier Transportation to supply 40 Traxx MS3...
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- New rail service linking towns moves a step closer Plans to establish a heritage rail link between Fleetwood and Poulton have been given a vital extra push along the tracks.
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