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Thursday, 01 February 2018

BBC News

• Croydon tram crash: TfL receives 87 claimsTfL said in the report it had paid out more than £2.2m in compensation since the 2016 fatal crash.

Financial Times

• Europe ploughs resources into digital railwaysThe industry must justify its relevance to transportation as a whole
• Rail stations to have drink fountains in plastics crackdownMove part of government efforts to promote refillable water bottles

The Herald

• £41m Edinburgh railway station branded a flop as it fails to attract passengersONE of Scotland’s newest railway stations has been branded a flop after attracting less than half of the estimated users in its first year.

London Evening Standard

• Crossrail chiefs warn that £14bn Elizabeth line could blow its budget and open lateCrossrail chiefs have issued a major alert that the £14.8 billion line might not open on time and is at risk of blowing its budget.
• London's one-hour 'bus hopper' ticket is now unlimitedLondoners can now make as many bus and tram journeys within an hour for the price of just one ticket.
• UK's worst three rail operators for internet connection all in London, major survey findsThe UK's three worst rail operators for reliable internet connection all operate major routes through London, a new survey has found.
• TfL set to make bus stations and offices more energy efficient with solar powerThe move comes under the Mayor's new energy saving scheme

Other Regional Press

• "HS2 is crucial to unlocking the future of Stoke-on-Trent"Transport minister Nusrat Ghani makes the case for phase 2a of the high speed railway across Staffordshire
• Rail station figures drop by thousandsPASSENGER numbers at some rail stations across Clydebank and north-west Glasgow are down by more than 10 per cent, according to new figures.
• Isle of Wight MP appeals for feasibility cash to extend Island LineBob Seely MP asks for an assurance that, as £52 billion has been spent on HS2, he will not be told there isn’t any money to fund a feasibility study to extend Island Line trains to Newport and Ventnor.
• Sadiq Khan criticised over Met Line Extension decisionSadiq Khan’s decision to reject extra funding for the Met Line Extension has been criticised by those who supported the campaign.
• County council slashing budget by £101m by the beginning of the next decadeSt Albans MP Anne Main has urged Herts County Council to build homes on Radlett Airfield as the authority considers making cuts of £101m.
• ScotRail looking for ways to add full Changing Places toilet to revamped Dundee stationScotRail has said it will conduct a feasibility study into whether there is scope to provide a Changing Places toilet on the platform in Dundee.

New Civil Engineer

• Poor rail demand drags down infrastructure workloadsA drop in railway workloads has contributed to a drop in orders for UK infrastructure firms for the first time in five years.

Rail Magazine

• Northern unveils its first new CAF-built train.The first complete four-car Class 331 electric multiple unit for Northern has been unveiled in Zaragoza, Spain.

Other News Sources

• Who took away £700m, George?The Evening Standard, under the headline 'TfL faces £400m budget hole as thousands stop using the Tube' reports that Transport for London's income from fares is set to fall £239 million this financial year, with commercial income - from advertising, retail and property - set to drop £160 million.Tube income is currently £80 million less than planned.
• Devizes' 52-year wait for train station could endMORE than 50 years of waiting for a train station in Devizes may come to an end after a new working group said it has found the ‘perfect’ location for it.
• GMCA in talks with Network Rail to develop station sitesChief executive Eamonn Boylan says the GMCA wants to ‘realise value’ of public land around 98 train stations.