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Friday, 04 May 2018

The Guardian

• Network Rail is on the wrong track with tree cullingClearing trees beside railway lines can cause soil erosion and even land slippage

City AM

• Go-Ahead shares tank as cash flow questions are posedTens of millions of pounds were today wiped off the market value of Go-Ahead after a leading City analyst questioned whether Southern rail owner could sustain its chunky dividend payouts.
• How rail companies can get on the right trackLondoners are preparing for major disruption to their travel plans this May bank holiday, as work across more than 800 rail projects gets underway to help combat overcrowding on Britain’s railways.

Nottingham Evening Post

• Campaigners bidding to restore former railway station in Gedling - which inspired Lord of the Rings - reveal plans for tearoom named after authorCampaigners behind a project to restore a former railway station in Gedling - which they say gave legendary author J. R. R. Tolkien the inspiration to write his Lord of the Rings trilogy - have revealed plans to name a tearoom after the author.

Get West London

• New Crossrail trains not stopping at Heathrow as TfL set to take over routeHeathrow Connect and Great Western Rail suburban rail services will be taken over by TfL on May 20

Lancashire Telegraph

• Blackburn commuters left stranded because trains 'have no drivers'COMMUTERS were left frustrated for the fourth day in a row after rail services across East Lancashire faced severe delays and cancellations yesterday.

Other Regional Press

• Moses Gate electrification: Network Rail agrees to plant new treesLONG-SUFFERING residents in Farnworth are “over the moon” after rail bosses agreed to replace trees around the track.
• Chiltern Railways introduce new late-night train on FridaysCHILTERN Railways, which runs trains from Oxford Parkway to London Marylebone, is to provide a new late-night service on Fridays.
• Government urged to end ‘boom and bust’ in rail procurementThe head of a trade body representing railway suppliers has warned that current arrangements for funding infrastructure work on Britain’s railways create cycles of boom and bust that are both costly and inefficient.

Other News Sources

• ScotRail claims service is improving ahead of public meeting over East Lothian lineSCOTRAIL has pledged to have six-carriage trains running during the majority of peak hours services between North Berwick and Edinburgh by the end if this year.
• £9M SECURED FOR BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL STATION TRANSFORMATIONMore than £9m has been secured to help redesign Birmingham International Station ahead of the arrival of HS2.
• Balfour Beatty wins £50m Great Western repairs dealNetwork Rail has given Balfour Beatty an emergency repairs contract, worth up to £50m over the five-year term.