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Bombardier and Hitachi hailed “a landmark day for the UK rail sector” after joining forces to bid for the £2.75 billion contract for HS2 trains.
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London's new deputy mayor for transport Heidi Alexander will today call for Transport for London (TfL) to take over parts of the trouble-hit Govia Thameslink Railway franchise after a train timetable shake-up caused chaos.
Rail boss pledge on direct rail link from Weymouth to Heathrow by 2026
That is the message from Graham Cross, chief executive of Heathrow Southern Railway (HSRL), who are preparing plans to a £1 billion rail link which will link Dorset with the UK's biggest airport.
Wednesday, 04 July 2018
BBC News
- Network Rail loses appeal over Maesteg knotweed homesThe Japanese knotweed encroached on the land of Stephen Williams and Robin Waistell.
- Swansea rail electrification plan should be reconsidered, MPs sayThey want the scrapped Cardiff-Swansea scheme re-classed as pending, with a fresh look at costs.
- Manchester-Leeds rail electrification: Minister 'reneging' on pledgeThe equivocation of electrification was another
- Thameslink and Great Northern apologise in newspaper ad for 'ongoing problems'Thameslink and Great Northern admits to passengers that the service
Department for Transport
- Leeds confirmed as site of HS2 eastern leg rolling stock depotNew depot will see Yorkshire become a thriving hub for training engineers.
Times Online
- Bombardier and Hitachi make joint bid for HS2 contract [Subscription]Bombardier and Hitachi hailed “a landmark day for the UK rail sector” after joining forces to bid for the £2.75 billion contract for HS2 trains.
- Residents told to fix their own potholes [Subscription]A council has been accused of offloading its work by asking local residents to volunteer to fix potholes on their roads.
City AM
- London's new deputy mayor for transport calls for TfL to take on parts of Govia Thameslink Railway franchise after timetable chaosLondon's new deputy mayor for transport Heidi Alexander will today call for Transport for London (TfL) to take over parts of the trouble-hit Govia Thameslink Railway franchise after a train timetable shake-up caused chaos.
- Contest to build new HS2 trains heats up as Bombardier and Hitachi launch joint bid for £2.75bn contractThe contest to build the first fleet of HS2 trains has been widened after construction giants Bombardier and Hitachi launched a joint bid for the lucrative £2.75bn contract.
Sky News
- Bombardier and Hitachi in joint bid to build HS2 trains in UKThe Canadian and Japanese firms described themselves as 'tried and tested', having already built a high-speed train for Italy.
Bolton News
- There will be 'real anger' across the north if electrification cancellation is true says BurnhamTHE Mayor of Greater Manchester has spoken out against claims that the government wants to ditch plans to electrify the railway between Manchester and Leeds.
Bradford Telegraph & Argus
- HS2 depot to be built in Leeds, Government confirmsTHE Government has confirmed that the new HS2 rolling stock depot will be located in Leeds, creating up to 125 skilled jobs.
Derby Telegraph
- Bombardier in joint bid for £2.75 BILLION deal to make HS2 trainsThousands of jobs and apprenticeships would be created
London Evening Standard
- Hundreds more trains axed after weeks of rail chaos... and Thameslink blames Network RailBeleaguered Govia Thameslink Railway today hit back after being given a two-week ultimatum to improve services — and blamed Network Rail.
- Hundreds of commuters left stranded at Oxford Circus as severe delays on Central line spark travel chaosHundreds of commuters were left stranded outside Oxford Circus tube station when it was temporarily closed due to over-crowding.
Newcastle Evening Chronicle
- Durham's Hitachi Rail in joint bid with Bombardier to design and make new HS2 trainsThe two firms have worked together before and want to win this 'once-in-a-lifetime' chance to shape the rail network
Yorkshire Evening Post
- Two new rail stations proposed in Leeds: Your chance to have a say on schemes People are being invited to give feedback on proposals for new stations at White Rose and Thorpe Park as part of a Connecting Leeds bid to improve transport in the city
Other Regional Press
- Campaigners hit out at HS2 "green corridor"Green campaigners have hit out at the planned HS2 green corridor, describing it as “smashing a Ming vase and replacing it with bargain basement crockery.”
- Mirfield Railway Station has a new car park but hardly anyone knows about itCommuters clog nearby road with cars while new car park is almost empty
- Heathrow Airport could be reached in two hours from Somerset if new rail plan goes aheadSomerset residents could be able to get to Heathrow Airport within two hours if a new railway project comes to fruition.
- Heathrow Airport could be reached in two hours from Somerset if new rail plan goes aheadSomerset residents could be able to get to Heathrow Airport within two hours if a new railway project comes to fruition.
- Rail boss pledge on direct rail link from Weymouth to Heathrow by 2026That is the message from Graham Cross, chief executive of Heathrow Southern Railway (HSRL), who are preparing plans to a £1 billion rail link which will link Dorset with the UK's biggest airport.
Global Rail News
- Building HS2’s trains: what you need to know about the biddersHS2 has today updated the shortlist of bidders for the £2.75 billion contract to build at least 54 ‘conventional compatible’ trains for Britain’s new high-speed line.
Rail Magazine
- First D-Train with Transport for Wales in March 2019The first Class 230 D-Train for Transport for Wales should be ready by March 2019, with all five in traffic from May 2019.
- CAF welcomes invite to join HS2 rolling stock contestSpanish manufacturer CAF has welcomed its invite from High Speed 2 Ltd to bid for the £2.75 billion train contract for Phase 1 of Britain’s second high-speed railway.
Rail Technology Magazine
- TOCs take out newspaper ad apologising to customers, pledge new timetable in two weeksMajor train firms have taken out a half-page advert in a major newspaper to apologise to customers for “ongoing problems” since the chaotic introduction of new timetables on 20 May. South-eastern TOCs GTR and Great Northern, in partnership with Network Rail, purchased the ad in free...
- Trains still running late despite emergency timetables in operationTrains are continuing to run late despite TOCs running timetables on ‘emergency’ fixtures, new figures show. Data released by Network Rail’s public performance measure (PPM) shows the percentage of trains which arrive at their terminating station within five minutes (for...
- GTR could lose its franchise if services don't improve after new timetableGovia Thameslink Railway (GTR) is at risk of losing its franchise if it fails to improve the slumping performance across its services since late May’s timetable shake-up, which led to a string of cancellations and delays. The BBC received this information from a government source, who...
- Wi-fi as a weaponSelf-described ethical hacker Ken Munro, a security entrepreneur at Pen Test Partners, attracted a full house at this year’s Infrarail during his presentation on how customer communication networks can be used to take over trains and have catastrophic consequences for the rail industry...
- Greater Anglia: The future of rail travelMike Kean, deputy MD and franchise and programmes director at Greater Anglia, gives us the lowdown on the train operator’s new bi-mode trains which are currently under construction in Switzerland. I’ve recently been over to Switzerland and walked through the first of the futuristic...
- HS1: Going international Wendy Spinks OBE, commercial director of HS1 Ltd, discusses the potential of new, direct international train services from the UK. Passengers value international train travel and want new direct destinations. That should come as no surprise when Eurostar, the current international...
- Timetable chaos: Strong and stable? David Sidebottom, director at Transport Focus, paints a stark picture of the considerable human impact of delays across London and the north – even before the full extent of the crisis becomes known. The current timetable chaos on Thameslink, Great Northern and Northern is deeply...
- Welsh rail: Left in the darkChair of the Welsh Affairs Committee, David Davies, argues that, in light of cancelled electrification plans, Welsh rail has been left in the dark and has seen little investment compared to the rest of the UK. The cancellation of plans to electrify the railway line from Cardiff to Swansea, which...
Railnews
- Bombardier, Hitachi join forces for HS2 train bidTWO major train builders have joined forces to bid for the first HS2 rolling stock contract, worth an estimated £2.75 billion.
Railway Gazette
- Joint venture to bid for HS2 rolling stock contract UK: Bombardier Transportation and Hitachi Rail Europe have agreed to submit a joint bid for the...
Other News Sources
- Plans announced for £1 billion rail link between Southampton and HeathrowThat is the message from Graham Cross, chief executive of Heathrow Southern Railway (HSRL), which is preparing plans for a £1 billion rail link between the city and the UK’s biggest airport.
- Rail chaos as passengers face severe delays between Brighton and London MULTIPLE signal failures caused severe delays to trains between Brighton and London yesterday.
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