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A new rail strategy that will slash journey times, shift freight from the roads to the tracks and boost the Midlands economy by £649 million a year was due to be launched today.
Monday, 09 July 2018
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- 'One is not amused' The Queen is not happy with changes to trains, claims rail bossTHE QUEEN travels only on the old fleet of crisis-hit rail firm Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) as she does not like the seats of the company’s new trains, a rail boss has admitted as the monarch joins thousands of rail passengers unhappy with Britain's trains.
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- Derby to get better links to Birmingham in £649 million rail shake-upScheme aimed at improving speed and ease of travel in region, in bid to boost economy
Wales Online
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- Complaints rise 30% and Arriva Trains Wales blames the weatherNew figures reveal complaints about Arriva Trains Wales have increased by almost 30% in the past year.
Wolverhampton Express and Star
- New strategy to shift freight from roads to railA new rail strategy that will slash journey times, shift freight from the roads to the tracks and boost the Midlands economy by £649 million a year was due to be launched today.
Yorkshire Evening Post
- Tory MP suggests Chris Grayling should not cancel rail electrification across Pennines and says Whitehall is 'biased' against North A Tory rising star has suggested Transport Secretary Chris Grayling should avoid falling victim to Whitehall “bias” against the North and press ahead with plans to electrify the a key section of the cross-Pennine railway.
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- Trains cancelled and delayed after theft of cablesSeveral train services have been cancelled following the theft of signalling cables near Lancaster overnight.
- Fury after Northern scramble to find replacement buses after every Barrow-bound train cancelled MP John Woodcock expressed fury and disbelief at the news
- Royal Visit: The Prince of Wales helps launch train station defibrillator campaignA campaign has been launched between Arriva Trains Wales and the charity Welsh Hearts to install life saving defibrillators along the Heart of Wales line in its 150th year.
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- Carillion proves 'fundamental flaws' in government contractingCarillion’s collapse exposed “fundamental flaws” in government’s approach to contracting, a Commons committee has said.
- Insight | How tight cash buffer could affect Network Rail renewalsNetwork Rail’s pot is running dry. In fact it has just £100M to account for any “suprise costs” between now and April 2019.
- Axed electrification threatens to derail South Wales MetroPlans for a South Wales Metro could be jeopardised by the government’s decision to axe electrification in the area, according to the head of Transport for Wales.
- 'Extremely tight' deadline for Waterloo upgradeThe reopening of the old Eurostar platforms at Waterloo station will open on time despite the schedule being “extremely tight”.
- Old Oak Common forced to suspend CEO searchThe Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) is suspending its search for a new chief executive.
- 20 year Midlands rail hub plan launchedA new 20 year strategy to create a Midlands rail hub to add 6M passenger journeys has been launched.
The Business Desk
- 20-year plan revealed to create Midlands Rail HubA 20-year strategy to create a ‘Midlands Rail Hub’ will create the capacity for six million more individual train journeys each year, boost the Midlands’ economy by £649m pounds a year and shift £22bn of freight from the roads to the railways, according to Our Routes to Growth, a report unveiled today (9 July) by the Sub-national transport body Midlands Connect and the Secretary of State for Transport Chris Grayling.
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