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Monday, 06 August 2018

BBC News

• Don't try to be a man, says rail boss Dyan CrowtherDyan Crowther has been working in the rail industry for 30 years. When she started out as a graduate trainee, there weren't any ladies' toilets where she was stationed. She’s now the first female managing director of a British train company and has big plans for the future of Eurostar.

The Independent

• HS2 requires £43bn of funding for people to make the most it, government's infrastructure tsar saysHead of National Infrastructure Commission says ministers must commit more money 'to get the biggest bang for our buck'

Times Online

• ‘We should spend billions more on HS2’ [Subscription]An extra £43 billion should be invested to make the most of the HS2 project, the government’s infrastructure adviser has said, leading critics to raise fresh concerns about the cost.

City AM

• Campaign group calls on government to intervene in Network Rail's £1.5bn arches saleA campaign group acting for small business based in Network Rail’s up-for-grabs arches have called on the government to intervene in the £1.5bn sale to protect their interests.

The National

• Fury as more rail delays predicted on Highland main lineFURIOUS transport campaigners are predicting more delays and cancellations on the Highland main rail line because of a failure to upgrade it.

Belfast Telegraph

• BA boss criticises two-hour queues at Heathrow Airport as ‘border farce’Passengers at Heathrow Airport are routinely facing two-hour queues at passport control in what the head of British Airways has called a “border farce”.

The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)

• Rail campaigners accuse Scottish Government of ‘broken promises’ over North train journey timesRail campaigners have accused the Scottish Government of “broken promises” on cutting train journey times between the Highlands and the Central Belt.

Yorkshire Post

• Tom Richmond: Where’s the TransPennine Express boss? His train service is so bad that commuters miss the old PacersTRAIN operator Northern has, rightly, been in the firing line over the continuing chaos on the region’s railways – its record of failure embodies Chris Grayling’s dismal tenureship of the Department for Transport.

East Anglian Daily Times

• Special event proves model trains and tractors still fascinate in the modern ageVisitors braved the heat to go to the Mid Suffolk Light Railway’s special event for model train enthusiasts and tractor owners on Sunday.

Other Regional Press

• Windsor Link Railway forms consortium to help deliver new rail link to HeathrowThe Windsor Link Railway (WLR) has formed a consortium with a global investor as it looks to push its privately-funded railway plan to the next stage.

New Civil Engineer

• Electrification scheme hit as Network Rail loses bid to demolish bridgeNetwork Rail has lost its battle with a local council to demolish a grade II listed bridge which could have serious knock-on effects for the speed of new electrified trains on the line.
• 'Progress' made on HS2 transport hub“Strong progress” is starting to be made on Crewe’s transport hub, according to the Cheshire East Council boss.

Rail Magazine

• EXCLUSIVE: Hope for resolution to disputes over role of guardsRMT General Secretary Mick Cash has urged Northern, South Western Railway, Merseyrail and Govia Thameslink Railway to heed the agreement struck with Greater Anglia on July 19, over the role of guards (RAIL 858).

Rail Technology Magazine

• First-ever drone flight over 'trespass hotspot' will send images directly to BTPA Network Rail drone will be making its very first flight over the south western rail route today to survey a trespass hotspot in order to record any incidences of people risking their lives on the tracks, with images set to be passed onto the British Transport Police. The drone will be flying...
• Disturbing lack of assurance over plans to fix 'abysmal' timetable chaosIt is “disturbing” that neither Network Rail nor the transport operators are able to provide reassurance that their plans to improve the “currently abysmal service levels” and deliver promised network improvements after May’s disastrous timetable shake-up, leaders...

The Business Desk

• Rivals launch legal action over Siemens’ £1.5bn tube contractA legal challenge over plans to build London Underground trains at a new £200m Siemens factory in Goole has been started by rival firms.

Other News Sources

• Pride bosses blame rail services for chaos at Brighton station on Saturday night PRIDE bosses have laid the blame for the chaos that saw Pridegoers sleeping in an emergency shelter and the beach squarely at rail services.