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Thursday, 01 November 2018

BBC News

• On board the new Jerusalem-Tel Aviv fast trainIt's been a long time coming, but Israeli commuters are finally able to board double-decker high-speed trains on a new link from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv.
• Japan bullet train stops 'scary' safety drillsWorkers at the Japanese company would crouch in trenches beside railway tracks as trains sped by.
• Eurostar resets customer passwords after hack attackThe rail firm reset passwords after detecting efforts to break into some accounts earlier this month.

Times Online

• £35bn for rail ‘won’t bring end to delays’ [Subscription]Reliable train services cannot be guaranteed despite a record £35 billion upgrade of the network, the rail watchdog admitted yesterday.

Mail Online

• One of the 'biggest ever' rail shutdown to hit Britain over Christmas and the festive season as passengers face drastically reduced services and delays for up to 12 daysRail passengers planning a Christmas getaway face a season of misery because of engineering work on key lines.

London Evening Standard

• London train cancellations over Christmas and New Year: Paddington, Victoria and Liverpool Street all hit by major shutdownOne of London's biggest ever Christmas rail shutdowns will see many stations and lines - including direct links to Heathrow and Gatwick - closed throughout the holiday season for much-needed upgrade work.
• TfL Tube strike: Commuters warned of major travel chaos over Piccadilly Line, Central and Waterloo and City walkoutTube commuters have been warned of major disruption on the London Underground next week because of a planned strike, which will hit three Tube lines.
• Londoners flock to Reddit to share what they would include in Tube etiquette 'rulebook'Londoners have taken to Reddit to share what they would include in a Tube etiquette 'rulebook'.
• TfL Tube strike November 2018: Central and Piccadilly lines walkout dates, travel advice and more... all you need to knowHundreds of thousands of commuters will face major travel disruption next week because of a strike on three London Underground lines.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Crossrail delay: £350m loan for London route announced by governmentA £350m bailout of the delayed Crossrail project has been announced by the government.

Rail Technology Magazine

• ORR approves Network Rail's £35bn CP6 spending plans The ORR has today set outs its final determination on Network Rail’s £35bn plans for CP6, the five-year period from 1 April next year. The rail regulator has approved £7.7bn of spending for the maintenance of existing railways, and £16.6bn for renewing railways – a...
• Refurbishing rolling stock into bi-modes could unlock disused railway lines The DfT has said that innovative refurbishment of old rolling stock into modern bi-mode trains could offer the opportunity to reopen disused railway lines. In the department’s ‘Rolling Stock Perspective Fourth Edition,’ the government made note of several cases of this taking...
• Still no date given for Azuma rollout on ECML by DfTThe DfT still has no answer for when the long-awaited Azuma trains will begin running on the East Coast Main Line, the transport minister told the House of Lords today. Baroness Liz Sugg, appointed to the DfT role in October last year, said she was “not able to give a definite date”...