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BBC News
- Cyrille Regis: Metro tram in memory of footballerA West Midlands Metro tram is named after former West Bromwich Albion player Cyrille Regis.
- London Tube violent crime rises by 43% in three yearsThere were more than 2,800 violent offences in the 11 months up to September, police figures show.
The Herald
- Travel chaos as Scotrail reduce carriages during rush hour between Glasgow Central and East KilbrideScotrail commuters were left with a reduced carriage service on services travelling between Glasgow Central and East Kilbride this morning.
Times Online
- HS2 facing £500m lawsuit over claims it underpaid landowners [Subscription]The HS2 high-speed rail project is facing a £500 million lawsuit over allegations that it undervalued central London property that was compulsorily purchased to make way for the line.
London Evening Standard
- Dartford station: Man 'with sword' arrested after armed police descend on busy train stationA man has been arrested after allegedly carrying a sword on train.
Other Regional Press
- Railway from Taunton to Devon and Cornwall to be closed for almost three weeks for maintenance workPASSENGERS are being warned of disruption on the railway line between Taunton and Exeter St Davids when it is closed to trains for almost three weeks from the middle of next month.
- Great Western Railway works will affect South West travel Great Western Railway is warning passengers of a series of upcoming engineering works which will affect journeys throughout the South West.
Rail Technology Magazine
- Network Rail announces final CP6 multimillion-pound contract winners for rail projects in Scotland and North EastNetwork Rail has announced the winners of its final major multimillion-pound contracts for CP6, worth a total of £470m. Following on for the previous CP6 contracts awarded by Network Rail at the end of last year, worth several billion pounds, BAM Nuttall have been picked to deliver...
- Unions launch campaign after closure notice served on 200-job Glasgow rail depotRail maintenance company Gemini Rail has served a closure notice on its Springburn depot and served workers with redundancy notices, sparking unions to launch a campaign to save the rail works. Gemini Rail announced its intention to close the depot in December, threatening nearly 200 jobs at the...
- Crossrail restarts dynamic testing on Elizabeth Line after series of delaysCrossrail has begun operating test trains on the Elizabeth Line, restarting a crucial part of testing after months of setbacks and delays. Two test trains will operate on the line during the first week of the main dynamic testing phase which Crossrail called an “important step” in...
- Siemens and Alstom prepared to walk away from merger if EU Commission rejects concessionsSiemens and Alstom will reportedly offer no further concessions to European regulators in their bid to merge their operations and form a European rail champion. The controversial Franco-German rail merger has been heavily criticised and the EU Commission has repeatedly stated its objections...
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