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Tuesday, 05 March 2019

Birmingham Mail

• Full steam ahead for Walsall railway stations planPublic consultation on Darlaston and Willenhall railway stations begins

The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)

• New train delays push back introduction of late night Elgin to Inverness servicesConcerns were raised when the latest timetable introduced on the line in December did not include the promised improvements.

East Anglian Daily Times

• Councils offer £1m to get major upgrade to vital Suffolk rail junctionCouncil leaders in Suffolk have offered Network Rail £1m to try to encourage it to upgrade Haughley Junction just north of Stowmarket as a matter of priority.

Other Regional Press

• Midland Mainline electrification will now continue into Leicestershire says GovernmentThe Government had previously intended to stop the upgrade of the route south of the county border
• Siemens named UK's best rail firm ahead of opening Goole train factorySiemens Mobility has been named UK Rail Business of the Year
• Call for urgent rail improvements in Calderdale after district misses out in billion-pound project’s plansRail campaigners say long-term projects must not get in the way of “desperately needed” improvements to the Calder Valley line

Rail Advent

• Stadler to start building new trains for the Wales and BordersStadler has announced that it is about to start the project to supply CITYLINK tram-trains and FLIRT trains for Wales & Borders.

Rail Technology Magazine

• TransCityRail Midlands - AgendaConference Agenda 08:30 Registration / Breakfast / Networking / Exhibition 09:30 Malcolm Holmes, Executive Director, West Midlands Rail Executive Director of Rail, Transport for West Midlands - Confirmed 09:45 Toufic Machnouk, LNE & EM Route Programme Director, Network Rail - Confirmed 10:00 Leaders Debate ...
• Engineering firm sues HS2 over £1bn Old Oak Common construction contract Engineer giant Bechtel has launched a legal challenge against HS2 after losing a £1bn contract to build the Old Oak Common Station, claiming the tender process was botched. The American firm has lodged a High Court claim against the £1.3bn contract to build the west London station...
• Stadler to build 71 trains for Wales and Borders railwayTransport for Wales (TfW) has awarded a contract to build 71 new trains for the Wales & Borders railway franchise. The contract is to deliver 36 three-car CityLink tram trains, the same model which debuted in Sheffield last year; and 35 FLIRT units for TfW Rail Services, with a mix of...
• Plans unveiled for two new 'vital' stations in the West MidlandsPlans for two new railway stations on the Walsall to Wolverhampton line have been unveiled by West Midlands transport bosses today. Designs for Darlaston and Willenhall stations have been released by the West Midlands Railway Executive (WMRE) and Transport for the West Midlands (TfWM) to mark...

Railway Gazette

• 5G roll out to begin on South Western RailwayUK: FirstGroup has announced that its Rail Division will be the exclusive supplier of Blu Wireless’s 5G communications for ontrain connectivity. This follows a 2½ year development programme undertaken with Network Rail, the Department for Transport and the Department for Culture Media & Sport.

Other News Sources

• Cumbria MPs positive over rail dispute after minister meetingCUMBRIAN MPs met with Rail Minister Andrew Jones in Parliament last week to discuss the future of rail services in the county.
• Record passenger numbers at EurostarEurostar, the high-speed rail link between the UK and mainland Europe, has reported record sales revenues and passenger numbers for 2018. The business has carried more than 190 million passengers since services began in 1994.
• Gospel Oak to Barking: Trains to run every 30 minutes on shambolic Overground line as Class 710s still not readyThe Gospel Oak to Barking Overground line will be halving its train frequency later this month – because of a lack of trains.