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Britain’s first battery-powered “trackless” tram could be built under plans to drastically cut congestion in Cambridge.
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Tuesday, 19 March 2019
BBC News
- Equal Pay Day: Cheaper travel for Berlin womenBerlin public transport gives women 21% off fares to highlight the gender pay gap.
- Eurostar industrial action continues to hit services from ParisSevere disruption on Paris-to-London services continues on another day of industrial action.
ITV News
- Massive rail project, designed to reduce delaysNetwork Rail will, next week, start its biggest ever project to cut delays which cause frustration for thousands of passengers in the south.
The Guardian
- How public transport actually turns a profit in Hong KongThe Hong Kong MTR’s ‘rail plus property’ model keep fares cheap and makes the company completely self-sustaining. Could loss-making metro systems in other cities learn lessons?
Times Online
- £4bn ‘trackless tram’ to reduce congestion in Cambridge [Subscription]Britain’s first battery-powered “trackless” tram could be built under plans to drastically cut congestion in Cambridge.
London Evening Standard
- London Tube staff reveal scale of abuse by passengers as study shows one in five have been assaultedOne in five London Underground workers have been assaulted by passengers and one in 10 have been sexually harassed, research has shown.
Rail Magazine
- Hull Trains ‘802/3s’ being readied for November startAll five Class 802/3s for Hull Trains are in various stages of construction at Hitachi’s facility in Pistoia (Italy), and will be delivered by rail to Newton Aycliffe later this year.
Rail Technology Magazine
- Ashford Blyth and Tyne line reopening mulled over in six 'quick win' rail projects for northern transport A series of ‘quick wins’ have been identified to fix the “current crisis” in the north’s transport network in a report by the IPPR. Following the publication of Transport for the North’s (TfN) Strategic Transport Plan (STP), the IPPR said a potential future...
- WYCA calls for 'significant reform' to rail system in submission to Williams ReviewThe West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) has called for “significant reforms” to the current system for commissioning and operating rail services in its submission to the Williams Review. The combined authority has stated that the current system “is not working for the...
Other News Sources
- Rail 871: The Crossrail mystery – and how the USA does not understand railThe awful year in 2018 endured by the railways might have been leavened somewhat had Crossrail opened on time. In reality, that was never going to happen. While working on my book, The Crossrail Story, over the first half of last year, I was frequently in the Crossrail offices in Canary Wharf and I could see that behind the promises that the scheme was ‘on time, on budget’, there were severe doubts among the senior executives that the December 9th deadline would ever be met.
- HS2 chair does not expect to be given any more cashThe man in charge at HS2 has revealed he does not expect any more money to be made available for the project.
- Which Dorset railways stations would you like to see re-opened?Would it be the old Wimborne to Blandford line? Or as far west as the station at Lyme Regis?
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