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Tuesday, 28 May 2019

BBC News

• Works to shut Market Harborough station for six daysA train station will be closed for six days while nearly 4km of track is laid and work on a footbridge is finished.

Times Online

• Bombardier set to build light railway in Cairo [subscription]Bombardier is set to win a multibillion-pound contract to build trains for a new light railway in Egypt. The manufacturer will be unveiled today as the preferred bidder for a £3.9 billion deal to build rolling stock, as well as building and operating the line.
• Chinese train hits 370mph on cushion of air [Subscription]China’s plans for one of the fastest rail routes in the world between Beijing and Shanghai moved a step further to reality yesterday when it revealed its “maglev” prototype a year ahead of schedule.

Liverpool Echo

• From an airport train to an ice rink - 35 things YOU say Liverpool is crying out forWe asked ECHO readers for their suggestions on what they think would further improve our amazing city - and they didn't hold back. From better public transport and new restaurants to ice skating rinks and water parks, there were a wide array of ideas.

Other Regional Press

• Mark Francois calls for Greater Anglia to give compensation over nine day rail closuresAN MP has called for train passengers to receive compensation due to the Southend to London line being closed for nine days.

New Civil Engineer

• Network Rail bolsters British Steel with extra ordersNetwork Rail is upping orders with British Steel to help keep the company afloat.
• Plans to turn London's abandoned postal tunnels into airport cargo systemPlans to retrofit Royal Mail’s abandoned underground rail network to transport passenger luggage from central London to the city’s six main airports have been revealed.

Rail Magazine

• Aventra finally enters Barking-Gospel Oak serviceFourteen months later than planned, London Overground 710261 became the first Class 710/2 to carry passengers when it formed the 1136 Gospel Oak-Barking on May 23.
• LNER plans Azumas in Scotland by mid-AugustLNER plans to put its new Azuma trains into Anglo-Scottish traffic from the middle of August.