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Friday, 07 June 2019

BBC News

• NPP: Businesses want 'Northern Crossrail' investmentThe government is considering a plan for a £39bn high-speed rail link across the north of England.
• Passenger trust in rail firms declinesDissatisfaction over punctuality and reliability has eroded trust in rail operators, research suggests.

ITV News

• Changes to HS2 route could see high speed trains between Manchester and LiverpoolChanges to the proposed HS2 route have been announced to connect the line with Northern Powerhouse Rail.

The Guardian

• Northern firms throw weight behind HS2 and new east-west rail lineBusinesses overwhelmingly support plans for two new high-speed lines, research finds

Times Online

• HS2 to link with Northern Powerhouse line [subscription]HS2 trains will be able to run across northern England under plans for a fully integrated high-speed network.
• Rail investors receive green signal from Go-Ahead [subscription]An unexpectedly upbeat message from Go-Ahead Group, the London commuter operator, has boosted investors’ appetite for the struggling rail sector.
• Lord Adonis: ‘Use £5bn road fund to reverse Beeching cuts to rail network’ [Subscription]Billions of pounds earmarked for road-building schemes should be diverted to reopen almost 100 railway stations that were shut as part of the Beeching cuts, ministers are to be told.
• Grayling gets ready [Subscription](scroll down screen to view this item ) Not another franchise derailment, surely. Look at this. Chris Grayling’s Department for Transport has changed the name of one of its “operator of last resort” companies: the sort that steps in when a rail outfit fails, just like it did on the east coast main line. A Companies House filing shows that DFT OLR2 has been renamed SE Trains.

City AM

• Go-Ahead shares thrive as it predicts higher salesGo-Ahead expects revenues to be higher than originally thought in its London and international bus division, it said today.
• Chris Grayling launches HS2 review to boost links with northTransport secretary Chris Grayling has kickstarted a review into how the second phase of HS2 could be more efficient and cost effective as the project’s fate hangs in the balance with the ongoing Tory leadership election.
• Go-Ahead appoints interim chief financial officer Elodie Brian as finance bossThe Go-Ahead Group has appointed former Southeastern finance director Elodie Brian as its chief financial officer.

Birmingham Mail

• Anger after Government says future of HS2 high speed rail project is uncertainThe next Prime Minister will make a decision about HS2, according to Treasury Minister

London Evening Standard

• Tube strike looms as pay talks collapse and union threatens to 'bring London to a halt'Furious RMT Leaders today threatened to

Manchester Evening News

• HS2 changes could create a new quicker rail route between Manchester and LiverpoolGovernment bosses also want to relocate two proposed ventilation shafts in south Manchester

North Wales Live

• Fans line North Wales coast railway to see veteran steam locomotiveLeander was built in March 1936 for London Midland Scottish Railway and was based in Crewe

Other Regional Press

• New rail depot will be a great asset to the townBack in January, the Harry Needle Railroad Company acquired the 12-acre former DB Schenker site in Worksop, fulfilling it’s aspiration of owning a large-scale rail depot, writes Coun Simon Greaves.
• Chiltern Railways named one of the most trusted operators in countryA REPORT has found that a rail operator that provides services in Oxfordshire is one of the most trusted railway operators in the country.

New Civil Engineer

• HS2 boss defends procurement strategy in face of High Court battleHigh Speed 2 Ltd (HS2 Ltd) chief operating officer Richard Robinson has hit back at accusations that the project’s procurement strategy is encouraging a “race to the bottom”.
• HS2 reveals plan to share lines with Northern Powerhouse RailThe first steps to fully integrating the second phase of High Speed 2 (HS2) with the Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) scheme have been announced as HS2 launches its phase 2b design refinement consultation.

The Business Desk

• Government looking at new rail route between Liverpool and ManchesterThe government has announced it is looking at a new rail route between Manchester and Liverpool. The government has launched a consultation on the long awaited second phase of the high-speed rail link between London and the north of the UK.

EIN News Subscription

• Murdo Fraser: Don't let the killjoy Greens trash our transport heritageOne of the pleasures of a Scottish summer is enjoying a sunny day on our rural roads behind the wheel of a convertible, alive to the sounds and smells of the countryside in a way which is never possible when fully enclosed within steel and glass. And if that convertible is a classic British sports car or tourer, then so much the better.