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Friday, 23 August 2019

BBC News

• Warning over King's Cross station bank holiday closureRail passengers planning a bank holiday getaway are being urged to avoid travelling from Kings Cross.

The Guardian

• Rail line in Hampshire is world's first to be powered by solar farm Pilot scheme on Network Rail’s Wessex route could pave way for direct powering of trains

Times Online

• Times letters: Independent review of the HS2 rail project [Subscription]Sir, It is excellent news that the HS2 scheme is finally being subjected to a thorough analysis (report, Aug 22). However, the review must consider the scheme in the widest possible context rather than just rehearsing narrow arguments about cost. In particular, the only environmental appraisal, setting out the effect of HS2 on greenhouse gas emissions, was produced nearly a decade ago and was inconclusive.
• Boris Johnson plans to save HS2 northern links and scrap London line [Subscription]Boris Johnson is considering building the northern stretch of HS2 first as part of an overhaul of the project, The Times has learnt.

London Evening Standard

• Central Line delays: Chaos as commuters trapped underground 'for over an hour' after Tube breakdownCommuters travelling in east London have faced chaos after a Central Line failure left

Yorkshire Post

• Why high-speed rail in North must take precedence over HS2 - Bill CarmichaelNEWS this week that the Government is launching a review of the HS2 rail project linking London to Birmingham and eventually to Leeds and Manchester – with a “go or no-go” decision by the end of this year – shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• HSBC UK to support Maritime's multi-million pound expansion plansMaritime Transport, a market-leading transport and logistics operator with headquarters in Felixstowe, is making a number of major strategic changes to strengthen the business for the future, becoming even more versatile and responsive to customer needs, after securing an eight-figure finance package from HSBC UK.

New Civil Engineer

• HS2 | Review could make project unrecognisable 22 Aug, 2019 By Katherine Smale Removing Euston as the High Speed 2 (HS2) southern terminus and examining whether HS2 Ltd is the right entity to take the scheme forward will be among the questions a new no-holds-barred review into the project will ask.

Rail Technology Magazine

• Government announces £25m Brexit high-speed medicines serviceIn the event of a No Deal Brexit, the Government has announced the setting up of a high-speed train service to ferry medicine to the UK from France.

Other News Sources

• How Merseyrail dared to be different  Stability and local control has provided the basis for this unique city region railway operation to push on and create a success story   All Merseyrail stations are now being prepared for the biggest change to the network in years – new rolling stock   “Liverpool, surreal. Liverpool, sardonic. Liverpool battered dignity. Liverpool, flotsam of maritime memory. Liverpool never quite what it was because everything it does changes what it does … Liverpool, welcoming the world. Liverpool cutting edge, keeping pace, dropping anchor.â€� Extract from The North by Paul Morley...