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Friday, 13 September 2019

BBC News

• Direct Redcar-Manchester trains to launch in DecemberDirect trains running between Redcar and Manchester will launch in December, it has been announced.

Times Online

• Westminster is broken but it is high time the North was fixed - Steve Rotheram and Andy Burnham [Subscription]However people voted in the referendum, they can at least now agree on one thing: the old Westminster system is broken beyond repair.

City AM

• Heidi Alexander: It would add ‘insult to injury’ if HS2 skips EustonIt would add ‘insult to injury’ if High Speed Two (HS2) did not stop at Euston, London’s deputy mayor for transport has said.
• Trainline increases revenue expectations as sales soarShares in Trainline jumped more than six per cent this morning as the ticket-selling platform announced soaring sales in the first half of the financial year.

Wales Online

• Buses will replace trains between Cardiff and Bristol this weekend because of electrification workMajor disruption is expected as work to electrify the south Wales mainline is taking place

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• Early changes coming to struggling electrified Chase LineMore changes are to be made on the £200 million Chase Line to address the “significant unreliability” facing passengers.

Yorkshire Evening Post

• The British railway system falls over the minute there is bad weather, metro mayor Andy Burnham tells northern rail bosses after "terrible" summerA leading northern metro mayor has claimed that the British railway system "all falls over the minute there is bad weather" as rail bosses admitted the summer had been "terrible" for passengers in the North.

East Anglian Daily Times

• Calls for investment in rail services in NewmarketCalls for investment in rail infrastructure have been made by politicians and businesses in Newmarket.

Other Regional Press

• Reopening Bere Alston to Tavistock railway line costs rise again - but better news for Okehampton to Exeter serviceCosts for the reinstatement of a railway from Tavistock to Bere Alston have ballooned to £93m, councillors have been told.
• Spelthorne council's 16 requirements to be able to support Heathrow Airport expansionNo immigration centres in Spelthorne and making sure that car parking is only built north of the airport are two of the council's conditions for supporting Heathrow expansion.
• Boris Johnson claims government is 'committed' to Leeds Manchester train linkAt a speech in Yorkshire tomorrow (September 13) the PM is expected to flag up his aim to cut journey times and increase capacity

Rail Technology Magazine

• Plans for £3.5bn Midlands Engine Rail launchedThe Midlands Engine Rail, a £3.5bn improvement programme made up of seven projects spanning the East and West Midlands, has been launched by regional transport body Midlands Connect.
• New railway station between Hinckley and Nuneaton receives backingPlans for a new railway station between Hinckley and Nuneaton looks set to go ahead following backing from councillors.

Railnews

• Prime Minister urged to support £3.5bn Midlands rail planMIDLANDS Connect has unveiled an ambitious plan to move ahead with seven rail projects in the region, which are designed to be co-ordinated with HS2.

Other News Sources

• Gleeds appoints new rail director as it eyes more Network Rail workGleeds has named an ex-Mott MacDonald manager as its new director of cost management for its UK rail business.