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Use HS2 cash for main lines instead, ministers are told [subscription]
The high-speed rail line HS2 should be scrapped and bottlenecks eliminated on the conventional network instead, ministers have been told.
Greater Manchester set to become first in country to take public control over bus network
Greater Manchester will consult on bringing the region’s bus network back into public control – making it the first place in the country to use new powers over buses.
County council says rail link to Heathrow must be built before airport is expanded
Council leader Tim Oliver said Surrey residents are 'meat in sandwich' between Heathrow and Gatwick airports
Wednesday, 09 October 2019
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- West Midlands 2017 rail franchise agreementFranchise agreement and ancillary legal documents for London & Birmingham Railway Limited.
The Guardian
- Which city is the worst for sexual harassment on public transport?t’s 8am at Oxford Circus tube station and the Central line platforms are teeming with people. Stony-faced business types, rucksack-touting tourists and yawning schoolchildren jostle for space in the rush-hour crush.
- Closing railway lines has injured England [Letter]David Bricknell on the damage done by John Major’s rail privatisation and the setting up of Railtrack, and Alan Whitehouse points out that Scotland and Wales seem far better than England at reopening old lines
Times Online
- Use HS2 cash for main lines instead, ministers are told [subscription]The high-speed rail line HS2 should be scrapped and bottlenecks eliminated on the conventional network instead, ministers have been told.
City AM
- HS2 would drive rail price increase and shut out smaller northern cities: ASIHS2 (High Speed Rail 2) will lead to increased ticket prices and reduce train access for smaller Northern cities, according to a new study from a leading London think tank.
Network Rail
- Leaves on the line is no joke but we’re on the case in Kent where jet-washing trains will travel the equivalent of 4 times around the Earth cleaning the railwayMillions of trees grow along the railway, dropping thousands of tonnes of leaves onto the tracks every autumn
Birmingham Mail
- HS2 'will not solve the problems facing Birmingham rail passengers today'A report by the Adam Smith Institute argues that alternatives to the high speed railway can deliver increased capacity and reduced journey times for less money
Birmingham Post
- Funding for 'unviable' HS2 should be spent on roads and railways in South West and Wales says expertThe project is looking "increasingly expensive and unviable" according to a global commercial property expert
Manchester Evening News
- It was wetter inside a Northern train than outside during the commute this morningRain was leaking in through the roof during a service from Cheadle Hulme to Manchester
Reading Evening Post
- Extra seats and timetable changes as Reading to Paddington trains see biggest shake up in 43 yearsPassengers are warned of big changes ahead of the arrival of Crossrail's Elizabeth Line
Other Regional Press
- The areas of West London that will be connected to Crossrail by new railway lineThe first phase of the line could be up and running by 2026
Construction News
- Network Rail’s contractor spend table revealedAmey Rail has risen to the top of Network Rail's supplier spend table for the 12 months to October 2019.
Rail Advent
- East Midlands Railway and partners win top awardsEast Midlands Railway has announced that it has won awards along with its community partners at the Association of Community Rail Partnerships (ACoRP) Community Rail Awards.
Rail Technology Magazine
- Jet-washing trains begin work in Kent and Sussex to remove leaves on the lineNetwork Rail have deployed jet-washing trains onto the lines in Kent and Sussex, where they will be travelling the equivalent of four times round the Earth in order to clean the railway. Thousands of tonnes of leaves are dropped onto the tracks every autumn as a result of the millions of trees...
Other News Sources
- Buses to replace trains as £2.8m rail project gets under wayBUSES are set to replace trains on the Cumbrian Coast line for seven consecutive Sundays as a £2.8 project to replace worn out track gets under way.
- MPs welcome Scotrail change over service to busy Fife stationsFife politicians have claimed success in getting Scotrail to re-instate a key peak time service to three busy stations.
- Call to back plans for new Northumberland to Newcastle rail linkRail campaigners are calling on the community to get behind the proposals to bring back passenger services between Ashington and Newcastle.
- Conference will question rail safetyAS THE rail industry continues to grow, a leading conference will ask whether enough focus is being placed on the prevention of accidents and ill health.
- MP shares 'grave concerns' about HS2 plans to widen roads in Great MissendenGrave concerns have been aired about HS2 plans to widen the roads in Frith Hill and the Link Road in Great Missenden.
- County council says rail link to Heathrow must be built before airport is expanded Council leader Tim Oliver said Surrey residents are 'meat in sandwich' between Heathrow and Gatwick airports
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