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Saturday, 12 October 2019

BBC News

• Burton-upon-Trent train's 'electrical explosion' probedAn explosion on board a passenger train caused "considerable damage", investigators say. According to a spokesperson, the empty train was departing Central Rivers service depot in Burton-upon-Trent when onboard electrical equipment exploded in a coach cupboard.

Birmingham Mail

• Network Rail is recruiting hundreds of apprentices and this is the pay, benefits and how to applyDuring the first phase of the programme there will be a residential stay in Coventry, where Network Rail pay for your accommodation, three meals a day (brunch and dinner on Sundays), your work clothing and personal safety equipment

Birmingham Post

• Merseyrail users to be hit by nine days of November and December strikesIt comes as a long running dispute over the new Merseyrail fleet of trains rages on

Nottingham Evening Post

• Approval given for study into whether tram could be extended to Kimberley A study is set to be produced looking at the possibility of extending Nottingham's tram line from the proposed HS2 hub at Toton to Langley Mill and Kimberley.

The York Press

• York station in the running for 'world cup' of railway hubs YORK railway station has entered the first ever 'World Cup of Stations' - and is in the running to be crowned Britain’s best railway hub.
• £18.5m boost for National Railway Museum's expansion plans PLANS for a massive expansion of York’s National Railway Museum - including a new Central Hall across Leeman Road - have been given an £18.5 million boost by the Government.

East Anglian Daily Times

• Why don't all Greater Anglia trains have plug sockets?Passengers heading between Norwich and the capital enjoy the ability to plug in and charge their devices for the entirety of their journey on intercity trains, while refurbished and older stock on the network do not offer the modern-day service.

Rail Advent

• Porterbrook donate 2 Class 43 locomotives to the 125 GroupThe 125 Group has announced that they are being donated two mainline Class 43 power cars.
• 1 million passengers travel on new Northern trains Northern has announced that their brand new trains have now carried their one-millionth customer.

Railnews

• Rumours grow over future of HS2 The future of HS2 appears to be increasingly in doubt, as reports suggest that the forthcoming Oakervee Review will axe Phase 2b between the West Midlands and Yorkshire and possibly cancel the project entirely. The review, which is being carried out by former HS2 chairman Douglas Oakervee with frequent HS2 critic Lord Berkeley as his deputy, was commissioned by prime minister Boris Johnson in August. They have been probing the scheme™s costs, in the wake of a warning by the project™s present chairman Allan Cook that the official budget of £55.7 billion was likely to be exceeded by some £30 bi...

Other News Sources

• Caledonian Sleeper completes roll out of £150m new fleet of trains as service introduced on Highland route to InvernessSerco Caledonian Sleeper has finally delivered its Inverness service with new carriages. The company has completed the roll out of its new overnight trains with the fleet now operating all services between London and Scotland
• Green MSP Ross Greer: New Allander train station still in the offingGreen MSP Ross Greer has thanked East Dunbartonshire Council for keeping a new station between Milngavie and Hillfoot on the table in its latest draft transport strategy.