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Saturday, 19 October 2019

BBC News

• 'Round-the-clock' revamp of West Highland Line completedBridges and the drainage system on a stretch of the railway between Crianlarich and Fort William have been refurbished.

Mail Online

• The accounts worker who was dragged off roof Tube train by furious commutersJames Mee, 35, was part of a gang including a Buddhist teacher, a grandfather and a vicar who brought chaos to three stations east of the capital: Canning Town, Shadwell and Stratford.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Northern Rail's new 'state-of-the-art' train rolls into Bradford Interchange THE FUTURE of the region's railway system was unveiled at Bradford Interchange when a
• HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail with a central Bradford stop are 'crucial' to the North LEADERS in the North's business and political sphere are standing together to demand HS2 be delivered in full - alongside Northern Powerhouse Rail with a station in central Bradford.

The York Press

• York-based rail firm Northern could be renationalised A TRAIN operator - with headquarters in York city centre - could be renationalised.

Other Regional Press

• The Middlesbrough Station 'rejig' that will allow London-bound train services10 carriage LNER trains are too big for Middlesbrough Station's platform's, but leaders hope an 'interim solution' has been found

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• HS2 to streamline procurement process for civils sub-contractorsFour of HS2 Ltd’s biggest contractors will introduce a standardized pre-qualification (PQ) system for subcontractors in a bid to streamline the process, reduce costs and boost productivity. The new Common Assessment Standard will ensure that bidders looking for work with the high speed rail company’s four main civils contractors – Align, BBV, EK and SCS Railways – will go through identical pre-qualification processes. Developed as part of HS2’s ‘Collaboration Hub’ initiative, the contractors worked with two of the sector’s biggest representativ...

Rail Technology Magazine

• Arup and Network Rail publish innovative report on 'Tomorrow's Living Station' Arup, in partnership with Network Rail, have published their ‘Tomorrow’s Living Station’ report, exploring the exciting part that stations will play in our towns and cities. The report outlines the importance of evolution with society and stations keeping up with the pace of...

Railnews

• RMT ballots for Overground strike over ticket office reductions The RMT is stepping up its campaign to prevent the opening hours of many London Overground ticket offices being reduced, by balloting its members for strikes and other industrial action. The current plans would mean many Overground ticket offices would only be open between 07.30 and 10.30, and closed all day at weekends. The union™s general secretary Mick Cash said: ˜Having failed to close the London Overground ticket offices completely due to a union and public campaign that convinced London Travel Watch to keep them open ARL [Arriva Rail London] and TfL are now trying to achieve the same re...

Other News Sources

• Reigate traffic could get much worse as level crossing set for 50% increase in trainsGreat Western Railway has extra trains lined up to improve services on the line but there are fears having the level crossing down more often will cause traffic chaos