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Wednesday, 06 November 2019

BBC News

• South Western Railway workers to hold 27 days of strikesThe stoppage will affect South Western Railway services in December and on New Year's Day.

Financial Times

• Train guards on South Western Railway to strikeDisruption to services risks festive chaos amid long-running dispute

Birmingham Mail

• Light rail in Coventry to 'cost more than Sprint' in BirminghamThe project, which could see light rail services introduced into Coventry by the end of 2024/beginning of 2025, will almost certainly cost more than the £110 million being spent on Sprint
• Light rail in Coventry to 'cost more than Sprint' in BirminghamThe project, which could see light rail services introduced into Coventry by the end of 2024/beginning of 2025, will almost certainly cost more than the £110 million being spent on Sprint

Birmingham Post

• New images showcase station revamp for 2022 Commonwealth GamesWest Midlands transport chiefs have launched new consultation into the regeneration of Perry Barr station

Bolton News

• Northern will continue to dump human waste on tracksTRAIN operators have failed to stop the dirty business of dumping human waste onto tracks despite promising an end this year.

London Evening Standard

• South Western Railway strike: Christmas misery as train workers set to walkout for 27 days in DecemberCommuters are facing Christmas misery as South Western Railway workers announced a 27-day strike between December 2 and New Year's Day.

Yorkshire Post

• Rail Minister Chris Heaton-Harris: Why Government had no choice but to keep Pacer trains running in NorthI WANT to lay my cards on the table from the off. I want a better rail network for the North and as part of that Pacers must be booted off the railways.

Reading Evening Post

• London Paddington Station to shut over ChristmasWork will be carried out on the massively delayed Crossrail project over the festive period

Other Regional Press

• Elgin rail crossing deadline pushed backA PROJECT to create a new road crossing over the railway line in Elgin has been pushed back by five years to 2035
• Ryedale MP makes official complaint over train service to MaltonThe MP for Ryedale has written an official complaint letter to the Secretary of State at the Department for Transport calling for something to be done about the state of rail services on the line through Malton.
• Northern apologises for Calder Valley line's cancelled and delayed trains Halifax passengers have aired their frustration over the 'faults and glitches'

New Civil Engineer

• Heathrow Southern Railway boss accuses DfT of ‘lacking urgency’The Department for Transport is displaying a "lack of urgency" in its approach towards southern access to Heathrow despite releasing strategic objectives for the scheme, a bidder for the project has said.

Rail Advent

• 27 days of strike action on South Western Railway announced by rail unionRMT has announced that a total of 27 days of strike action will take place in December on South Western Railway.
• Morrison Utility Services begin swept path works for Edinburgh Tram extensionMorrison Utility Services has announced it is set to begin the enabling swept path works as part of the first phase of work of the Edinburgh tram extension project.

Rail Technology Magazine

• HS2 Oakervee review delayed until 2020 The deputy chair of the Oakervee Review, Lord Berkeley, has revealed that publication of the government’s independent review in HS2 is set to be delayed until after the general election. A HS2 decision had previously been expected before the end of the year, but Berkeley claims he has been...
• New timetable sees Victoria line services increase during commuting timesNew timetables, released by Transport for London (TfL), will see trains arriving every 100 seconds for around three hours during weekday morning and evening commuting peaks on the Victoria line.

Railway Gazette

• Patrick Jeantet returns to KeolisFRANCE: Currently Chairman & CEO of national infrastructure manager SNCF Réseau, Patrick Jeantet is to return to Keolis Group next year as Executive Chairman, succeeding former Chief Executive Jean-Pierre Farandou who took over as President of SNCF on November 1.

Transport for London

• More frequent service on London Overground’s Watford Junction to Euston routeServices increased to approximately every 15 minutes

Other News Sources

• Heathrow Express to use single platform at PaddingtonHeathrow Express services from Paddington will all depart from Platform 7 from December 15, potentially increasing queue times at ticket barriers for some months.
• Google’s ‘Waze for public transport’ can now ease more miserable commutesGoogle has expanded the reach of its experimental public transport app, which relies on crowdsourced data to alert users to delays to their train or bus.
• York to Harrogate rail upgrade at riskThe issues which could see £9.6m in funding for an improved rail service between Knaresborough and York withdrawn are set to be discussed by councillors this week.