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Thursday, 07 November 2019

BBC News

• £350m Metrolink line to Trafford Centre a step closer as roadworks endThe lifting of roadworks on a new Metrolink route to the Trafford Centre ends two years of travel chaos.

The Independent

• Christmas train strikes and engineering works to make rail travel a nightmareRail passengers face disruption until January as planned engineering work and strikes jeopardise journeys.Rail passengers face disruption until January as planned engineering work and strikes jeopardise journeys.

Times Online

• Working on the railways can be a dirty business [subscription]The feuds, the faces and the farcical
• Secret papers show ministers knew HS2 could go £1bn over its budget [subscription]Ministers knew more than three years ago that HS2 could go £1 billion over budget and did not tell MPs before they approved it, secret papers show.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• 'Huge' number of services cancelled as driver training on new Northern trains creates staffing problems Northern was forced to cancel a "huge" number of services last month amid staffing problems created by the need to send drivers for training on its new fleet of trains.

Wales Online

• Train journeys over Christmas will be hit by engineering work on some of the country's busiest rail linesNetwork Rail has warned travellers about the works which could see journey times affected

Leeds Live

• Northern attempts to explain reasons for so many cancelled Yorkshire trainsNorthern cancelled or 'part-cancelled' around 116 trains on average every day in a month

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Plans to rebuild outdated Birmingham railway station unveiledWest Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) has released images to show how the outdated Perry Barr railway station in Birmingham will be transformed as part of the wider regeneration of the area.

Rail Technology Magazine

• Network Rail charity partner says workforce mental health is paramount The Health and Safety Executive’s annual figures for Great Britain, the Managing Director of Mates in Mind, has urged employers to ensure that they are investing in their work force following a recent report. Mates in Mind, who work in collaboration with the likes of Network Rail, Balfour...

Transportxtra

• £2.8m upgrade of Castleford station ready to startWork on a £2.8m transformation of Castleford rail station in West Yorkshire will start in mid-November.

Other News Sources

• South Western Railway launches consultation on proposed timetable changes for December 2020 The railway company is proposing to remove a small number of late night and early morning services
• Christmas disruption expected as Huddersfield train station work beginsPlatform work due to begin for passengers using the Penistone Line
• Parliamentary rail group calls for new national railway bodyThe all-party parliamentary rail group (APPRG) has called for a new national railway body as it delivered its report for consideration alongside the conclusions of the ongoing Williams Review.