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Tuesday, 26 November 2019

BBC News

• New Azuma rail fleet starts between Aberdeen and LondonThe first LNER service involving the Azuma departs the city heading for King's Cross.

The Guardian

• Canada rail workers stage huge strike over fatigue and safety concerns3,200 Canadian National workers walked out last week, paralyzing freight traffic and prompting fears of a heating gas shortageCanada’s largest rail strike in more than a decade has paralyzed much of the nation’s freight traffic and prompted fears of a heating gas shortage as winter sets in.Nearly 3,200 workers at Canadian National, the country’s largest rail operator, walked off the job on 19 November, to protest against chronic overwork and unsafe conditions. Continue reading...

Times Online

• Alstom fined £15m for bribery over Tunisian metro [Subscription]The British division of Alstom must pay £16.4 million after being convicted of paying bribes to win a contract to supply trams to the metro system in Tunis.

Daily Record

• Train services between Edinburgh and Aberdeen suspended due to sinkhole on lineThe dip of about a metre opened up below the line at Leuchars on Monday morning, with a 'possible track defect' reported at around 10.30am.

Birmingham Post

• How Virgin Trains leaving the West Coast Mainline route will affect passengersThe line serves some of the UK's busiest stations, including London Euston, Birmingham New Street, Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Piccadilly

Liverpool Echo

• How Liverpool passengers will be affected as Virgin Trains' West Coast franchise comes to an endThere will be changes to a number of services, as well as new direct trains to locations including South Parkway

London Evening Standard

• South Western Railway strike: Worst ever London train walkout could spell Christmas party chaosLate-night rail services could be axed throughout next month in response to London's worst-ever rail strike, causing chaos for the capital's Christmas party season.
• South Western Railway strike: Late night trains axed as reduced timetable across network detailedA rail strike timetable has been published showing train services across the entire network will be affected by industrial action this festive period.

Other Regional Press

• Harry Potter bridge on North Yorkshire Moors Railway gets wizard revampNew life for crossing featured in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Rail Technology Magazine

• Hull Trains welcomes new Class 802 as part of £60m investment Hull Trains have today (25 Nov) welcomed the arrival of the first of the brand-new Hitatchi Rail Paragon trains. It comes as part of a £60m investment into five state-of-the-art, bi-mode intercity trains, known as Class 802s, bringing a transformed service from Hull to London. Hull trains...

Railnews

• New trains are ˜early Christmas present™ The new fleet of bi-mode ˜Nova 1™ Class 802 units for TransPennine Express has been unveiled in a ceremony at Liverpool Lime Street. A trial run had already been carried out on 28 September, when one of the Hitachi-built sets worked a return journey with passengers on board between Newcastle and Liverpool Street. There will be three Nova fleets in due course, built partly by Hitachi and partly by CAF, and financed by Beacon Rail Leasing, Eversholt Rail Group and Angel Trains. Nova 1 is serving Liverpool to Newcastle and Edinburgh to Manchester Airport and Newcastle, Nova 2 will be on the rout...