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Wednesday, 15 January 2020

BBC News

• HS2 could threaten irreplaceable natural habitats, report warnsWildlife group says rare species could be wiped out by rail link and calls for a
• Least used railway station Redcar British Steel gets visitor boostDenton in Tameside and Stanlow and Thornton in Cheshire inherited the title from Redcar British Steel

Financial Times

• Germany signs off on landmark €86bn rail investmentDeal establishes Deutsche Bahn as central to Berlin’s ambitious plans to fight climate change

The Guardian

• HS2 will destroy or damage hundreds of UK wildlife sites, says reportSurvey reveals internationally protected natural habitats are among the areas at risk. HS2 will destroy or irreparably damage five internationally protected wildlife sites, 693 local wildlife sites, 108 ancient woodlands and 33 legally protected sites of special scientific interest, according to the most comprehensive survey of its impact on wildlife. Swaths of other irreplaceable natural habitat will be lost to the new high-speed line, with endangered wildlife such as willow tit, white-clawed crayfish and dingy skipper butterfly at risk of local extinction.

The Telegraph

• Being named Britain's loneliest train station boosts business, figures show

Daily Express

• Horror as tube station's roof ripped off by dramatic Storm Brendan sparking travel miserySTORM BRENDAN has caused more travel chaos tonight as a roof collapsed at a tube station in London.

Birmingham Mail

• HS2 will unleash 'vast scale of destruction' new report warnsThe Wildlife Trusts want PM Boris Johnson to order an immediate 'Stop and rethink' of HS2 after its new report says 930 nature sites will be hit by a 'vast scale of destruction'

Daily Post (North Wales)

• New railway station takes shape on the Cambrian Coast lineOpening to passengers in 2020, Bow Street will include new facilities for passengers

London Evening Standard

• London Waterloo named UK's busiest station for 16th year in a row

Get Surrey

• 11 unusual things about Waterloo station you probably didn’t knowWaterloo train station usually extremely busy with connections to all over Southern England plus there's the adjoining station of Waterloo East with other services across the South East.
• 11 unusual things about Waterloo station you probably didn’t know It's a station steeped in history

Other Regional Press

• More train services between Nuneaton and Coventry plan de-railedPlans for an extra platform to increase rail services between Nuneaton, Bedworth and Coventry have derailed - again.

Rail Magazine

• Alstom wins £642 million contract with Avanti for Pendolino refurbishment and maintenanceAlstom has won a seven-year deal with Avanti West Coast worth £642 million for the refurbishment and maintenance of 56 Class 390 Pendolinos.

Rail Technology Magazine

• Zonegreen boosts safety at NorthamCast your mind back 18 years to the beginning of the millennium. In its infancy at the time, was depot safety technology that went on to revolutionise the way we protect rail staff and equipment. Developed by Sheffield-based Zonegreen, the Depot Personnel Protection System (DPPS) automated...
• Network Rail to improve Beverley railway station Network Rail has announced today (Jan 14) a £600,000 investment into improving Beverly railway station, to improve passenger experience and enhance the station’s aesthetic and general condition.   The footbridge at the station will be fully refurbished, including strengthening...
• Balfour Beatty completes rail line electrification Balfour Beatty, as contracted by Network Rail, has successfully completed the electrification of 77km of the Great Western Railway (GWR) line between Bristol and Cardiff. It comes as part of a wider Greater Wester Electrification Programme from Network Rail to electrify 275km of train line...

Railnews

• Goverment may tackle ˜shortcomings™ of rail fare-setting RPI The Government is placing the highly controversial Retail Prices Index or RPI under the microscope, the Chancellor has confirmed. The RPI each July is used as the basis for rail fare changes, but it has been criticised because the Office of National Statistics no longer recognises it as a realistic measure.

Railway Gazette

• ‘The wow effect is coming’ as German government signs €86bn rail programmeGERMANY: The €86bn LuFV III railway operating and financing agreement running to 2030 was signed by Federal Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer, Deutsche Bahn CEO Richard Lutz and Board Member for Infrastructure Ronald Pofalla on January 14, at a ceremony attended by Federal Minister of Finance Olaf Scholz.

Other News Sources

• Kings Sutton villagers lose their evening train to Banbury after railway axes their early evening trainA King's Sutton man has objected officially to the axeing of a train that gives the village access to Banbury for the evenings.