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HS2: Cabinet minister has 'gut feeling' rail project will be cleared
Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay tells the BBC he believes the high-speed rail project will go ahead.
Northern rail to be renationalised and some Beeching closures could reopen
Transport secretary due to announce this week decision to terminate Northern's franchise. Watchdog criticises UK rail passenger surveyMinisters will pledge to reopen closed rail lines in the north this week as the government prepares to renationalise the failed Northern franchise.
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Monday, 27 January 2020
BBC News
- HS2: Cabinet minister has 'gut feeling' rail project will be clearedBrexit Secretary Stephen Barclay tells the BBC he believes the high-speed rail project will go ahead.
Financial Times
- Johnson and ministers to decide fate of HS2 this weekPM is under pressure from newly elected Tory MPs in Midlands and North to press ahead
The Guardian
- A major rethink of HS2 is long overdueAlan Wenban-Smith says it is revealing that his report on the regional impact of the high-speed rail scheme was not published
- Statistics watchdog criticises UK rail passenger surveyOffice for Statistics Regulation says biannual poll does not reflect people’s experience
- Northern rail to be renationalised and some Beeching closures could reopenTransport secretary due to announce this week decision to terminate Northern's franchise. Watchdog criticises UK rail passenger surveyMinisters will pledge to reopen closed rail lines in the north this week as the government prepares to renationalise the failed Northern franchise.
Times Online
- I’ve got a gut feeling HS2 will get go-ahead soon, says minister [subscription]A cabinet minister has hinted that HS2 will finally go ahead and said that it was a key part of government plans to bridge the north-south divide.
- HS2 is ‘key part’ of promise to northern Tory voters [subscription]A cabinet minister has said HS2 is a “key part” of the Tories’ promise to northern voters fuelling speculation that Boris Johnson is set to approve the controversial project.
Mail Online
- Northern Rail is poised to be nationalised 'within days'The franchise's operator Arriva, owned by Germany's state-backed Deutsche Bahn, is expected to hand back control to the Government this week.
The Mirror
- HS2: Split over price tag explodes as decision now imminent on rail lineA decision could be made as soon as this week on the high speed rail line - but after it was warned its cost could spiral to £106bn, one Tory said we could be 'conned' while another said it must not be dropped
Sky News
- Whistleblowers say public 'deceived' over cost of HS2Two HS2 whistle-blowers have told Sky News they feel there should be a public inquiry into the spiralling cost of HS2 and that the taxpayer has been deceived.
Birmingham Mail
- 'Gut feeling is HS2 should go ahead' says Brexit Secretary Steve BarclayBrexit Secretary Steve Barclay's comments come as ministers mull over whether or not to go ahead with the high-speed line, with a decision expected in the coming weeks
London Evening Standard
Manchester Evening News
- '30 years ago, I had to ask permission to go to the men’s toilet': Leading women in rail explain how things have changed and call for more diversityWith the uncertainty surrounding Northern Rail and a flurry of broken promises on the expansion of Manchester’s busiest stations , it could be suggested that a career in the rail industry might be a journey that's well worth delaying.
Northern Echo
- Rail cash needed after ‘horrendous Christmas’NORTH-EAST transport bosses have called for more investment in the region following an "horrendous Christmas" for travellers and commuters.
The York Press
- Emergency tunnel repairs close main rail line in North YorkshireNetwork Rail engineers have been called in to make emergency repairs to a tunnel on the York to Leeds via Harrogate line.
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