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Saturday, 01 February 2020

BBC News

• HS2: Johnson drops 'keep digging' hint over future of projectThe PM says the mammoth rail project is in a

Financial Times

• Sleeper trains can drive cleaner business travelServices have several advantages for business travellers over flying
• Johnson vows to ‘keep digging’ with HS2 green lightPrime minister lambasts ‘hopeless’ and ‘profligate’ management of rail project

The Guardian

• Boris Johnson hints at desire for HS2 to go aheadPrime minister tells 10-year-old interviewer ‘the only thing to do is keep digging’Boris Johnson may have given his strongest hint yet that he intends for HS2 to go ahead after telling a 10-year-old interviewer that the way forward was to “keep diggingâ€�.His comment came as he was quizzed as part of a children’s news programme for Sky. Continue reading...

Reuters News

• Last train to Europe: all aboard the Eurostar as Britain bids goodbyeOn the last train to Europe before Britain left the EU on Friday evening, passengers leaving London expressed sorrow, optimism and anger, reflecting the emotions of a nation conflicted ahead its great leap into the unknown.

Sky News

• Child reporter gets answer from Boris Johnson over HS2Boris Johnson has said "in a hole the size of HS2, the only thing to do is keep digging" - in the clearest signal yet that the controversial rail scheme will go ahead.

Birmingham Post

• Singapore's new railway is a Scunthorpe steel success storyNew cross-island rail line's first phase opening as decade-long project hits major milestone

Liverpool Echo

• Key feature of new Merseyrail trains could massively increase the number of destinationsWidnes, Warrington and Crewe are among the places that could be added to the network

London Evening Standard

• Boris Johnson hints HS2 go-ahead as he says Government must 'keep digging'Boris Johnson has hinted that he could give HS2 the go-ahead after saying the Government must

Manchester Evening News

• Minister hints Manchester may finally get its overdue rail upgrades - and Northern Powerhouse RailChris Heaton-Harris also admitted the government was partly to blame for the May 2018 meltdown The government is ‘absolutely’ committed to solving the rail bottleneck in the centre of Manchester, rail minister Chris Heaton-Harris has insisted - while heavily hinting Northern Powerhouse Rail could get the green light in the upcoming budget.

Northern Echo

• Second northern train firm faces losing franchise over poor servicesA TRAIN operator which provides 30 million passenger journeys a year across the North and Scotland has been warned unless it improves its “appalling” performance it could lose its franchise.
• Darlington Mayor vows to hit National Railway Museum with 'a world of pain'THE mayor of Darlington has vowed to leave the National Railway Museum “in a world of pain” as anger boiled over about a decision to move the first passenger locomotive from the town it has been homed at for the past 160 years.

Yorkshire Post

• Boris Johnson calls HS2 managers 'hopeless' but signals the scheme may yet go aheadBoris Johnson has said the Government must "keep digging" on HS2, in an indication he could be about to give the controversial rail project the go-ahead.

Leeds Live

• First glimpse of more major changes planned for Leeds train stationThe bold plans have been outlined for the first time - but one councillor thinks it will cause "chaos"
• Leeds could be getting battery powered trams without overhead wiresLeeds will push ahead with proposals for a state-of-the-art mass transit system

Other Regional Press

• New 5,000 home 'eco village' with railway station proposed for farmland at Westbury-on-SevernResidents stunned after developers put forward vision for a massive new 'eco village' alongside the A48
• South Cambs politicians welcome East West Rail Link preferred option decisionSouth Cambs politicians have welcomed the news that the preferred option for the Bedford to Cambridge section of the East West Rail Link is to go via Cambourne rather than Bassingbourn.
• £6m for Teesside Airport railway station for new services and upgraded facilitiesIn recent years, the station has been one of the UK's least used
• Closure of M27 and delays on Weymouth-Waterloo and Bristol rail lines Dorset travellers heading out of the county by road or rail face a triple whammy of works this weekend which will cause disruption.

Rail Advent

• Rail replacement buses: Extension given to non-accessible periodThe Department of Transport has confirmed today that the period of exemption for non-accessibility compliance for rail replacement buses has been extended.

Other News Sources

• Hove MP presses Transport Minister over train faresHove MP Peter Kyle has urged the government to simplify train fares at Transport Questions in the House of Commons.
• Station revamps, new footbridges and over 75 electric car charging points backed in £40m boostA raft of transport projects including footbridges, railway stations and electric charging points for cars have been given a £40m boost.
• The little-known black maze symbol you'll see travelling into London on the UndergroundYou may have spotted them already, but here's what they mean