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Tuesday, 18 February 2020

Financial Times

• Alstom/Bombardier: keeping trackAlstom will have its work cut out to get the Canadian group's margins back on track, but greater scale would help it compete with industry leader CRRC
• Reopening of Beeching rail lines faces long delaysTory manifesto pledge aimed at levelling up the regions of Britain faces uphill struggle

Times Online

• Bombardier jobs at risk after £6bn train deal [subscription]The owner of Britain’s largest and oldest train factory is to be sold off to the French company Alstom in a deal worth £6.25 billion.

Sky News

• A sale of Bombardier's rail operations to Alstom would raise UK job fearsA big shake-up in train manufacturing is looming - with potential implications for thousands of British jobs.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• All the train lines closed in Wales after Storm Dennis causes 'significant damage'Transport for Wales is urging people to check before they travel due to flood damage

Bucks Free Press

• Stop HS2 said talks with China over building HS2 'should fill everyone with dread'Britain is in talks with China over giving Beijing's state-owned railway builder a role in constructing the troubled HS2 high-speed link - a move that

East Anglian Daily Times

• Further disruption to rail services due to freight trainRail passengers in Suffolk have been left facing further disruption due to a late running freight train.

Business Live

• Alstom agrees multi-billion dollar deal to buy Bombardier’s train businessThe parent company of Bombardier Transportation, which has its UK factory in Derby, has agreed to sell the business to rival train-maker Alstom for just over $8 billion.

New Civil Engineer

• HS2 | Curzon Street landowners could claim millions after court rulingHS2 Ltd may be forced to shell out millions in compensation to developer Quintain and Birmingham City University after a court ruling allowed the landowners to seek higher costs for their property which lies on the site of the new Curzon Street station in Birmingham.

Rail Technology Magazine

• Wherry Lines see introduction of new signalling system 130 years of signalling history came to an end today (Feb 17th) on the Wherry lines alongside the reopening of the Norwich to Yarmouth line. This follows completion of work to introduce a new computerised signalling system, improving dependability of train services.   A section of the East...
• £400k project expands car parks for Spital station Increased parking at Spital station, Wirral, is set to benefit rail users alongside the opening of an extension to the current Park and Ride facility. 71 new parking spaces have been added, taking the total up to 141, including seven disabled spaces and two motorcycle bays. The station, which...

Railnews

• Alstom takeover of Bombardier is agreed Canadian train builder Bombardier is to be taken over by Alstom of France. Bombardier has a number of rail-related sites in Britain, including its Derby train factory where 2,000 people are employed. Bombardier also has several maintenance depots which it operates on behalf of train operators.

The Business Desk

• French rail giant to acquire Bombardier TransportationFrench rail giant Alstom has agreed to acquire Bombardier’s rail division after announcing it was in talks over a potential deal on Monday morning.

Other News Sources

• East West Rail Link meetings on preferred route include Barrington Village HallHear more about East West Rail Link route at planned events A series of events are being held for residents to find out more about the preferred route in the East West Rail Link.
• Acquisition of Bombardier Transportation: accelerating Alstom’s strategic roadmapAlstom announces today that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Bombardier Inc. and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (“CDPQ”) in view of the acquisition of Bombardier Transportation. Post-transaction, Alstom will have a backlog of around €75bn and revenues around €15.5bn