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The first of 90 new Class 701s will begin testing next month
Tuesday, 16 June 2020
Financial Times
- Siemens confident mass rail commuting will remain ‘backbone of cities’German group optimistic passenger demand will return to pre-coronavirus levels next year
Mail Online
- Day two of mandatory face-coverings on public transport descends into farceThe man was pictured on a Tube in London wearing the face covering over his eyes, as the government's new law making face coverings mandatory on public transport descended into a farce.
Birmingham Post
- Derby's Bombardier delivers first train of new £1bn SWR fleetThe first of 90 new Class 701s will begin testing next month
Newcastle Evening Chronicle
- How the Metro looked as face coverings become compulsory on public transportMetro customer services director, Huw Lewis, estimated that around 95% of passengers on the system had their faces covered
Other Regional Press
- Villagers step up campaign as HS2 scheme threatens to tear apart villageResidents believe that people can effectively work from home in many jobs
- Great Western Railway and South Western Railway trial new sanitising treatment to help protect passengers against coronavirusThe South West’s leading train operators have trialled a new 'virucidal' sanitiser treatment as they battle to make their train carriages as safe as possible for railway users during the coronavirus pandemic.
Railnews
- Green light for revived West Midlands passenger service Passenger trains are set to return to the line between Walsall and Wolverhampton, after a gap of 12 years. Trains will also call at Willenhall and Darlaston, which have not seen passenger trains since 1965.
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