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Wednesday, 17 June 2020

Birmingham Post

• New £1.5m funding boost for VivarailDesigner and manufacturer of hybrid train products teams up with MEIF for loan
• New electric era starts at North East train builders Hitachi RailThe firm is building a fully electric fleet which will soon link London and Edinburgh
• EU regulators set deadline for Alstom’s takeover of BombardierFrench firm is still pushing ahead with plans to buy firm which has UK factory in Derby
• HS2 teams up with Innovation Birmingham for new ideas acceleratorTeam behind high-speed rail project is working with city's tech campus to bring new ideas to fruition which will drive efficiencies on scheme

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Hitachi Rail starts work on electric East Coast trains in County DurhamFive trains will be manufactured at the County Durham plant and will enter service in autumn next years

Other Regional Press

• Dismay as level crossing breaks down and stays closed for daysRedcar's West Dyke Road crossing is not expected to reopen until Thursday
• Rail line closure at Templecombe for landslip repairPassengers are reminded that a section of railway on the Waterloo-Exeter line which passes through north Dorset is currently closed until this Sunday, June 21.

Railnews

• Vivarail confirms expansion after borrowing £1.5m Train rebuilder Vivarail™s plans to expand have received a boost after it was able to secure a loan worth £1.5 million. The company is moving from its original site within the Quinton Rail Technology Centre at Long Marston to a new and larger home at Southam, near Leamington Spa, where five more jobs are to be created.
• Rail bailout has cost £3.5bn so far – but there™s no end in sight The cost of keeping the passenger railway operating during the Covid-19 pandemic has reached £3.5 billion, according to rail minister Chris Heaton-Harris. He was answering a Parliamentary question raised by Labour MP Ian Mearns. The minister admitted that there is no definite end in sight for the emergency measures which are supporting franchises for the time being.

Other News Sources

• Rail platform extensions at Goring, Lancing and CooksbridgeRAIL bosses say there will be more seats on trains when station platforms are made longer.