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Wednesday, 01 July 2020

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Daily service on Keighley line among bids for rail cashRESTORATION of a daily train service on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway has been announced as one of seven bids from across Yorkshire and Humber to build or reopen lines and stations closed during the Beeching cuts.

Rail Technology Magazine

• Calls from England and Wales to restore Beeching lines Rail Minister, Chris Heaton-Harris, has today (June 30) announced fifty bids have been received from across England and Wales to build or reopen lines and stations closed by British Rail chief Dr Richard Beeching from 1963, with the potential to level up regional economies and boost access to...
• HS2 recruiting for hundreds of construction jobs Hundreds of new jobs have been announced today (June 30) at HS2 Ltd, across a broad range of disciplines, from engineering and project management to land and property, procurement and commercial. These are just a few amongst those to be advertised from today as part of a three-month direct...

Railnews

• Prime Minister announces £10m for Manchester railways The Prime Minister has announced that Network Rail is to start the next stage of work to ˜unblock Manchester™s railways™ after being given £10 million in design and development funding.

Other News Sources

• Where London Underground stations need to be built in SurreyIt's time the network, which already covers 250 miles across the capital, was extended into Surrey