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Tuesday, 07 July 2020

BBC News

• Boris Johnson: TfL driverless trains 'should be funding condition'TfL should install the technology on trains in return for future funding, the prime minister says.

The Independent

• Boris Johnson demands driverless trains as condition of future TfL bailoutPM reignites row with unions after giving TfL a £1.6bn support package in May
• Why Boris Johnson's call for driverless Tube trains is a political stuntAnalysis: You won't be riding in a driverless Tube train for many years, Jon Stone explains

City AM

• PM calls for driverless Tube trains in TfL bailoutBoris Johnson has said that driverless Tube trains should be a condition of any future government bailout of Transport for The post PM calls for driverless Tube trains in TfL bailout appeared first on CityAM.

Birmingham Post

• North East firms Hitachi and Hyperdrive come together for train battery projectThe two firms, which are about 20 miles apart, are collaborating on project that aims to reduce green emissions from rail sector
• PM Boris Johnson hails Goole's train-building future on site visitSiemens Mobility plant

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• HS2: Yorkshire leaders calls for renewed commitmentPOLITICAL leaders in the North and the Midlands are demanding an early start to HS2 as new research shows the eastern leg of the line could create up to 150,000 jobs.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• New North Wales to London Euston trains move a step-closer - this is when they will enter serviceThe first nine body shells that will become Avanti West Coast’s new fleet of Hitachi trains have landed in the UK

London Evening Standard

• Boris Johnson goes to war with the unions as he says driverless trains should be 'condition' of next Transport for London bailout In May TfL was handed a £1.6 billion rescue package after revenues collapsed following the coronavirus lockdown — but the funding will run out in September.

The York Press

• Steam train excursions from York will start at the end of July STEAM trains will start pulling out of York railway station again later this month as the lockdown eases.

Other Regional Press

• Network Rail warns of danger on the railway lineNETWORK Rail has urged people to stay away from the railway following a surge in trespass incidents.
• HS2 protesters to 'walk for the trees' to save ancient woodsThe event is being held today, July 7

Rail Technology Magazine

• HS2 trials UK's first electric forklift In their efforts to lessen their carbon footprint and support the country’s green economic recovery, HS2 are trailing the UK’s first electric forklift on one of its major construction sites in London. The Eco Telehandler vehicle is being used at HS2’s West Ruislip site by main...
• SWR launches campaign in support of local businesses South Western Railway (SWR) has launched a campaign to celebrate and generate support for local businesses across the region. Covid-19 has hit local businesses hard and with restrictions now easing, it has never been more important to support them. Therefore, SWR are working to make those...

Railnews

• Plans for Hitachi ˜battery hub™ unveiled in north east Hitachi Rail and Hyperdrive Innovation have signed an agreement to develop battery packs for trains by creating a ˜battery hub™ in north east England.
• More trains, but travel ban stays for now Many train operators have reintroduced more of the pre-pandemic services which had been suspended, but passengers are still being told that they should make only essential journeys and that face coverings remain compulsory.