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Tuesday, 28 July 2020

Birmingham Post

• Business group pushes for more funding for East Coast rail lineNorth East England Chamber of Commerce rues missed opportunity in last week's rail funding package

East Anglian Daily Times

• Rail link from Ipswich to Cambridge set for boost as part of east-west routeHopes of upgrading the rail line between Ipswich and Cambridge by the end of the decade have moved ahead – with the hope that some trains could run from Suffolk as far as Oxford.

New Civil Engineer

• Rail minister ‘keen’ to push on with Heathrow southern rail linkRail minister Chris Heaton-Harris is “keen to move forward at pace” with a southern rail link to Heathrow.

Rail Technology Magazine

• Network Rail Scotland completes £1m of rail works Network Rail have delivered more than £1m of work to renew track and refurbish a key junction on Scotland’s Railway in Renfrewshire and North Ayrshire. Between Saturday July 17th and Monday July 20th, engineers worked to renew 1.5km of track through Milliken Park station in Johnstone...

Other News Sources

• Green light for £1.9m Huddersfield stations schemeA scheme to re-pave pedestrian routes between Huddersfield's bus and train stations will also see changes for motorists and taxi users.