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Thursday, 30 July 2020

ITV News

• Network Rail builds first part of new Dawlish sea wall
The first section of the new sea wall in Dawlish has been built, after several construction delays caused by the coronavirus crisis.

Times Online

• Digital waiter threatens to shunt buffet cars into oblivion [subscription]It’s been a feature of long-distance rail travel for decades but the buffet car may be on track for a gradual decline as food is delivered directly to passengers.

Edinburgh Evening News

• Scotrail to increase services by 90 percent next week - including peak-time servicesThe rail service was reduced during lockdown - but from next week they will be almost back to normal

The York Press

• App to allow train passengers to order food delivered to seat London North Eastern Railway said it will be first UK's first train operator to offer such a service.
• Northern Rail advice for passengers NORTHERN train services has added in new measures to ensure the safety of customers and staff members.

Yorkshire Evening Post

• Don’t let Dominic Cummings axe eastern leg of HS2 through Leeds and Sheffield – Andrew AdonisDOMINIC Cummings is considering axing the eastern leg of HS2 serving Leeds, Sheffield, Nottingham and Derby.

Yorkshire Post

• Sheffield Supertram's emergency funding runs out next week, warns metro mayor Dan JarvisEmergency funding to keep trams running in South Yorkshire is due to run out in one week's time unless the Government steps in, metro mayor Dan Jarvis has warned.

Cambridge News

• Important update on Oxford-Cambridge railway as plans move forwardIt is hoped the plans could be expanded to provide a direct service from Ipswich/Norwich to Oxford
• Underground tunnels and a 24-hour service - inside the plans for Cambs' metroThe mayor cannot say when construction may start on the first sections of the metro

East Anglian Daily Times

• Politics can take a long time to get things done – especially building a new rail line!When you’ve been around as long as me, it’s not surprising that the same stories come round and round again – but this week there have been a couple of issues that have blown up which have been in the melting pot for literally decades.

Other Regional Press

• Ambitious plans for continuous electrified east coast rail line by 2035 unveiledA continuous electrified line from Edinburgh through Fife to Dundee and onto Aberdeen is among the key aims of a new plan to decarbonise most of Scotland’s rail network by 2035.
• Grove railway station receives support from Vale council leaderA COUNCIL leader has highlighted the important role of a new railway station in southern Oxfordshire. Vale of White Horse District Council head Emily Smith offered help to Oxfordshire County Council to develop the proposal for a station at Grove.
• Road closures expected when Weymouth's harbour railway line is removed in Autumn CONTROVERSIAL plans to remove Weymouth's historic harbour railway line are on track to start this autumn.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Crossrail: An extra £140m need to complete surface lineCrossrail needs an additional £140m to complete its surface lines, the government has announced. The project, Europe's largest transport scheme, was due to open in December 2018 but has been beset by delays. The additional costs on the Network Rail-run section of the line are not related to the coronavirus pandemic. A new funding package will need to be developed with
• CILT responds to £589m government announcement for Transpennine upgradeGrant Shapps has committed a further £589m to kick start work on the Transpennine Upgrade and flagged a significant enhancement to the previously proposed scheme.  Estimated to cost £2.9bn, this would have provided only partial electrification and made no provision for freight. Unsurprisingly, this was considered by many to offer poor value for money, leaving the key central section over the Pennines between Stalybridge and Huddersfield – and Leeds to York - unwired. Whilst the DfT press release was not categorical about what the new proposal involved, it gave a strong i...

Rail Advent

• Extra trains announced as Grand Central returns after Coronavirus lockdownGrand Central has now started operating passenger trains once again after four months. Booking on extra services on the North East route starts on the 23rd of August, and The West Riding route from the 13th of September.
• Birmingham University station £56 Million development given green signalAfter West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) bosses agreed on the full business case, the £56 million University Station redevelopment is now confirmed.
• World’s first passenger train hydrogen filling station has begun being built in BremervoerdeIn Lower Saxony’s Bremervoerde, Germany, the world’s first hydrogen filling station for passenger trains will start being built in September.

Rail Technology Magazine

• UK Government urged to collaborate on Global Centre of Rail Excellence Welsh Government tell UK Government to be quick if they want to play a part in the delivery of the world leading project. The Global Centre for Rail Excellence would generate a world leading facility for research, growth and testing of rail technology in South-West-Wales. Benefits of the centre...

Other News Sources

• Transport for Wales launch public surveySenseMaker is a digital survey that can be accessed through a mobile phone, desktop or on paper if needed and will be used to gather information on the public’s perception on transport.
• Southend seafront train 'killed off in red tape'PLANS for a land train along Southend seafront have been ditched over council red tape, organisers claim.
• Previous leaderships struggled with amount of work to build Crossrail, says current bossMark Wild adds scheme has 573 tasks to be completed on jobs such as tunnels and shafts
• TfW Headquarters In Pontypridd Begins To Take ShapeThis week sees work begin on installing Transport for Wales’ (TfW) branding to its brand-new headquarters at Llys Cadwyn in the heart of Pontypridd’s town centre.
• South Western Railway to retire Isle of Wight fleetSouth Western Railway is looking for new homes for its soon to be retired Island Line fleet.
• Transport for Wales one step closer to opening its new headquarters in PontypriddThis week sees work begin on installing Transport for Wales’ (TfW) branding to its brand-new headquarters at Llys Cadwyn in the heart of Pontypridd's town centre.
• Fife Council told to ‘get its finger out’ over Levenmouth rail projectFife Council has been told to ‘get its finger out’, as the first anniversary of the rail link announcement approaches.