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Thursday, 06 August 2020

Bucks Free Press

• Chiltern Railways given the seal of approval by Visit Britain has recently been accredited with a ‘We’re Good to Go’ seal of approval from .

Other Regional Press

• Smartcards for train travelTransport for Wales (TfW) has started installing new ticket vending machines and operating smartcards on many of their routes across the Wales and Borders network.

Rail Technology Magazine

• Further funding for Middlesbrough station redevelopment The revamp of Middlesbrough station is now fully funded after a further £9m was by the Government to the initial £35m. Now £9.65m has been committed from a fund announced by Prime Minster Boris Johnson earlier this year for ‘shovel-ready’ projects. Tees Valley...
• HS2's Birmingham Curzon Street station: 55% carbon reductionThe HS2 project, Curzon Street station, which has been designed by a team in Birmingham, is hoped to reduce carbon emissions by an unprecedented 55% and achieve net zero carbon emissions from controlled energy consumption and use a variety of technologies to produce energy from renewable...

Railnews

• East West Rail takes new steps further eastA BUSINESS case for improving train services between Cambridge, Ipswich and Norwich is to be developed by consultants on behalf of the East West Rail Consortium, as an addition to the plans for reopening the former Varsity Line between Oxford, Bedford and Cambridge.
• Plans to be submitted for new main line station in Wales A five week statutory public consultation has started today on a scheme to build a new station called Cardiff Parkway, on the Newport side of the Welsh capital.
• Network Rail ˜astonished™ by level crossing misuse in Kent The number of road users failing to obey the rules at a level crossing in Kent has ˜astonished™ Network Rail, with 13 drivers ignoring red lights and closing barriers in June and July alone.

Other News Sources

• MPs debate improving southern rail links to Heathrow AirportA recent parliamentary debate on improving rail links to Heathrow Airport has agreed that such a rail link is a very good idea, but that it will need a lot more work to bring into existence.
• BRISTOL COULD GET ITS FIRST NEW RAILWAY STATION FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARSIt has had as many delays as the trains it will serve, but a new railway station in Bristol is now back on track.