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Saturday, 08 August 2020

Government

• Government extends coronavirus support for buses and trams, total funding tops £700 millionBus and tram services in England to receive extra support worth up to £256 million.

The Guardian

• How part-time commuters can save money on peak-time rail travelWhen offices all reopen there is a good chance that many workers will still spend at least some of their week at a desk at home – whether through choice or because their employers do not have room for everyone to be in at once.

Times Online

• Call to let sleeper trains use the Channel tunnel [subscription]Going to bed in London and waking up in Barcelona could become an option for green-minded travellers under a rail industry proposal to run sleeper trains through the Channel tunnel.

Other Regional Press

• Southern Rail links to Heathrow Airport from Surrey could be improved - making journeys much quickerThe train from Guildford to Heathrow could get down to less than 30 minutes
• Emergency funding for buses and trams extendedEngland’s bus and tram services will receive extra support worth up to £256 million.
• Viaduct designed by railway pioneer George Stephenson to get £3.7m revampRailway through Todmorden will be closed for a week between October 24 to November 1

Rail Technology Magazine

• Network Rail repairs lifeboat ramp during Cumbrian Coast line work Railway engineers have rebuilt a section of public walkway at St. Bees beach which is used to launch lifeboats to rescue those in distress at sea. Network Rail is securing the Cumbrian Coast line from extreme weather and erosion as part of an £8m Great North Rail project investment to...
• Network Rail's Southern Region completes installation of secure radio channels A new digitally secure radio system has been successfully rolled out across Network Rail’s Southern region. As their Wessex route joins Sussex and Kent in introducing Airwave to its front-line responders, speeding up response times to improve train performance and improving links with the...
• HS2 publish annual equality, diversity and inclusion report Today (8 Aug) HS2 Ltd have released their annual report which details their equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) work. The report also illustrates the impact of their work across their workforce, supply chain, design and operations, and communities. In the report HS2 have said their gender...

Railnews

• Scottish timber is back on the rails Timber traffic is returning to Scottish railways this week, after a gap of more than a decade during which all timber was carried by road. The Scottish Government has allocated £195,000 to Victa Railfreight for a six-week trial in the far North. There will be up to three trains a week between Caithness and Inverness, which will be able to carry up to 6,000 tonnes between them – the equivalent of 250 lorry-loads.