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Tuesday, 08 September 2020

BBC News

• Rail firms stress safety as more train services resumeTrain operators bring back 90% of pre-Covid service but safety measures mean a different look.
• London Kings Cross: Major disruption after signalling fails twiceRail companies told customers to avoid travelling after faults at London Kings Cross.

The Guardian

• UK records biggest jump in transport use since pandemic beganRail station footfall up 12% on Monday compared with Friday, as workers and pupils return

Times Online

• First Group needs more than an engine roar [subscription]It doesn’t really matter whether people think trains and buses are public utilities that should be taxpayer-funded. That is now the reality in Britain, for however many months and years it takes the country to get back to the sort of normality that we called 2019.
• We need to speed up rail enhancements outside of London [subscription] - Chris Loder MPIf the UK’s battle against coronavirus has taught us anything, it is the importance of our essential industries. The impact of this disease on our communities and our economy has been devastating, not least on the passenger railway. There is a lot we can do now — let the regional enhancements burst out of the Network Rail planning locker, put them on the “up fast”, into action and draw them forward as soon as possible.

Mail Online

• Commuters are saving £250 a month by staying away from the office while rail companies pocked a £3.5billion government subsidyDespite ministers urging Britons to return to their offices to save the high street, recent Department for Transport figures show National Rail passenger journeys at the start of September hovering around 30 per cent of what would be typical.

Network Rail

• Work to reopen the railway at Stonehaven beginsNetwork Rail’s work to reopen the railway at Stonehaven will begin this week as it works to carefully recover the carriages involved in the tragic accident.

Carlisle News & Star

• Anger after main train service is cancelledAngry commuters are hitting out at a decision to slash the main morning train from west Cumbria to Carlisle.Three of the county’s MPs have also written to Northern, as the company looks to implement the changes from September 14.

New Civil Engineer

• Competition launched to turn disused London rail viaduct into parkDesign teams are being sought to transform a disused railway viaduct in London into a park and linear walk.
• HS2 wins injunction to keep protesters off key siteThe High Court has granted an injunction extension at a key High Speed 2 (HS2) site to keep protesters away from the area.
• MPs call for review of £1.2bn Silvertown Tunnel due to TfL’s ‘perilous’ financesLondon Mayor Sadiq Khan is facing increasing pressure to review the economic benefits of the proposed Silvertown Tunnel.
• Progress during Crossrail construction blockade revealedCrossrail Ltd has released images of progress during its construction blockade, which has so far seen around 1,000 items of work and systems testing completed along the route.

Other News Sources

• TfL confirms there are 'no plans' to restart Night Tube for at least 6 months'Normal demand for the Night Tube on the London Underground doesn’t exist'
• How the massive wall next to the M25 near Hillingdon is actually linked to HS2If you live around the area or perhaps drive past it on your way to work, you may be wondering what the massive wall that has gone up just inside the M25 near West London is.