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Business leaders back switch to airport testing
The majority of UK business leaders believe the government should scrap the current quarantine regime on air travel and replace it with airport testing, new data has shown.
Northern Powerhouse Rail will have ‘spades in the ground’ in four years
Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) will have “spades in the ground” in 2024/25, according to Transport for the North (TfN) NPR director Tim Wood.
Wednesday, 09 September 2020
BBC News
- How travellers are adapting to London's new commuteSlowly and gradually, it seems passengers are returning to public transport albeit that their confidence may be fragile.
- Rail firms stress safety as more train services resumeTrain operators bring back 90% of pre-Covid service but safety measures mean a different look.
- Borders Railway: 'The line has re-energised our community'How has the return of a train service after more than 40 years affected one small Scottish village?
Department for Transport
- Restoring Your Railway Fund: successful bidsListing of all the successful applications made to the Restoring Your Railway Fund.
City AM
- TfL commissioner Andy Byford: Getting the capital moving again OpinionAndy Byford, London’s transport commissioner, outlines what he has been doing to make TfL services ready for people to use them again.
Sheffield Star
- MPs support Sheffield taxi drivers who say trade is "on its knees" since Covid-19Sheffield MPs have asked railway bosses to stop charging taxis to wait at the station after drivers said the trade was "on its knees" following coronavirus.
Other Regional Press
- Borders Railway’s fifth birthday sparks renewed calls for extensionIt’s now five years since the opening of the Borders Railway, and its success since then is being touted as evidence of the need for it to be extended into England.
- Are the Department for Transport going to axe the Aylesbury to Milton Keynes leg of the East West Rail link?An insider who has worked at East West Rail claims the Department for transport are set to axe the Aylesbury to Milton Keynes route of the rail link.
Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport
- Rail firms stress safety as more train services resumeRail firms are reassuring travellers major efforts have been taken to ensure their safety as services increase. Trains in England, Wales and Scotland were up to 90% of normal levels by Monday as schools reopen and people are encouraged to return to work. Rail firms said anecdotal evidence suggested a slight increase in numbers but it was too soon for exact figures. West Midlands Trains' Francis Thomas said there were
- Passengers and freight to benefit from 21st century signalling upgrade in ManchesterTens of millions of pounds is being invested into Manchester’s railway signalling system to improve journeys for passengers and freight. Equipment which is nearly 40 years old will be replaced as part of the Great North Rail Project. The £36m work by Network Rail will install the latest digital technology to improve reliability and safety on this important route into Manchester. The upgrade started in August and will be complete in autumn 2021. Roisin Nelson, sponsor for Network Rail, said: “This multi-million-pound Great North Rail Project investment into signalling on o...
New Civil Engineer
- Northern Powerhouse Rail will have ‘spades in the ground’ in four yearsNorthern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) will have “spades in the ground” in 2024/25, according to Transport for the North (TfN) NPR director Tim Wood.
- Bechtel gets court date for HS2 Old Oak Common contract disputeBechtel has been given its day in court to appeal the award of High Speed 2 Ltd’s (HS2 Ltd’s) £1bn Old Oak Common station construction partner contract.
Rail Technology Magazine
- SWR awards £5m in community improvement schemes A total of £5m in funding is now set to benefit 67 local schemes supported by the South Western Railway Customer and Communities Improvement Fund (CCIF). Designed to help boost the local economy and recovery, SWR invited bids from its CCIF and today (8 Sept) the triumphant projects from...
- Network Rail engineers reopen bridge ahead of schedule Following a fast response by Network Rail engineers, a Cambridgeshire bridge has reopened to rail services ahead of schedule after it was hit by a lorry yesterday (7 Sept). The lorry caused widespread damage to the bridge in Coldhams Lane, Cambridge and the rail line was expected to be closed...
- Network Rail begin work to recover railway at Stonehaven This week Network Rail are beginning the careful procedure of recovering the carriages involved in the tragic accident that occurred on the 12th of Aug at Stonehaven. The ScotRail service derailed after striking a landslip and heartbreakingly, three lives were lost. Drive Brett McCullough...
Railnews
- Work starts to clear wreckage from Carmont derailment Work to clear the line and restore train services through the site of the fatal derailment at Carmont near Stonehaven in north-east Scotland last month is beginning this week. Network Rail said a 600-tonne crawler crane is being used to remove the derailed vehicles, but this could only be done after a ˜massive amount of work at the site™. Network Rail and its contractors have built a 900-metre road and temporary bridges over farmland so that the crane could be brought to the site.
Railway Gazette
- Class 230 variants approved for passenger serviceUK: The Office of Rail & Road has given authorisation for battery and diesel-battery versions of Vivarail’s Class 230 D-Train multiple-units to be used in passenger service.
- Class 230 variants approved for passenger serviceUK: The Office of Rail & Road has given authorisation for battery and diesel-battery versions of Vivarail’s Class 230 D-Train multiple-units to be used in passenger service.
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