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Network Rail outlines vision to electrify West Midlands railway by 2050
New strategy could see thousands of diesel trains removed from the region's railway network and replaced with vehicles powered by electricity, hydrogen and batteries
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The Telegraph
- Franchises to be scrapped as lockdown rail costs rise [subscription]Ministers are ready to seize control of the railways after more than a quarter of a century of private ownership.
City AM
- Plan for flexible UK rail tickets now facing a delayPlans by train operators to provide flexible season tickets to cater for people returning to the office part-time have been The post Plan for flexible UK rail tickets now facing a delay appeared first on CityAM.
Bolton News
- Motorway speed limit to be reduced in these areas — to improve air qualityTHE speed limit will be slashed on four stretches of motorway in a bid to reduce air pollution.
Edinburgh Evening News
- Edinburgh ScotRail train crammed full of passengers 'unable to socially distance'A Scotrail customer was left angry after snapping a picture of an Edinburgh to Dalmuir train packed full of people with 'no social distancing.'
Other Regional Press
- The next train arriving at Hemel, Berkhamsted and Tring in 2021 will look something like this...Passengers get a sneak peek at London Northwestern Railway's new £700m fleet being built in Derby
Business Live
- Network Rail wants to electrify Midlands Mainline – by 2050The UK’s railway operator said it wants to have green trains running on an extra 4,800 miles of railway line by 2050
- Network Rail outlines vision to electrify West Midlands railway by 2050New strategy could see thousands of diesel trains removed from the region's railway network and replaced with vehicles powered by electricity, hydrogen and batteries
New Civil Engineer
- Contractors readied for East West Rail jobEast West Rail is looking to appoint a development phase technical partner for infrastructure works consultancy services.
- Rail industry calls for immediate action on decarbonisationThe Railway Industry Association (RIA) has called for low carbon projects to be progressed “immediately” following the publication of Network Rail’s decarbonisation plan.
- Hydrogen train competition announcedThe University of St Andrews is looking for contractors to deliver the design, installation and demonstration of a £2.2M hydrogen train project.
- Covid ‘lapses’ lead to rise in HS2 construction complaintsA sharp rise in High Speed 2 (HS2) construction complaints has been partly attributed to “lapses” in Covid-19 working rules.
Railnews
- Monday essay: is franchising finished? All the franchises in England were transferred to Emergency Measures Agreements in March this year, to coincide with the start of lockdown. The EMAs essentially removed commercial risk for the operators, who neither pay the bills nor keep the revenue but simply receive a management fee. At the time, the EMAs were set to last until 20 September, but that deadline is less than a week away. In reality, the EMA with FirstGroup for Great Western Railway has already been extended into next year, and it seems virtually certain that the other franchises will follow. In the first part of a two-part sp...
The Business Desk
- Plans to electrify ‘almost all’ of Midlands rail network revealedA plan by Network Rail to electricfy almost all of the Midlands rail network has been welcomed by a local transport body.
Other News Sources
- New rail plans for Furness line to 'go electric' met with scepticismRAIL bosses in south Cumbria have reacted with scepticism to new electrification plans for the Furness line.
- Volk's Electric Railway Association, 25 years down the lineIT IS almost 25 years since a band of railway enthusiasts clubbed together in support of their beloved line.
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