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Thursday, 17 September 2020

BBC News

• Rail replacement services 'humiliating' disabled peopleDisabled rail passengers say they are left "humiliated" by inaccessible replacement bus and coach services.
• Hundreds of trains to benefit from £55m upgradesSouthern, Gatwick Express and Great Northern fleets will be equipped with new technology.

Reuters News

• Alstom cuts offer for Bombardier's rail unit by $350 mln in firmed-up dealFrench train maker Alstom said on Wednesday it has lowered its offer to acquire Bombardier Inc’s rail business by $350 million, but the two still expect to close the deal to create the world’s second-largest rail company earlier than expected.

City AM

• Alstom reduces offer for Bombardier rail unit by $350mFrench transport giant Alstom has announced that it will buy Canadian firm Bombardier's rail business for $350m (£270m) less than The post Alstom reduces offer for Bombardier rail unit by $350m appeared first on CityAM.

New Civil Engineer

• £10bn rail enhancement pipeline to be ‘reassessed’ for post-Covid worldSchemes in the government’s £10bn rail enhancements pipeline are being reassessed to see if they are still “justified” in a post-Covid world.

Rail Business Daily

• Nexus unveils colour scheme for the £362m new Tyne and Wear Metro train fleetA vibrant yellow colour scheme for Metro’s £362m new train fleet can be revealed for the first time, as Nexus launches a major public consultation on its interior design.
• National Composites Centre partner with Network RailThe NCC (National Composites Centre) has partnered with Network Rail to investigate, design and build a composite footbridge.
• London’s deceased from Euston’s St James’s Gardens to be reburied in Surrey’s Brookwood CemeteryHS2 Ltd, working with the Archbishops’ Council of the Church of England, have agreed with Brookwood Cemetery in Surrey for reburials as a result of excavations at St James’s Gardens to take place there.
• GTR and Porterbrook announce £55 million fleet modernisation programmeGovia Thameslink Railway (GTR) and Porterbrook, the owner of trains leased by the operator, have announced a five-year, £55 million programme to modernise the Southern, Gatwick Express and Great Northern ‘Electrostar’ fleets, 270 trains in all.

Rail Technology Magazine

• Heart of Wales line to partially reopen following storm damage From November, passengers will again be able to travel on a section of the Heart of Wales line, which runs from Shrewsbury to Swansea, as Network Rail has set out the timescales for repairs to the line after two major incidents within a month. Following extreme weather in August, damage to the...
• £10m boost for Gatwick Airport station upgrade Platform extensions, across three stations in West and East Sussex, have now been completed by Network Rail through funding from the Department for Transport. Constructed in support of a new timetable during the £150m upgrade of Gatwick Airport station, longer trains are now opening their...

Railnews

• GTR and Porterbrook unveil £55 million fleet modernisation Trains built just five years ago are among those set to be upgraded at Selhurst Depot as part of a £55 million fleet modernisation programme announced by Govia Thameslink Railway and leasing company Porterbrook.

Railway Gazette

• Alstom signs Bombardier Transportation sale and purchase agreement with revised priceINDUSTRY: Formal signing of the sale and purchase agreement for the acquisition of Bombardier Transportation from Bombardier Inc and Caisse de dépot et placement du Québec was announced by Alstom on September 16.