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The railway projects worth billions that Wales wants

Economy Minister Ken Skates also wants more frequent and faster services to London, Bristol Temple Meads and Manchester Airport

WiFi plan for new Merseyrail fleet passed after three month delay

Proposals crucial to the delivery of WiFi on the new Merseyrail fleet were voted through after a three month wait. In June, Wirral Council’s planning committee voted to delay any decision on plans for five masts on railway land between Bidston and New Brighton, as it felt the plan was being imposed on residents who were not properly consulted by the applicant Merseytravel.

Hitachi-Bombardier partnership celebrates ten years delivering high speed train

A TRAIN builder has celebrated a decade of delivering ETR 1000 trains, the fastest-ever in-service train in Europe, capable of achieving 400km/h.

New £85m bailout for Welsh buses

The Welsh Government has announced a further £84.6m for the country’s bus industry, which it said will help companies ‘meet the challenges of coronavirus and run more services’.

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  • WiFi plan for new Merseyrail fleet passed after three month delayProposals crucial to the delivery of WiFi on the new Merseyrail fleet were voted through after a three month wait. In June, Wirral Council’s planning committee voted to delay any decision on plans for five masts on railway land between Bidston and New Brighton, as it felt the plan was being imposed on residents who were not properly consulted by the applicant Merseytravel.

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  • Western Rail Link to Heathrow delayed by at least a yearThe Government has been accused of using COVID-19 as an excuse to delay the delivery of the Western Rail Link to Heathrow. Network Rail’s plans for the 6.5km rail link, connecting the Great Western Main Line and Heathrow Airport, were expected to be submitted to the Department for Transport this year.
  • Heathrow rail link delay dubbed 'frustrating' by Slough's MPTHE constant stalling of the Heathrow rail link has been dubbed “unacceptable” and “frustrating” by Slough’s MP. It was recently announced by Network Rail that the Western rail link – which would hook up Heathrow via Langley train station and Reading for people to travel directly to the airport – will be delayed by up to two years
  • Glasgow Central trains set for makeover as upgrade beginsTRAIN carriages at Glasgow Central are set for an upgrade, as Scotrail begins work on the refurbishment of their Class 380s.
  • Concerns over social distancing on Northern trainA PASSENGER has raised concerns about social distancing on trains after a group of children squeezed into a carriage she was.

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  • Transforming how we move: Huawei’s Urban Rail Cloud SolutionOn 18 August 2020, Shenzhen Metro Lines 6 and 10 were officially opened. They are the first to comprehensively apply Huawei’s Urban Rail Cloud Solution in China, as well as the first batch of metro lines with full 5G coverage in Shenzhen. They also create a record in the rail transportation industry to use artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing and big data technologies to handle various metro service systems in an intelligent Horizon Digital Platform.

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