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Tuesday, 29 September 2020

Bristol Live

• How Ashley Down railway station will look and when it could openTransport bosses have revealed more details about a new train station planned for Bristol - but passengers will have to wait for years before they can board there.

Other Regional Press

• Norwich gets £32m transport changes cash, but less than was first soughtNorwich is to get £32m to make changes to transport in and around the city, including shake-ups for the railway station, Heartsease Fiveways roundabout, the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and St Stephens Street.
• Campaign To Re-Open Ivanhoe Line Through Gresley Takes Another Step ForwardsThe Campaign to Reopen the Ivanhoe line has received another boost after the award of a grant letter from the Department for Transport’s Restoring Your Railway initiative.

Business Live

• Council set to hand financial lifeline to stricken Exeter AirportEast Devon District Council is expected to approve measures to bolster airport hit by collapse of Flybe and the Covid pandemic

New Civil Engineer

• 180-year-old Yorkshire rail viaduct shut for essential upgradeThe 180-year-old Gauxholme viaduct in West Yorkshire is currently closed while it undergoes a multi-million-pound restoration.
• Revamped Birmingham station design revealed as part of £500M regenerationPlans for the redevelopment of Perry Barr railway station have been submitted to Birmingham City Council.
• National Infrastructure Strategy unaffected by Budget cancellationThe Treasury’s cancellation of the autumn Budget due to the Covid-19 pandemic will not further delay the publication of the National Infrastructure Strategy (NIS).
• Rail campaign group calls for approval of electrification projectsRail campaign group Railfuture has called for key electrification projects to be approved before those currently underway are completed.
• Funding plea to develop HS2 extension to ScotlandThe High Speed Rail Group (HSRG) has urged the government to commit to funding to explore the benefits of extending the High Speed 2 (HS2) rail line to Scotland.

Rail Magazine

• Busy Saturdays lead change in travel patterns - HendyDemand for rail travel may be returning to patterns last experienced in the 1950s.

Other News Sources

• Convoy: Eight historic locos mark line's 60th anniversaryEight historic locos have operated together for the first time in the line's 60th anniversary.
• New designs for Birmingham station key to 2022 GamesPerry Barr station and neighbouring bus interchange will undergo major overhaul ahead of sporting spectacle in two years' time
• Stonehaven rail crash: key lessons to learnA recent train derailment in Scotland that proved fatal for three people has highlighted the threat posed by increasingly extreme weather patterns to rail safety. What lessons can be learned for the future?