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Tuesday, 17 November 2020

London Evening Standard

• No evidence of Covid on trains, London’s biggest rail operator Govia Thameslink Railway saysThe capital’s biggest rail operator today revealed that checks for Covid on its fleet of trains had failed to find evidence of the virus.

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• North East demands 'fair share' in £6bn transport dreamLocal leaders have compiled a wish list of almost 300 upgrade schemes that they believe will transform the area by 2035 – including multiple extensions to the Tyne and Wear Metro

Bucks Free Press

• HS2 traffic causing ‘appalling’ road conditions in Denham forces drivers to clean cars ‘every time’MUD being dragged from sites by work vehicles and “foulingâ€� public highways has forced other road users to resort to washing their cars “after every journeyâ€�.

Business Live

• £77m York City regeneration to start after infrastructure plans are approvedWork is set to start early next year on the project, which will eventually created 6,500 new jobs

New Civil Engineer

• Covid-19 impact on HS2 business case still unknown“Specific analysis” of the Covid-19 pandemic’s impact on High Speed 2 (HS2) has not yet been undertaken, according to HS2 minister Andrew Stephenson.

Railnews

• Protests follow reports of inflation-plus fare rises It has been reported that fares on National Rail trains in England are set to rise by 2.6 per cent, as the government tries to recover some of the additional funding which has been needed during the pandemic. If such a rise took place, it would be the first above-inflation increase, as defined by the Retail Prices Index, for eight years.

Railway Gazette

• Alstom’s training courses awarded quality certificationFRANCE: Alstom has obtained Qualiopi quality certification from standardisation body AFNOR for the training activities that its Valenciennes and Saint-Ouen sites organise for customers, service providers and subcontractors.

Transportxtra

• TfGM bids for station licenceTransport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has applied to the Office of Rail and Road for a station licence to take over the management and operation of Horwich Parkway.

Other News Sources

• Hitachi Rail to acquire PerpetuumHitachi Rail Ltd in the UK has agreed to acquire Southampton-based condition monitoring specialist Perpetuum as part of a strategy to strengthen the use of digital technology in rail operations.
• Rail staff's stunning images capture life under lockdown at Crewe StationRAIL staff at Crewe station have chronicled their experiences of the railway during the pandemic to raise money for charity and encourage others to share their stories.
• Commuter hits out at hand gel dispenser 'empty for nine weeks' after being installed at rail stationA regular at the Glasgow station says there has been no hand sanitiser for two months
• Will there be a summer opening for Stanford's new rail station?STANFORD-le-Hope's new rail station could be on track to be completed by the end of next year - a new report to Thurrock Council says.
• First video footage of the new Island Line trains emerges: WatchThe introduction of the new Island Line trains is drawing closer, with video footage released last week showing one of the new trains being tested on the track in Worcestershire (see below).