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Saturday, 21 November 2020

Birmingham Post

• Leaders put Northern Powerhouse Rail recommendations to governmentThe proposals will be sent to the Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps, Trasnport for the North said, with further decisions set for January

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Full train service expected to run from Bradford Interchange NETWORK Rail has confirmed that a full train service is expected to run at Bradford Interchange from tomorrow, following five days of changes due to a large fire near the railway.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• 'Heartbreaking' job cuts at Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland RailwaysThe Gwynedd heritage railway has been forced to make over 30 staff redundant as income plunged from £6m to £1m

Other Regional Press

• Chancellor urged to provide £20m to fund Cheshire, North Wales and Wirral rail improvements£20 MILLION of improvements are being sought to revitalise the railway network in Cheshire and North Wales.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• New rail tech roll-out set to bring more reliable journeys and boost jobsThe roll-out of digital signalling – set to improve safety and slash delays – has been accelerated through £1.2 million of new government funding announced by Rail Minister Chris Heaton-Harris. Feasibility work for digital signalling will be accelerated on vital sections of the West Coast Main Line, Midland Main Line and East Anglia route, including Peterborough to Kings Lynn on the Anglia route, and in the Warrington and Wigan area on the West Coast Mainline North. This work will identify the most effective way to apply this type of technology to the railway and new way of...

Railnews

• Avanti West Coast abolishes morning peak fares on Fridays Passengers on Avanti West Coast have been able to travel at off-peak rates from the start of services today, and Fridays will continue to be ™off-peak™ until the New Year. The axeing of more expensive fares is seen as one way of attracting passengers back to rail, but the move has come at the end of a week when concern grew about passenger figures in the longer term. On Wednesday rail minister Chris Heaton-Harris told the Commons Transport Committee that the cost of maintaining National Rail services in England since the first lockdown in March has risen to a total of £4.2 billion.

Other News Sources

• Council leaders seek £20 million for improving vital rail linksLOCAL authority leaders across North Wales, the Wirral and Cheshire West and Chester in the GT360 Partnership are seeking £20 million from the Chancellor of the Exchequer in next week’s Spending Review to develop rail improvement schemes in the borderlands region for future prosperity.
• London Underground weekend closures: All the Tube lines closed on November 21 and 22This weekend, national train lines are disrupted as well as Tube lines and London buses
• Most rail passengers wear a face covering, trial finds A PILOT scheme to ensure passengers wear a face covering while on trains has led to “almost totalâ€� compliance.