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Wednesday, 10 February 2021

London Evening Standard

• Anti-HS2 protesters create new tunnel 2 miles north of EustonEnvironmental activists behind the anti-HS2 protest near Euston Station have opened up a new front by digging a tunnel in a bid to block the destruction of trees two miles away in Islington.
• Surbiton: Railway worker dies after being hit by train in LondonEmergency services were called to Surbiton at about midday on Tuesday following reports of a casualty on the tracks

Burnley Express

• SELRAP in final call to get Colne and Skipton rail project over the lineSELRAP, the action group campaigning to reinstate just 12 miles of rail track between Colne and Skipton, is building up to a major last push to get the project over the line.

Other Regional Press

• Reopening of old rail lines part of latest Crewe HS2 consultationRESIDENTS are being urged to have their say in the latest consultation for phase 2a of the HS2 scheme, which will be built between Birmingham and Crewe.
• First of modernised trains returns to Sussex railwaysThe first of hundreds of modernised trains has returned to Sussex’s railways.

Christian Wolmar

• Rail 922: How to recreate a joined-up railwayIn recent weeks I have interviewed numerous ex-BR managers for my new book which is about the successes and failures of the near half century of public ownership of the railways. The book, actually commissioned a year ago, could not be better timed. Whatever the future pattern of the pandemic, there is no doubt that there will not be a return to the old way of running the railways and the new structure will undoubtedly have a stronger role for the state.

Global Rail News

• Network Rail to simplify track layout and reopen disused tunnel near King’s CrossOver a three-month period, Network Rail workers will simplify the track layout just outside of King’s Cross station, as well as reopen a railway tunnel which closed in the 1970s, creating two extra tracks in and out of the iconic transport hub.

New Civil Engineer

• Podcast | Bringing joy to infrastructure designThe latest episode of The Engineers Collective looks at the role placemaking plays in the design of infrastructure and how the National Infrastructure Commission’s Design Principles for National Infrastructure aim to improve the look and feel of our built environment.
• Major upgrade of London rail lines to improve services to Victoria stationRailway lines in South London are to undergo a major four-year package of work to upgrade routes into Victoria station. The upgrades will see 40-year-old track and signalling replaced to improve the reliability of the service.
• Rail decarbonisation ideas soughtA £9M competition to find cutting-edge ideas to transform the future of the railways has opened, with rail minister Chris Heaton-Harris and Innovate launching the 2021 First of a Kind (FOAK) competition.

Rail Advent

• Transport for Wales rail franchise taken over by Welsh Government amid Covid ChallengesThe Government in Wales has taken over the Wales and Borders rail franchise to safeguard jobs and complete improvements due to the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic.

Railnews

• RMT calls for an end to Eurostar standoff The RMT is warning that the future of Eurostar is at risk because Britain and France have not agreed about emergency funding. Eurostar services have been reduced to just a couple each day following the clampdown on international travel, and the operator™s chief executive Jacques Damas has warned that ˜catastrophe is possible™. RMT general secretary Mick Cash said: ˜It is essential that Governments, including the British Government, make the emergency funding available to bridge a way through this current lockdown and ensure that Eurostar is there, fighting fit, to help the economy punch its ...

Transport Network

• Minister launches £9m competition to decarbonise railwaysThe Government and Innovate UK have launched a £9m competition to find new ideas to transform and decarbonise the railways.
• West Yorks thinks big with £140m of schemesWest Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) has announced progress on £140m of schemes including three key transport infrastructure interventions.

Other News Sources

• Train services through Hereford taken into public ownership THE rail franchise which runs trains through Hereford, Leominster and Ludlow has been taken into public ownership.