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Friday, 12 February 2021

Government

• Phase 2a Act to bring HS2 to the northThe HS2 Phase 2a: High Speed Rail (West Midlands to Crewe) Bill has passed into law exactly a year after government gave HS2 the green light.

BBC News

• HS2: Next phase of controversial rail network gets green lightLegislation needed to clear the next stage of the controversial project has passed through Parliament.

Times Online

• HS2 secures approval for Birmingham-Crewe stretch [subscription]The second phase of HS2 received official approval yesterday after Boris Johnson promised that the high-speed line would be built in full.

Birmingham Mail

• Eight things you didn't know about Solihull's huge new HS2 Interchange StationNew details have been released about the huge HS2 station being built in Solihull, which is set to handle thousands of passengers an hour when it opens around the turn of the decade.

Birmingham Post

• Next phase of HS2 given royal assentPhase 2a will run between Birmingham city centre and Crewe and is due for completion by 2033

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Network Rail clears icicles from West Yorkshire tunnels RAIL workers were out again this morning clearing icicles which had formed on railway tunnels after temperatures dropped below freezing overnight.

Nottingham Evening Post

• More trains announced from Nottinghamshire to SkegnessMore train services have been announced to run from Nottinghamshire to Skegness.

Sheffield Star

• Sheffield could lose direct rail link to Manchester Airport in ‘problematic’ shake upSheffield could lose its direct rail link to Manchester Airport under proposals to shake up train services in the north.
• Angry? No, I’m furious that they can still get away with it - Editor's commentLevelling up? What a joke. It was a promise made before the last election, repeated endlessly since and yet still only seems to work in the wrong direction.

The York Press

• "Here's an idea ... build parkway station at Copmanthorpe" INSTEAD of designing York station so that either more cars can be parked nearby or asking commuters to take the park and ride, could not a parkway station be built outside, say at Copmanthorpe?

Other Regional Press

• Council left Byrned as rail station planning progress is put on hold by unhappy councillorsTHURROCK Council’s top brass got a bit of a bloodied nose as plans to push through designs for Stanford-le-Hope’s new station hit the buffers when planning councillors decided they would not be railroaded into making a quick decision.
• Hope renewed for a half-hour train service at Oldham stationOldham’s only main rail station could have a half-hourly train service if it gains enough public support.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Phase 2a Act to bring HS2 to the northThe HS2 Phase 2a: High Speed Rail (West Midlands to Crewe) Bill has been given Royal Assent, cementing in law the government’s commitment to bring the new high-speed railway to the north. The act of Parliament was passed exactly 1 year after ministers gave the project the green light and will allow HS2 Ltd to begin work to construct the next phase of the new high-speed railway between Crewe and Birmingham, creating thousands of jobs. Construction of the first stage of the project between the West Midlands and London is already underway and now supporting more than 15,000 jobs and 500 a...

New Civil Engineer

• Demand for South Wales Metro unaffected by CovidDemand for the South Wales Metro project is unaffected by the Covid-19 pandemic despite the change in journey patterns, according to Transport for Wales (TfW) chief executive James Price.

The Business Desk

• Business leaders call on HS2 to be delivered in full as second phase receives Royal AssentThe second phase of high speed train project, HS2, has received Royal Assent. The move means the line from Birmingham to Crewe will be built – with business leaders now calling for a commitment from the Government to decide on the future of the Phase 2b project – or the Eastern leg as it has become known.

Other News Sources

• Crewe HS2 plans revealed in stunning images and videoConstruction of phase 2a from the West Midlands to Crewe is due to begin in 2024