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Saturday, 13 February 2021

BBC News

• Carlisle to Settle train removes dangerous icicles in tunnelNetwork Rail has used a special train to remove dangerous 5ft (1.5m) icicles dangling from the roof of a tunnel on the Settle to Carlisle line.
• Huge tram extension planned for EdinburghPlans show a north/south line, running from Granton Harbour and down to either Roseburn or Shandwick Place.

The Guardian

• HS2 tunnel protest will be first of many, says activistLazer Sandford says subterranean tactics are likely to feature in new wave of climate emergency protestsAn environmental activist who spent 12 days in a tunnel network underneath Euston Square Gardens in central London says the protest is likely to be the first of a new wave against the climate emergency using subterranean tactics.Speaking exclusively to the Guardian in his first interview since leaving the tunnel network on 6 February, Lachlan Sandford, 20, known as Lazer, said the protest to raise awareness about the environmental destruction that activists believe the high-speed rail link H...

Birmingham Post

• GWR boss calls for electrification to Swansea and faster train speeds in WalesMark Hopwood said his trains travel at 125mph but cannot do so in Wales

Edinburgh Evening News

• North-south tram line by 2030 under new council planAn ambitious decade-long transport plan for Edinburgh - designed to fight climate change, air pollution, congestion and inequality in the city – has been unveiled by council chiefs.

The York Press

• 'These plans will make York station fit for the future' SO, plans to transform the front of York railway station have been approved. Councillors voted in favour of the scheme by a majority of 9-6 at a meeting on February 4.

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• Preparing to live with HS2: Minister pledges to listen to residents' concernsA minister today said HS2 was crucial to the region's economic recovery post-Covid, as he told residents:

Other Regional Press

• Timelapse footage shows rail landslip being rebuiltThe landslip was caused by heavy rain brought by Storm Christoph

Railnews

• West Coast line to reopen after major landslip The West Coast Main Line south of Rugby will reopen tomorrow after Network Rail engineers spent more than a fortnight repairing a landslip at Hillmorton junction.

Other News Sources

• Ten-year transport and mobility plan could see further extension to Edinburgh tram networkAnother major expansion of the Edinburgh tram network is being considered as part of a ten-year transport and mobility transformation plan