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Rail firms ‘profit’ with 170% rise in replacement bus services [subscription]
A rising number of rail replacement bus services are taking to the roads, prompting claims that transport operators are profiting from train cancellations.
First look at £24m metro station planned for Dudley
The new bus and metro interchange will connect Dudley to Wednesbury and Brierley Hill
Climate scientist claims Leeds Bradford Airport expansion would only benefit 'relatively few people'
A Leeds climate scientist has added to growing calls for a legal challenge against the £150m expansion of Leeds Bradford Airport, which was approved in principle by council planners this week.
Northern Powerhouse Rail programme risks being delayed, transport bosses warn
Northern transport bosses have warned that "uncertainty" around the much-anticipated Integrated Rail Plan means that development of the region’s £39bn flagship rail project is at risk of being delayed.
Tuesday, 16 February 2021
The Guardian
- Rival railway museums in row over steam locomotive ownershipA row has broken out between rival railway museums over the ownership of the world’s first passenger steam locomotive.
The Independent
- New direct train to take travellers between Luton airport and London in half an hour‘It will be even easier for passengers to reach the airport as soon as it is safe to do so again,’ says airport CEO
Times Online
- Rail firms ‘profit’ with 170% rise in replacement bus services [subscription]A rising number of rail replacement bus services are taking to the roads, prompting claims that transport operators are profiting from train cancellations.
Birmingham Mail
- First look at £24m metro station planned for DudleyThe new bus and metro interchange will connect Dudley to Wednesbury and Brierley Hill
Birmingham Post
- Go ahead for £24m Black Country transport hubNew interchange will bring together tram, bus and sprint services
The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)
- Snow ploughs called in to tackle 6ft-high drifts on north-east railway lineSnow ploughs will return to the railway line between Keith and Inverurie today after trains were stopped in their tracks by 6ft-high drifts.
The York Press
- Covid 'railway heroes' honoured in National Railway Museum exhibitionA NEW exhibition at the National Railway Museum in York has been launched, celebrating the vital role played by railway key workers during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Other Regional Press
- Call for letters of support for fast rail link between King's Lynn and HunstantonA North-West Norfolk county councillor is urging West Norfolk businesses and residents to support his bid to rebuild the Lynn-Hunstanton railway.
- HS2 pulls the plug on plans for compound near Lostock WorksTHE company building HS2 has withdrawn plans to build a temporary compound near Lostock Works.
- Transport Secretary urged not to derail Aylesbury spur plansLeader of Buckinghamshire Council, Martin Tett has written to Transport Secretary Grant Shapps urging him to confirm Government support and funding for the much needed Aylesbury link section of East-West rail.
- Bicester railway line to close for construction of new bridge in Easter A RAILWAY line in an Oxfordshire town will be temporarily closed this spring to allow a new bridge to be built over it.
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- West Coast Main Line reopens two days early following landslip repairsNetwork Rail has released time-lapse footage of the 17 day project to repair a failed embankment on the West Coast Main Line to the south of Rugby.
- Work on historic North Yorkshire viaduct reveals further faultsUpgrades on the 144-year-old Ribblehead viaduct in North Yorkshire are well underway but the structure will require additional repairs, according to Network Rail.
- Northern Powerhouse Rail programme risks being delayed, transport bosses warnNorthern transport bosses have warned that "uncertainty" around the much-anticipated Integrated Rail Plan means that development of the region’s £39bn flagship rail project is at risk of being delayed.
Other News Sources
- Greenfield Station revival must go ahead or see residents “risk being left behind”, says MPPLANS to bring a rail station back to life near Holywell has the backing of the local MP.
- Bombardier Transportation revenue drops in 2020BOMBARDIER has released the full 2020 annual results for its Transportation division, which it has since sold to Alstom under a $US 6bn deal, which closed on January 29.
- Rail industry calls on UK Prime Minister to prioritise connectivityThe rail industry has called for UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to prioritise rail connectivity between the East Midlands, the West Midlands and Yorkshire.
- Train station benches spark concern for homelessBASINGSTOKE train station has come under fire for failing to acknowledge the needs of homeless people, with regard to its platform seating.
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