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Saturday, 27 February 2021

BBC News

• New West Midlands rail stations get £60m boostFinal sign-off would be in March over plans to build stations, West Midlands mayor Andy Street says.
• HS2 protest: Final activist removed from Euston tunnelThe activist is the ninth person to be removed from the tunnel near Euston station.

Department for Transport

• Launch of Project SPEED challenges rail industry to cut time and costs of rail upgradesIn a keynote speech at Project SPEED conference, Rail Minister invites rail industry to pioneer faster, smarter and more efficient infrastructure projects.

The Telegraph

• I rode the world's first human-powered monorail – here's what it was like [subscription]Picture a reclining bike in a pod, dangling from a rail, and you've got New Zealand's Schweeb Racer

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Northern's new trains reach 10 million-mile landmarkNORTHERN'S new trains have reached a new milestone, having travelled 10 million miles across the network.

The York Press

• Rail compound plan 'wipes £55,000 off house value in days' A COUPLE say £55,000 has been knocked off the value of their house and the buyers of the property pulled out of the sale, after Network Rail unveiled plans for a temporary works compound near the home.

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• £30 million plan to boost bus services through Dudley, Sandwell and Birmingham revealedMeasures to improve bus reliability and journey times in parts of the Black Country are underway as part of a £30 million scheme.
• Rail minister announces plan to accelerate major projectsRail Project Speed aims to halve the duration, and significantly reduce the costs, of rail infrastructure work.

New Civil Engineer

• Future of Rail | Completing the UK’s first curved box jackDriving the UK’s first curved box jack for a new rail dive under has just been completed on the East Coast Main Line.

Railnews

• More trains for leisure and a new name for Network Rail? The chairman of Network Rail Sir Peter Hendy has predicted that leisure and holiday travel by train is set to increase, while commuter traffic is likely to continue to fall, confirming a trend which had started before the pandemic. Sir Peter suggested that demand in the rush hours could fall by perhaps 20 per cent, at least for the next three years One consequence could be a rethink of maintenance timetables, with more engineering work taking place on ˜quieter weekdays™. The Network Rail chairman was addressing the National Rail Recovery Conference, which also heard from Keith Williams, whos...
• Rail minister challenges industry to cut costs The government has challenged the rail industry to pioneer new ways of working to halve the time and reduce the cost of completing infrastructure projects, with the launch of the next stage of Rail Project SPEED. In a conference speech today rail minister Chris Heaton-Harris invited the 1,800-strong virtual audience adopt the new approach.

Other News Sources

• UK government launches next stage of Rail Project SPEEDThe next stage of Project SPEED will see the industry pioneer new ways of working to halve the time and reduce the cost of delivering critical infrastructure projects.