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Plans for 'Oxford Metro' include electric trams and new train links
A MAJOR proposal for a new Oxford Metro which could see an electric tramway running through the heart of the city to the John Radcliffe Hospital has been unveiled by a UK campaign group.
Saturday, 27 March 2021
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- Musician apologises for railway level crossing photoA musician has apologised for posting images on social media of himself standing on a railway line.
- ScotRail conductors to stage series of strikesRMT union members are to hold strike days every Sunday until 2 May, in an overtime payments dispute.
Network Rail
- Dogs get sniffin’ for newts in Hitchin ahead of vital track improvementsNetwork Rail teams in Hitchin are using innovative methods - and two new recruits - to detect and protect great crested newts.
Birmingham Post
- High speed train link crucial to Belfast Dublin Economic Corridor - Fin MinFinance Minister Conor Murphy said a link between the cities should be part of an all-Ireland rail network that includes Derry, Cork, and Limerick
Bradford Telegraph & Argus
- Grand Central service from Bradford to London resumes tomorrowONE of Bradford's most important rail services will resume from tomorrow, with the North described as being
Other Regional Press
- Transport for Wales urges customers to be responsible as Wales lifts “stay local” messageTransport for Wales has issued a message urging the public to follow all travel safer advice and act responsibly to help ‘Keep Wales Safe’.
- Kidbrooke's new station 'built back better'Southeastern’s new station building at Kidbrooke opened for business on Friday morning, supporting the 5,000 new homes next to the station in Berkeley’s Kidbrooke Village development.
- Government urged to back £140m railway corridorTHE Government has been urged to back a £140m regeneration of North-East communities kickstarted by the reopening of the Newcastle to Northumberland rail line.
- Is electric tram barmier than underground bus tunnels?JUST how nonsensical is the idea of creating an electric tramway running through the heart of Oxford?
- Plans for 'Oxford Metro' include electric trams and new train linksA MAJOR proposal for a new Oxford Metro which could see an electric tramway running through the heart of the city to the John Radcliffe Hospital has been unveiled by a UK campaign group.
- Great Western Railway's Rail to Refuge has helped 150 adults and 70 children flee abuseA RAILWAY scheme has helped more than 150 adults and 70 children flee domestic abuse by providing free travel.
Railway Technology
- 200 objections in 24 hours against New Ravenscraig Rail HubThe Russel Group which looks to build a new rail hub in Ravenscraig received 200 objections in one day to its plans for the region.
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- The UK should use the public markets to finance big infrastructure, starting with the railwaysDid you know the very first Eurobond was an infrastructure deal? The Italian motorway network Autostrade issued it in 1963. It was for $15m and carried a 5.5% coupon. Ah, I remember it well… All those offshore dollars finally had something to invest in.
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