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Thursday, 08 April 2021

BBC News

• London mayoral race 2021: Labour calls for investigation into PM's remarksThe prime minister claims Sadiq Khan created a
• Review into all-island rail network launchedThe review will look at improving the rail network between cities across the island of Ireland.

Times Online

• Review of Ireland’s rail network could unleash ‘potential’ of train travel [subscription]A cross-border review of Ireland’s rail network has been launched to assess how to improve sustainable connectivity between major cities and the feasibility of higher speeds trains.

City AM

• Rail firms boost service levels ahead of next stage of lockdown liftingRail firms are cranking up their service levels in the build up to the next stage in the UK’s lifting of lockdown restrictions on 12 April.

Metro

• Extra 1,000 trains a day to get Britain out of lockdown and back into the office Britain’s journey out of lockdown has been given a huge boost — with 18,000 train services a day from next Monday and thousands of extra staff hired to keep them clean.

The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)

• Full scale of Aberdeenshire Council bus cuts revealed as authority battles to claw back £245,000Aberdeenshire Council has come under fire for slashing spending on bus travel in an effort to make £245,000 in savings.

Other Regional Press

• Rail services ramped up ahead of next easing of lockdown rulesIndustry body the Rail Delivery Group said more than 1,000 daily weekday services have been added to timetables since mid-February.
• Pontarddulais rail bridge to get pedestrian footpathRoad safety works are underway across a bridge in a Swansea community in an effort to prevent accidents.

New Civil Engineer

• Revealed: 584 sites similar to Stonehaven inspected by Network RailNetwork Rail has released details of over 500 places on the network with similar characteristics to the site of the fatal Stonehaven derailment, along with the specifics of maintenance work carried out at six of these locations.
• Leighton Buzzard train station introduces energy-generating walkwaysTwo walkways made up of kinetic floor tiles at Leighton Buzzard train station will use energy from commuters’ footsteps to generate power.
• Greengauge21 highlights railway main lines that could be restoredTransport thinktank Greengauge21 has thrown its support behind three "missing" rail main lines that could be reopened.

Railway Gazette

• Northern withdraws CAF multiple-units after detecting yaw damper failuresUK: A significant number of CAF multiple units operated by Northern were taken out of service at the beginning of April after the failure of a yaw damper. Sections of the vehicle’s structure were broken away completely in the incident.

The Business Desk

• Hundreds of homes to be built on the former Bombardier Railway Works siteHundreds of new homes are being built on the former site of the Bombardier Railway Works in Crewe, Cheshire.

Other News Sources

• Plans submitted for ‘Global Centre of Rail Excellence’ in WalesThe creation of a £150 million rail testing centre in Wales has taken another step forward with the submission of plans for planning approval.