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Mothballed Heathrow rail link will not be revived until airport’s finances pick up
Network Rail staff working on the Western Rail Link to Heathrow have been moved on to other projects with no sign of the mothballed scheme restarting any time soon.
Go-Ahead urges motorists to switch to the bus for Earth Day
Switching just one in every 25 car journeys to a bus journey would have the same effect of switching the entire UK bus fleet to zero-emission, Go-Ahead has claimed.
Friday, 23 April 2021
The Telegraph
- Channel Tunnel dividend on track despite Eurostar crisisThe Channel tunnel owner is pressing ahead with plans to pay a dividend despite the uncertainty surrounding the future of passenger rail operator Eurostar.
Wales Online
- The amazing plan to link Swansea with Paris by train and the £139 million sleeper carriages built for the projectThe Nightstar line was expected to carry as many as 800,000 passengers to European cities from Swansea and other UK destinations every year - but the carriages ended up carrying Canadians
Other Regional Press
- Greens want card to cut train faresThe Scottish Greens are advocating a third of rail fares for all residents in Scotland.
- East West Rail Route - further going ahead The East West Rail Company has announced a further consultation will be conducted on the proposed route for the Oxford to Cambridge line, which will see a new station close to St Neots.
- SNP pledge to reopen Stranraer to Dumfries rail lineSouth Scotland list MSP Emma Harper has backed a commitment in the SNP manifesto to reopen the Stranraer to Dumfries rail line.
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- Early work underway on £1bn trans-Pennine road upgradeWork has officially begun on the £1bn A66 trans-Pennine upgrade.
- Why the route to rail decarbonisation requires electrificationYesterday, the Railway Industry Association (RIA), the trade body for the UK rail supply community, launched a new report: ‘Why Rail Electrification?’. It is a simple question, but with currently no significant construction work on electrification projects taking place in England, the question is more relevant than ever.
- Mothballed Heathrow rail link will not be revived until airport’s finances pick upNetwork Rail staff working on the Western Rail Link to Heathrow have been moved on to other projects with no sign of the mothballed scheme restarting any time soon.
The Business Desk
- 300 jobs set to go at historic Loughborough manufacturerBrush Traction, the Loughborough firm which makes locomotives and power systems for trains, looks set to close with the loss of 300 jobs.
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