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Monday, 24 May 2021

The Mirror

• HS2 Eastern Leg campaigners' video warning to Boris Johnson: "Promises matter"EXCLUSIVE: The Connecting Britain group has compiled a film of the Prime Minister's various pledges to build the high speed line

Bolton News

• Bolton's other railway that served Great Moor Street station Professor Paul Salveson is a historian and writer and lives in Bolton. He is visiting professor in ‘Worktown Studies’ at the University of Bolton and author of several books on Lancashire history

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Train fare dodgers in Bradford pay more than £9,000 in last six monthsTRAIN fare dodgers from Bradford or those using stations across the district have been ordered by the courts to pay more than £9,000 for fares worth £858.80 in the last six months.

Christian Wolmar

• The Great British Railway is a fudge riding for a failWe all knew it was a mistake and we told them so. When the Tory government pushed through the privatisation of the railways a quarter of a century ago, it involved splitting up British Rail into more than 100 companies. At the time, everyone, from Tory backbenchers and the Labour party to British Rail managers, warned that it was a reckless plan that would cost money and do nothing to improve the railways. The title of the book I wrote about it at the time said it all: ‘On the Wrong Line’.

New Civil Engineer

• Lessons from over-budget Edinburgh tramway inform completion of lineConstruction lessons learnt from the over-budget Edinburgh tram network have informed successful work on the remainder of the line.

Other News Sources

• Improvements to Tarka Line celebrated by rail associationThe Tarka Rail Association has welcomed the easing of Covid restrictions this week providing an incentive for more passengers to return to Devon’s railways.