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Wednesday, 09 June 2021

BBC News

• East-West Rail: Bedfordshire residents give their views on £5bn schemeThe university cities of Oxford and Cambridge are due to be connected by rail once again, thanks to a new £5bn line. The East-West Rail project will see a brand new section of track built from Bedford to Cambridge, but it is dividing opinion. What do people in Bedfordshire think?
• Serco to cancel Caledonian Sleeper service during strikeRail service operator Serco is to cancel all the sleeper services during an 11-day strike by rail workers this month.

The Scotsman

• Caledonian Sleeper cancels all services between Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Inverness, Fort William and London during ten-night strike from June 15Thousands of passengers face ten nights with no Caledonian Sleeper trains between Scotland and London after operator Serco said it would be unable to run any services during strikes over pay.

The Telegraph

• Dutch hand UK taxpayers £91m to end rail funding row [subscription]Operators have paid the Government more than £300m in so-called termination payments following the end of franchising

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• New facilities as derelict Shipley Station building restoredA DERELICT building has been restored at Shipley Station as Northern continues its work to make the rail network more accessible by providing new facilities.

London Evening Standard

• Caledonian Sleeper cancels all services during workers’ 11-day strike actionThe RMT union is also accusing Serco of lying to passengers about engaging with them in talks ahead of the strike from June 15-26.
• Camden councillor say HS2 construction has made residents lives ‘living hell’London councillor has accused HS2 of not doing enough for people living near the construction site complaining of dust, noise and vibrations in their homes.

Wales Online

• Picturesque rail line could create more jobs in mid-WalesProfessor Stuart Cole has said a £20million investment could help create more jobs and boost local economies along the route

Other Regional Press

• Greenbank Station wins award for volunteers' hard workGREENBANK Train Station in Northwich was one of six stations on the Mid Cheshire Line to win awards from Cheshire Best Kept Stations for their volunteer work.
• Speak directly to a ticket agent from rail station's new machineA new ticket machine offering customers around-the-clock support has been installed at Whittlesea rail station.
• Bolsover MP given first hand experience during visit to road rail lorry specialistsSRS Rail System road rail lorry specialists welcomed Bolsover MP, Mark Fletcher, to highlight the vital products they have continued to supply throughout the pandemic and to meet the team at its Bolsover site.
• MP urges government probe into 'dangerous' Covid measures aboard Bangor bound trainsAN MP is demanding an investigation by the Welsh Government into complaints over 'dangerous' Covid-secure conditions onboard North Wales coast trains arriving in Bangor.
• HS2 launches search for contractor for £370m Interchange StationInterchange Station will be located close to Birmingham Airport and the A45 Coventry Road

Train Operators

• Northern continues to make rail network more accessible with new facilities at West Yorkshire stationA derelict building has been restored as Northern continues its work to make the rail network more accessible by providing new facilities at Shipley Station.  

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Tarmac commits to renewable fuel in rail freight sustainability driveTarmac and its rail freight partner DB Cargo UK have announced that the delivery of construction materials on a key strategic route will be powered entirely by 100 per cent renewable fuel.  The partners have confirmed that environmentally friendly hydro-treated vegetable oil (HVO) will be fuelling all freight trains running between Tarmac’s Mountsorrel site in Leicestershire and its rail-fed asphalt plant in the centre of Birmingham, as part of an ongoing commitment to supporting the sustainable delivery of the UK’s infrastructure ambitions.  HVO is one of the greenest ...

Rail Technology Magazine

• Transport for Wales introduces improved Cardiff-Holyhead rail serviceAs it continues to aim to improve rail services within Wales, Transport for Wales (TfW) has introduced a newly-improved service between Cardiff and Holyhead, providing greater capacity and utilising fully-refurbished intercity carriages.

Other News Sources

• Building for the future: why hyperloop could revolutionise public transportVirgin Hyperloop CEO Josh Giegel explains why hyperloop technology can change the way we travel forever, and reveals an increased receptiveness to the new mode of transport at a hearing he testified at last month.