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Saturday, 04 September 2021

Government

• Rail industry on track to win big in UK-Australia trade deal British rail companies are on track for a potential export boom thanks to the UK-Australia trade deal.

BBC News

• Bristol Temple Meads upheaval ends as upgrade work completedA £140m scheme to increase capacity into Bristol Temple Meads station is due to be completed by the weekend.
• London Underground: Nine Elms and Battersea Power Station set to openCommuters will be able to travel from Nine Elms and Battersea Power Station from 20 September.

ITV News

• Work starts to electrify train line for South Wales Metro scheme which promises faster journey timesA major rail line has been closed for over two weeks as Transport for Wales prepares for the introduction of brand new electric-tram trains.

STV

• New Glasgow Central museum opens as part of train station tourIt charts the history of the station from its construction in the 19th century through world wars and into the present day.

London Evening Standard

• TfL fare increases not a pre-determined outcome, says transport chiefThe head of TfL has said that fare rises in January are not a pre-determined outcome despite it being a condition of the Government's funding deal.

Yorkshire Post

• HS2 to Leeds cancellation would be a betrayal - The Yorkshire Post saysYORKSHIRE would be betrayed if the HS2 link to Sheffield and Leeds was to be abandoned, as is increasingly rumoured.

Other Regional Press

• Sowerby Bridge rail firm secures Belgian supply contractSowerby Bridge-based Rosehill Rail, a global manufacturer of railway crossing systems and safety solutions, has been awarded an eight-year contract with Infrabel, operator of the Belgian national railway, to supply level crossing systems across its network.

Rail Advent

• TransPennine Express invests £170,000 in an upgrade for Malton station bringing better facilities for customersTranspennine Express has completed improvements at Malton railway station.

Other News Sources

• There are two brand new stations opening on the Northern lineThe new stations at Nine Elms and Battersea Power Station will carry passengers to the City and West End in 15 minutes
• Northumberland rail campaigners welcome extra trains but call for further improvementsA rail campaign group has welcomed news that TransPennine Express is to launch a new service in Northumberland.
• New HS2 project to restore one of the world’s oldest railway buildingsHS2 Ltd begins a major restoration project to refurb one of the world’s longest surviving pieces of monumental railway architecture, the Grade One listed Old Curzon Street Station in Birmingham.