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Thursday, 11 November 2021

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Direct railway links from Holyhead to London still well-below pre-covid levelsBut Ynys Môn MS Rhun ap Iorwerth warned the pandemic must not become an excuse for longer term cuts

Nottingham Evening Post

• HS2 announcement ‘imminent’ with ‘pretty good deal’ for Nottinghamshire, says Ben BradleyNottinghamshire County Council has invested more than £22 million in allocating land for development around the potential Toton HS2 hub

Yorkshire Post

• Northern Powerhouse Rail: Bradford named UK's worst-connected major city in rail journey analysisRenewed pressure is being put on the Government to ensure Bradford is not cut out of the Northern Powerhouse Rail route after new analysis of over 3,000 railway journeys found it is Britain’s worst-connected major city.

Other Regional Press

• Will battery trains come to East Anglia?Diesel engines on passenger trains could be replaced by battery power-packs to eliminate carbon emissions over the next few years - engineers are already preparing an experimental unit to be trialled on Greater Anglia.

New Civil Engineer

• Backers of restoring abandoned Northumberland railway line make case at public inquiryThe public inquiry into the benefits of the proposed Northumberland line project began this week.
• Need for Northern Powerhouse Rail laid bare as Britain’s worst connected cities revealedThe need for better rail connections in the North and Midlands has been laid bare in an analysis of the country’s best and worst connected cities.

Railnews

• Intercity battery hybrid train to be createdHitachi and Angel Trains have announced a project to create a battery hybrid train for intercity services on TransPennine Express