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- Bennerley Viaduct reopens to public after £1.7m repairsA Victorian railway bridge is back open to the public after more than five decades of dereliction.
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- Freight train derailment blocks high-speed services to and from London St Pancras InternationalA derailed freight train is causing disruption to high-speed passenger services to and from London St Pancras International.
The Scotsman
- ScotRail's new era under full Scottish government control may get off to a confusing start – Alastair DaltonIt’s prompted by the extraordinary but welcome level of detail ScotRail has provided in seeking to justify reducing most of its ticket offices’ opening hours, in stark contrast to the far less clear way the train operator will be run when it returns to state control in April – and the downright confusing term “Scotland’s Railway”.
The Mirror
- Public transport crisis as 17% of bus routes at risk after Covid financial lossesBus and Metro services have suffered financial losses due to Covid-19 and passenger numbers fell by 95 percent in some areas. The loss of busy bus routes will also hit pensioners and students hard
Nation. Cymru
- Major works completed to prepare South Wales Metro for electrificationMajor works have been completed on the South Wales Metro rail project to prepare it for electrification.
The York Press
- Train firm LNER looking to inspire 'Tomorrow's Talent'A YORK-BASED train firm is aiming to inspire the next generation of rail industry employees about the world of work with the return of a work experience programme.
Yorkshire Evening Post
- Northern's rail carriages cleaned almost one million times in one year as network fights CovidHard working Northern Rail employees cleaned the rail operator's carriages almost one million times in 2021.
Plymouth Herald
- Plymouth to Tavistock railway link 'moving up the priority list'The much-wanted reopening of the Tavistock to Plymouth rail link has moved up the list of priorities for rail projects.
Other Regional Press
- Network Rail gives update on Gobowen station system worksNetwork Rail is currently renewing the signalling system at the train station which has led to the main road and the station car park being closed from Wednesday until Monday, January 17.
New Civil Engineer
- East West Rail links with industry, academic and accessibility leaders for advisory groupLeading lights from industry and academia have joined an East West Rail Company (EWR) advisory group to aid development of the major rail project between Oxford and East Anglia.
Rail Business Daily
- Work starts next week on new transport hubWork will soon begin on a new transport hub for Porth in Wales. The project to create the Porth Transport Hub will see site setup start next week, with completion set for spring 2023.
- Hitachi enters into new partnership with digital sensor pioneersHitachi has entered into a deal which will mean it can offer a real-time monitoring solution as part of its digital freight service.
Other News Sources
- Greater Anglia makes further changes to its weekday timetableGreater Anglia has made further temporary changes to its weekday timetable, which began on Monday January 10, in response to fewer passengers travelling.
- Action group against HS2 warns project coming to Cheshire is still 'very much a reality'AN action group against HS2 is striving to remind people the multi-billion pound project coming to Cheshire is still ‘very much a reality’.
- ‘Government has let Leeds down for 30 to 40 years’ over rail, council agreesThe leader of Leeds City Council’s Conservatives group has criticised his own Government’s integrated rail plan, suggesting it was pointless improving journey times if there was not enough space for trains on station platforms.
- Crossrail – when will it open?The Elizabeth Line is set to open in the first half of 2022. No specific date has been set out within TfL’s Budget.
- East West Rail links with industry, academic and accessibility leaders for advisory groupLeading lights from industry and academia have joined an East West Rail Company (EWR) advisory group to aid development of the major rail project between Oxford and East Anglia.
- Firms readied for £82m HS2 systems integration roleHS2 is looking for a firm to take an £82m railway systems and systems integration role.
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