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Friday, 13 May 2022

BBC News

• Whitchurch rail station disabled access not good enough: MPThe transport secretary has been asked to support a bid to improve disabled access to a town's railway station.
• Rail passengers face Sunday disruption in pay disputeDrivers' union Aslef has balloted its members in an ongoing wages dispute with operator ScotRail.

The Mirror

• 'Rail network has hit the buffers as money dries up - and Tories can't fix it'Paul Routledge says there is no new money to fix the creaking train system, except for vanity projects like HS2 and to pay redundancy to the thousands of rail workers the Tories want rid of

Nation. Cymru

• Business group calls for HS2 trains to run along North Wales Main LineA business group have called for the electrification of the North Wales Main Line so that HS2 trains can run along the track. Growth Track 360 want the line from Holyhead to Crewe and Warrington electrified so that trains travelling up from London to Birmingham can continue along to track to the north of Wales.

This Is Local London Network

• Hither Green station expansion plans cause fury and fearsFurious residents have hit back at plans to expand a railway station in front of their homes – fearing passengers will peer into their bedroom windows.

Other Regional Press

• Work starts on renovating old railway track in WeymouthWORK has finally begun to renovate an old section of railway track in Weymouth as part of a £1m upgrade to the town's station.

Christian Wolmar

• How Great British Railways can learn from the old BRBritish Railways lives again. Well sort of. The Queen’s Speech contains plans for a Transport Bill the centrepiece of which is the creation of Great British Railways which will take over many aspects of the running of the nation’s rail system.

New Civil Engineer

• Link between HS1 and HS2 is key to switching UK travellers from plane to trainA direct link between HS1 and HS2 services has been identified as a key driver in shifting British air travellers from plane to train.

Trafnidiaeth Cymru [Transport for Wales]

• Transport for Wales gets on board for Brighter JourneysFor Mental Health Awareness Week, together with Network Rail and the wider industry, Transport for Wales has joined Chasing the Stigma to support passengers’ wellbeing with Brighter Journeys.