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Saturday, 13 April 2024

BBC News

• Signalling goes live on new rail lineMajor signalling and level crossing work has been completed on a new passenger line.
• Telling the 'unknown' stories on Wales' railwaysAn audio guide is helping to keep alive lesser-known stories from along the tracks in Wales.
• Patience plea over Borders Railway extension plansTransport Secretary Fiona Hyslop tells campaigners time will be needed to take the line to Carlisle.

Financial Times

• How to make trains run on timeAn effective railway network relies on co-ordination, long-term planning and innovation

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• How major works are changing the face of Heaton Lodge JunctionMAJOR works are continuing in the Mirfield area as part of a multi-billion pound railway upgrade.

Derby Telegraph

• Show your support for Alstom workers at risk of losing their jobsMore than 1,000 redundancy notices have been issued to workers

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• No Metros running on North Tyneside line this weekend due to 'ongoing multi-million pound' workNo trains will run between Benton and North Shields until Monday, April 15. A replacement bus service will transport commuters instead.

Wales Online

• Trains services axed and routes cut short as Transport for Wales overhauls timetableTransport for Wales say the revamp will 'better align with the new travel habits and requirements of customers'

EIN News Subscription

• Eurostar terminal at Brussels-Midi to be expanded and improvedThe Eurostar terminal in Brussels-Midi … of 2.2 million passengers travelling on Eurostar trains between Brussels and London … will check and register all travellers, including those from non-EU … summer 2025, according to the rail operator, which is financing the …