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Friday, 04 October 2024

BBC News

• Regional authority boss takes rail reform jobLaura Shoaf will help overhaul the current railway system, the Department for Transport says.
• Major work to replace banks to protect rail lineMajor work is needed to protect the main rail line through Devon and into Cornwall, the Environment Agency says.
• Lessons from Ladbroke Grove crash 25 years onTwenty five years ago two passenger trains collided at Ladbroke Grove, two miles west of London's Paddington station.
• First look at new Piccadilly line trainsImages have been released of Piccadilly line trains under construction at a factory in Goole, East Yorkshire.
• Thameslink services disrupted by driver shortageThe route between Bedford and Brighton is expected to be particularly disrupted in both directions.
• No plan to widen Tube platforms despite safety riskTfL says widening platforms at Clapham Common and Clapham North would cost too much time and money.

The Herald

• ScotRail peak fares criticism of SNP by Labour is ridiculousIt has been difficult this week not to be aghast at Scottish Labour's criticism of the decision by the SNP Government to reintroduce peak fares at its ScotRail operation.

The Independent

• Labour picks trains tsar to drive through railway renationalisationThe transport secretary has picked Laura Shoaf, chief executive of the West Midlands Combined Authority, to run Shadow Great British Railways

Great British Railways Transition Team

• Why are people travelling by train?Business travel by rail grows 21% year-on-year

Labour List

• A year on from HS2's cancellation, what should Labour learn to Get Britain Building?One year ago today at Tory conference in Manchester, the then-Prime Minister Rishi Sunak cancelled the northern leg of HS2, putting the UK's flagship rail project out of its misery after a decade of delay and spiralling costs.

Birmingham Post

• Siemens UK chief hails investment in new £200m train factory as 'significant statement'The Munich-based firm is working with Transport for London (TfL) to build vital new trains to replace the Picadilly Line's aging fleet

London Evening Standard

• Transport Secretary Haigh opens £200m train manufacturing factory in YorkshireTransport Secretary Louise Haigh has opened a £200 million train manufacturing factory in Yorkshire which will support 700 jobs.

Yorkshire Post

• Transport Secretary Haigh to inaugurate £200m train manufacturing plant in YorkshireTrains for the revamped Piccadilly line on the London underground will be built by the plant in Goole.

Other Regional Press

• The disused railway line that could transform already bustling Essex townEssex is a haven for commuters thanks to its impressive train connections. But whilst some towns and cities receive regular services, there are others that do not even have an active railway station anymore.
• Edinburgh Trams and Lothian both win at National Transport AwardsBoth of Edinburgh's public transport operators, Edinburgh Trams and Lothian won in their categories at the 21st Annual National Transport Awards in London on Thursday evening.

Railway Gazette

• Research and innovation are not 'optional extras' for rail freight operatorsThe Chief Executive of the Rail Safety & Standards Board has called on the rail freight sector to co-fund research to help achieve the previous government's 'bold' goal of increasing rail freight by 75% by 2050.