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Thursday, 30 July 2026

BBC News

• Rail station strike planned over 'unfair sacking'Avanti West Coast staff working at Manchester Piccadilly announce a 24-hour walk-out on Saturday .

Derby Telegraph

• Fresh hope for Derbyshire town to regain its railway stationGovernment support for the Ivanhoe Line's reinstatement through South Derbyshire was spiked by Labour but a new group has its backing

Other Regional Press

• Rail haulage company opening applications to new Somerset trainee driversHeavy Haul Rail is recruiting trainee freight train drivers at its Mendip, Somerset depot. Applications open now for those aged 18+ within a 60-minute commute.

New Civil Engineer

• New £250M Cambridge South station sees more than 110,000 passenger journeys in first monthThousands of passengers have passed through the gates of Cambridge South station since it opened to the public on 29 June.

Railnews

• Local trains return to Paignton after fire Trains have returned to a south Devon station which was badly damaged by fire on 21 July. Trains are running again between Paignton, Newton Abbot, Exeter and Exmouth, but intercity services which usually run to Paignton are terminating at Exeter St David’s or Newton Abbot.

Railway-News

• Northern Celebrates Fruitful Desires at Bridlington Railway StationFor the last ten years, Andrew Loxton has been brightening Bridlington railway station with a cornucopia of beautiful flower displays.

Other News Sources

• 'An impressive feat of engineering': Transpennine Route Upgrade milestone as Baker Viaduct crosses River Calder in RavensthorpeThe newly built Baker Viaduct now spans the River Calder, after the penultimate pair of beams were installed on Wednesday (July 29), connecting the structural steelwork either side of the water.
• Leeds transport tech acquires First Group subsidiary in £48m dealLeeds transport tech Tracsis is to acquire Mistral Data, which was established in 2010 as the technology innovation arm of FirstGroup and has since developed into a provider of software and tech to the wider rail industry, in a £48m deal.
• Liverpool-to-Manchester rail link land row heads to High CourtBridgemere Group and subsidiary Castle Green Homes have been granted permission to challenge the Department for Transport's decision to delay the approval of the developers 330-home scheme on land in Warrington that could accommodate a section of the proposed Northern Arc rail scheme.