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Monday, 22 May 2017

BBC News

• Delayed £50m Cambridge North railway station opensA £50m railway station whose opening date was put back twice is finally running services.
• Uni of South Wales road safety app for children 'good fun'The app is being developed thanks to £67,500 funding from the Road Safety Trust.

ITV News

• New electric trains introduced by First Great WesternThe first of the new electric trains to ease congestion for passengers on the First Great Western Railway enter into service today.

Financial Times

• German tortoise and Tesla hare in electric car raceTraditional carmakers power up for battle with pioneer of battery charged vehicles
• HNA’s Hainan Airlines to buy 19 planes for $4.2bn
• Crossrail and Heathrow in legal dispute over feesNew Elizabeth line will undercut prices of £25 Heathrow Express service

The Guardian

• Monday’s best TV: The Fifteen Billion Pound RailwayCynicism about the extent of investment lavished upon the south-east aside, Crossrail is an amazing engineering project, as this returning series shows
• Disabled man 'forced to wet himself' when train toilet was out of orderChristopher Stapleton tells of humiliating experience on Virgin Trains service months after rail minister pledged to take actionA 59-year-old wheelchair user has spoken out about how he was forced to wet himself on a Virgin train because the disabled toilet was out of order.The incident has emerged just months after the rail minister, Paul Maynard, pledged that no other disabled rail user would have to endure such a distressing and humiliating experience on a train journey after the Paralympian Anne Wafula Strike, a wheelchair user, spoke out about it happening to her. Continue reading...

The Herald

• Agenda: It is time to bring all aspects of rail management back to Scotland Agenda
• Riskiest roads for cyclists revealed by campaignersThe most dangerous roads for cyclists have been revealed by campaigners who have called for junctions to be improved.

Times Online

• Longer journeys could be key to making trains run on time [Subscription]Rail travellers in Scotland are facing the prospect of longer journeys to improve the reliability of services.
• New network of cameras will charge drivers for polluting [Subscription]A national network of roadside cameras to identify, track and charge drivers of the most polluting vehicles is to be created across Scotland.
• Train franchise tipped to go Dutch with Japanese [Subscription]The Dutch state railway company Abellio has been tipped to become the new operator of the West Midlands train franchise.
• Air pollution deprives you of a decent night’s sleep [Subscription]High levels of air pollution can significantly harm your chances of a good night’s sleep, research has found.

Mail Online

• HS2 faces call for an inquiry over massive PR expenses on coasters, T-shirts and tickets to party conferences Critics called for a public inquiry into the HS2 rail link last night after its PR chief spent tens of thousands of pounds on coasters, T-shirts and tickets to party conferences.

Birmingham Post

• We want West Midlands firms to work on our tram lines say Midlands Metro bosses The Midlands Metro Alliance, working on a series of tram line extensions, wants 80 per cent of suppliers to be based in West Midlands

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Revellers go full steam ahead at Rail Ale festival on the Welsh Highland Railway Hundreds turned out for the 13th Cwrw ar y Cledrau event to enjoy more than 100 mainly locally brewed beers and ciders on offer

London Evening Standard

• American Airlines passenger 'duct taped to seat' after attempting to enter cockpitTwo US military fighters jets were scrambled to escort an American Airlines flight to safety after a passenger reportedly tried to force his way into the cockpit.

Wales Online

• Arriva Trains Wales is adding extra capacity on its crammed routes The changes come in from Monday with thousands of extra seats available
• Arriva Trains Wales staff member allegedly told passenger 'go back to your own country' The worker has now left the organisation

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• Midland Metro link for planned for Dudley Port railway station The plans have been revealed in a new public consultation by Sandwell Council.

Reading Evening Post

• Passengers will never get wet again as Reading Buses launches honesty umbrellas Honesty umbrellas are being supplied on Reading Buses’ services to Woodley

Buying Business Travel

• Look beyond Heathrow expansion, urges GTMCTMC group publishes its own General Election manifesto for next government
• Durham Tees Valley announces terminal renovationAirport will introduce free wifi and install workstations as part of project

Rail Technology Magazine

• AURA Positive Train Control System The Metrom Rail AURA Positive Train Control System is the first transit-specific train control system of its kind.

Railnews

• New �green� station opens in Cambridge A new station serving science and business parks in Cambridge has opened. Cambridge North is operated by Greater Anglia, but Great Northern trains also call there. The three-platform station includes a 1,000-space cycle park and a car park for 450 vehicles. It is also served by buses, including those on the Cambridge guided bus route. The station is �green�, with solar panels providing up to 10 per cent of its power.

Railway Gazette

• Arriva operating contract to be extendedNETHERLANDS: The Province of Gelderland is to exercise an option for Arriva to continue to operate...

Other News Sources

• Wallsend firm on track for success After Barrier Group acquired assets from A-Belco last November, Barrier Electrical Engineering has grown its reputation across industry sectors, in particular defence and rail.
• Better rail service for Nottingham, Lincoln and Newark trains launched todayThe new East Midlands Trains timetable launched today (Sunday 21 May) brings earlier and more frequent Sunday services between Lincoln, Newark Castle and Nottingham.
• First images of proposed ‘post-industrial’ London High Line unveiledStretch of disused rail line in London would be turned into an elevated garden under a scheme being compared to a world-famous Manhattan project
• Here's how the new ScotRail timetable will affect your morning commuteScotRail warn passengers to expect longer journey times and bigger queues as the latest improvement works get under way.
• Bid to turn disused railway between Camden Town and King’s Cross into elevated ‘Highline’ parkPlans have been announced to create a 60-foot-wide, half-mile-long park on a disused stretch of railway between Camden Town and King’s Cross.