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HS2's £1,000 survey access offer
The National Farmers' Union and the Country Land and Business Association negotiate a £1,000 payment to landowners for initial survey work on the HS2 high-speed rail route.
BAA loses Stansted sale appeal
Airport operator BAA loses its latest challenge against a competition ruling that it must sell Stansted airport.
Campaigners press case for new stations
CAMPAIGNERS are urging ministers to add 12 new stations to Scotland's rail network as the Government puts the finishing touches to a £1 billion investment programme in the central belt.
Plans to cut MoT frequency ditched in Government U-turn
Plans to cut the frequency of the MoT test have been ditched after the Government bowed to pressure from road safety and motoring groups.
Liverpool high speed rail link plans quietly dropped to save money
PLANS for a high-speed rail link to the edge of Liverpool have been quietly dumped, apparently to save money – adding to the journey time
Thursday, 02 February 2012
BBC News
- HS2's £1,000 survey access offerThe National Farmers' Union and the Country Land and Business Association negotiate a £1,000 payment to landowners for initial survey work on the HS2 high-speed rail route.
- Train indecent behaviour appealBritish Transport Police release CCTV images of a man they want to trace in connection with alleged indecent behaviour on board a train.
The Herald
- Campaigners press case for new stationsCAMPAIGNERS are urging ministers to add 12 new stations to Scotland's rail network as the Government puts the finishing touches to a £1 billion investment programme in the central belt.
The Telegraph
- Landowners to get £1,000 each to allow high speed rail contractors onto propertyLandowners and farmers are to be paid £1,000 each to allow contractors involved in the high speed rail project onto their property.
Daily Record
- Anger as Network Rail boss requests bumper bonus just 48 hours after apologising for teenagers' deathsTHE boss of shambolic Network Rail has asked for a £336,000 bonus – days after apologising for the deaths of two teenagers at a level crossing.
ATOC
- Book your train tickets now for cheap Easter travelPeople looking to make seasonal savings this spring can now take advantage of cheap Advance rail fares for travel during the Easter holidays....
Derby Telegraph
Edinburgh Evening News
- 7500 firms to appeal rates amid trams and recessionAn “unprecedented” number of firms in Edinburgh have demanded reduced business rates as they struggle with a weak global economy and local difficulties such as tram works.
Liverpool Post
- Liverpool high speed rail link plans quietly dropped to save money PLANS for a high-speed rail link to the edge of Liverpool have been quietly dumped, apparently to save money – adding to the journey time
Manchester Evening News
- Tram two-for-one offer with Metrolink's Manchester Loves February Metrolink will offer two-for-one tickets every Tuesday in February as part of a month of discounts to entice people into Manchester. Tram bosses have agreed to the deal on tickets into the city centre bought after 6pm using a special voucher.
Other Regional Press
- Rail station switch goes aheadTHE day-to-day management of Gatwick Airport railway station has transferred to Southern Railway.
- Link needed to ensure high-speed benefitsBusiness case to highlight need for HS2 Birmingham to West Yorkshire link from day one.
Global Rail News
- Alstom awarded LGV Est signalling contractRéseau Ferré de France (RFF) has awarded a consortium, lead by Alstom, with a signalling contract for phase 2 of the East European LGV (LGV Est) high speed rail line. Alstom Transport and Legrand SA will carry out ‘all signalling studies and installation work’ on the line in the €40 million contract. Alstom will also [...]
- Bids open for £100m rail station improvement fundThe remaining pot of a £100m fund to improve stations in England and Wales is now open for bids from Network Rail, train operating companies and local authorities. The station project was launched by the Department for Transport, the Association of Train Operating Companies and Network Rail in April last year, with over £80m since [...]
- Invensys Rail awarded Glasgow resignalling contractNetwork Rail has awarded Invensys Rail a £35 million contract for the Glasgow South Suburban Resignalling (GSSR) project. Invensys Rail will design, manufacture, install and test the signalling systems. The GSSR area includes the Cathcart Signal Box area, the East Kilbride branch lines and the Barrhead lines up to the limit of control from the West [...]
- Reconnecting RoystonThe Hertfordshire town of Royston has become increasingly divided by the Hitchin-Cambridge railway line that runs through its centre as the town expanded each side of the line. With only two official crossings, on the by-pass at the northern end of town and next to the railway station at Kneesworth Street, there was evidence that [...]
- For Battersea “ Five new bridges and one new superstructureOn the south bank of the Thames, opposite Victoria station, on the disused site is Battersea Power Station. Alongside the power station there is another smaller but just as well known location, the Battersea Dogs & Cats home. Between these two locations are the Up and Down Fast and Reversible lines to Chatham that pass [...]
- Alstom to install new ERTMS in DenmarkAlstom has been awarded a contract worth €300m to replace the existing signalling system in the east of Denmark. Alstom will install its Atlas ERTMS signalling solution on 12 intercity and regional lines in the Sealand and Fyn regions. The new systems will enable Banedanmark to ‘increase the traffic regularity and double the capacity of the [...]
- Turkish State Railways awards Thales signalling contractTurkish State Railways has awarded Thales a €20 million signalling contract to install the ECTS Level 2 system on the country’s first high speed rail line. The contract also consists of GSM-R communications and automatic train protection along the 250km double-track Eskisehir-Sincan section of the Ankara-Istanbul high speed line. Turkey’s first high speed line was [...]
Other News Sources
- Rip-off rail companies target Euro crisisRip-off rail companies, led by European rail bosses, British outfit ATOC and supported by Labour Euro MEP Brian Simpson, will be meeting in Brussels tonight to plan out a strategy for bleeding transport services across the Continent dry in the wake of the EU crisis and the central drive for austerity and privatisation.
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