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Thursday, 14 June 2012

BBC News

• Noise concern at proposed Leicestershire transport hub Some Leicestershire villagers have raised noise and traffic concerns over a government proposal to develop a transport hub.
• Manual Ramps at 16 London Tube stations for Olympics [video]Manual ramps will be temporarily available at 16 London Underground stations in London during the Olympics.
• City tram extension work beginsWork begins on a multi-million pound tram extension in the city centre of Birmingham.
• Tram line returns after 60 yearsTram services between Manchester and Oldham return - for the first time since trams stopped running in Oldham in 1946.
• Fire forces 200 to leave trainUp to 200 people are forced to leave a train in south-east London after a small fire on board but there are no reports of injuries.

Financial Times

• Rail union to vote on action in Olympic rowThe RMT is to ballot staff at South West Trains in a dispute over hours and pay during the games
• Cameron committed to high-speed rail linkThe HS2 project is seen by David Cameron and George Osborne as evidence that the coalition has ambitions for Britain beyond deficit reduction

Mail Online

• Are the Tories about to backtrack on £34bn high-speed rail link?Senior ministers such as George Osborne and Transport Secretary Justine Greening are backing away from plans for a controversial high speed rail link between London and Birmingham, it was claimed yesterday.

Liverpool Echo

• No funds available to electrify Bidston to Wrexham railway line, ministers tell MPNO funds will be available to upgrade a key Wirral rail line for many years, a transport minister warned, despite admitting it would boost jobs.

Liverpool Post

• High costs rule out Wrexham to Bidston railway line electrificationTHE BIDSTON to Wrexham railway line won't be electrified for many years, a transport minister warned, despite admitting it would boost jobs.

London Evening Standard

• Tube link not used for 70 years to reopen for Olympics to ease congestionA Sunday train service last used just after the Second World War is to provide a major transport link during the Olympics and Paralympics.

Manchester Evening News

• Commuters travel on new Oldham tram line for the first time - and Metrolink report no delaysPassengers this morning have travelled on the first ever Metrolink trams to Oldham. The long-awaited service from Manchester Victoria to Oldham Mumps began at 5,24am and has been running smoothly all morning.

Bucks Free Press

• Commuters say timetable changes will make working day longer CONCERNS have been raised about the future of Princes Risborough train station after Chiltern Railways cut a key commuter service in the morning.

Global Rail News

• High Speed 1 in trailer testA moving international rail freight motorway comes a step nearer this summer. Europorte ran a trial lorry trailer service from Antwerp to Barking via the Channel Tunnel and High Speed One on May 21-22. The piggyback train consisted of a pair of Ewals Cargo Care megatrailers, conveying Vauxhall car parts, mounted on a Sdggmiss two-section [...]
• Angelica engineers rail successAngelica Momodu, 18, Vital Rail™s first female apprentice, is urging other girls to take up rail engineering. ˜I™m really enjoying my apprenticeship and it doesn™t bother me that I™m the only girl in my group.™ Most of my friends are male and it™s all good fun,™ says Angelica who started with Vital last December. Angelica, [...]

Rail Technology Magazine

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The Business Desk

• £60m rail projects worth six times that to region - transport chiefs THREE rail projects costing a total of £60m have the potential to create more than 4,400 new jobs and boost the West Midlands economy by more than £370m a year, transport chiefs have told the Government.
• No HS2 depot in Washwood Heath, says new council leader NEW Birmingham City Council leader Sir Albert Bore has re-affirmed his pre-election pledge to ditch plans to turn the former LDV and Alstom sites in Washwood Heath into a high-speed rail maintenance depot.