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Wednesday, 08 August 2012

BBC News

• Banbury railway station to get multi-storey car park A £10m multi-storey car park is to be built at an Oxfordshire rail station.
• Barriers for all level crossingsNetwork Rail confirm that all 23 open railway level crossings in Scotland are to be upgraded with safety barriers.

The Scotsman

• Every level crossing in Scotland will get lifesaving barriers Safety barriers are to be instal­led at all level crossings on Scotland’s railways. Bosses at Network Rail confirmed the move after a trial of a new, cheaper mini barrier at a crossing in Ardrossan, North Ayrshire, was hailed as a “fantastic success”.

The Telegraph

• British 'rail motor car' facing final journey in India One of the world's most celebrated, romantic railway trains, the British 'rail motor car' of India's Himalayan Kalka-Shimla line may have made its last journey after officials said they could no longer source essential spare parts.

ATOC

• Olympic National Rail travel bulletin: Tuesday 7 AugustOn a busy Day 11 of the Olympics, train companies are providing significant amounts of extra capacity to get hundreds of thousands of spectators to events and home again....

London Evening Standard

• Jubilee, District and Piccadilly lines now fully re-opened after part suspension - but with delaysTens of thousands of commuters, Olympic visitors and staff struggled to reach work and Games' venues today as signal failures caused major disruption on three busy Tube lines.
• London 2012 Olympics: Slam dunk on the train! US basketball superstars take the Javelin back to their London hotelThey may be the richest Olympians at London 2012, but that did not stop the US basketball team embracing the spirit of the public transport games last night.

Nottingham Evening Post

• Nottingham Post commented New tram line works to cross Wilford Toll BridgeWORK is expected to start on Wilford Toll Bridge later this month to allow the new tram line to pass over it.

The Shields Gazette

• Train contract ˜delayed but not derailed™A TRAIN contract set to get dozens of jobs on track in South Tyneside has not been derailed, despite angry union leaders today claiming it has been hit by fresh delays.

Other Regional Press

• Railway structures safeguarded by Government Swindon’s original railway station building, the iconic Box Tunnel near Corsham and a number of bridges in North Wiltshire are among more than 40 historic railway structures on the Great Western main line to be safeguarded by the Government.
• Iconic fin design planned in Burnley Railway Station revamp ‘FINS’ are looking up for rail travellers arriving in Burnley from the rest of Lancashire and Yorkshire.

Global Rail News

• Crossrails Wallasea Island RSPB nature reserve ready thanks to BAM NuttallCrossrail has taken another step towards the creation of a new 1,500 acre RSPB nature reserve with the completion of a new 180 metre jetty at Wallasea Island in Essex.  The jetty will receive in the order of 4.5 million tonnes of material excavated during Crossrail™s tunnelling operations in London. Wallasea Island Wild Coast project [...]

Other News Sources

• Harrogate transport improvements revving up North Yorkshire County Council is getting ready to start a three-year programme which will deliver transport improvements for Harrogate
• Sustainable solution for Network Rail waste processing equipment A sustainable, modular building has been constructed to accommodate eco-friendly waste processing equipment at Westwood, Network Rail's training centre near Coventry.