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Friday, 28 October 2016

Financial Times

• Coal trains rumble back on US rail networkThe amount of the fossil fuel carried on trains is up nearly 50% from April

The Telegraph

• Japanese women asked not to apply make-up during their commute on the train

Times Online

• Driver carried bag containing bomb for four Tube stops [ Subscription]A London Underground driver carried an abandoned bag containing a bomb into his train cab and continued with the journey, it emerged yesterday.

Belfast Telegraph

• MPs back digital technology to improve rail networkA report by the Commons' Transport Select Committee stated that the use of traffic management software could increase the number of trains which can be safely run along tracks.

The York Press

• High-speed trains MUST come to York, says MP HIGH-SPEED rail services must go via York, to ensure the city’s future prosperity, York Central MP Rachael Maskell has said.

Wales Online

• Electrification to Swansea not a done deal says Network Rail chairmanThere is still uncertainty over whether electrification of the Great Western Mainline will reach Swansea. The non-executive chairman of Network Rail Sir Peter Hendy told a meeting of Cardiff Business Club that extending the project westwards to Swansea was subject to an agreement between the UK and Welsh governments

Bucks Free Press

• Broken rail causes train delays and cancellations A broken rail has caused train delays and cancellations in and out of London this morning.�

Peterborough Telegraph

• Network Rail looking for young women in Peterborough, March and Ely to join new apprenticeship schemeNetwork Rail is the latest company to join the Young Women’s Trust campaign to make apprenticeships work for young women and are looking to recruit in Peterborough, March Ely and Cambridge.

Other Regional Press

• State of the art rail link is on the right trackLuton’s ambitious plans for a £200 million Mass Passenger Transit system linking London Luton Airport with Luton Airport Parkway railway station will be displayed at two forthcoming public exhibitions next week.
• Can the European Union step in to back Swansea rail electrification with cash? A FORMER Swansea Council leader has questioned why so little European funding has gone to the electrification of the Great Western Main Line, especially as a UK Government Rail Minister has urged leaders in Wales to seek Brussels cash for the South Wales Metro project.

Rail Magazine

• '442s’ back in traffic after refurbishment?Stored Class 442s could yet have a future, with their owner Angel Trains telling RAIL it is planning a refurbishment programme.
• Tim O'Neill to speak at RAIL’s National Rail ConferenceCEO of Systra will speak at the NRC in Manchester on November 1

Rail Technology Magazine

• Minister presses Hendy to devolve Network Rail in Scotland amid budget issuesThe Scottish government has demanded that Network Rail in Scotland be devolved after an independent report criticised it for allowing crucial improvement projects to go over budget. As of July 2016, the cost of the five Scottish rail upgrade projects – the Aberdeen to Inverness Improvement...
• Shenfield braced for New Year closures ahead of Crossrail arrivalNetwork Rail will carry out an extensive programme of upgrade work around Shenfield station between Christmas and New Year, including installing a new platform and sidings in preparation for the arrival of Crossrail. The platform will serve new air-conditioned trains, which will start operating...
• Third runway should be opportunity to create Heathrow 'rail hub' Any expansion at Heathrow Airport should be accompanied by an expansion of rail services, Greengauge 21 has said. In a blog post following the government’s announcement that it has finally made the decision to allow the third runway at Heathrow, the organisation said the airport should...

Railway Gazette

• TransPennine Express coach production begins UK: Production of 66 push-pull coaches for use by TransPennine Express began at rolling stock...

Other News Sources

• Guildford railway station developers branded 'arrogant' by council leader following planning appealGuildford Borough Council leader Paul Spooner said he was extremely disappointed developer Solum has filed an appeal against the refusal
• MP snubbed in bid to get disabled access at train stationGovernment ministers have snubbed attempts to get disabled access at one of Kirklees’ most important rail stations.
• Rob Flello urges transport and freight sectors, “Get your Brexit bids in quickly”Stoke-on-Trent South MP and Transport Select Committee member, Rob Flello, says the freight and transport sectors need to decide quickly what their bottom line is on Brexit or risk not having any say at all over the future. The MP says he has heard a whole host of demands from different voices in the industry but that the time has come to decide precisely what the priorities are.