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Wednesday, 08 February 2017

BBC News

• Rail firms mull iris scan train faresTechnology such as biometric scanning and smarter trains could improve rail travel for UK customers.

Financial Times

• Parcel plan offers new life for 125mph trainsFreight group plans to use old Intercity 125s for Yorkshire to London service
• Tube strikes are a spur to change the way we workWhy did Londoners brave the recent chaos to try to clock in at 9am?

This is Money

• Rail repairs and falling demand for buses hurt First Group First Group runs the Great Western Railway and TransPennine Express franchises under its UK First Rail business, and some 6,400 buses outside of London under its First Bus service.

London Evening Standard

• Southern Rail staff told to accept deal to end months of strike miserySouthern Rail train drivers today attended a mass meeting as Aslef union leaders sought to sell them a deal to end the bitter dispute on one of London's busiest commuter networks.

Northern Echo

• MP Phil Wilson calls for tariff free, impediment free agreement with the EU to protect Hitachi's exports

Blackpool Gazette

• The great Virgin Rail rip-off row rumbles onVirgin Rail representatives will today meet with a Fylde coast MP amid a growing row over the cost of some journeys.

Other Regional Press

• Tory West Midlands Mayoral hopeful wants to reopen Black Country Rail line
• Talk on what happened when the railway lines closed COLIN Divall, emeritus professor of Railway Studies at the University of York, will be giving a talk at the Dorset History Centre on Bridport Road on Thursday, February 9.

Rail Technology Magazine

• Sydney Metro: connecting Australia’s biggest city The Sydney Metro is Australia’s biggest public transport development, almost doubling the capacity of the current suburban network. How will this change travel in the country’s most populace metropolis?
• Interserve wins facilities management contract with Network Rail International support services and construction group Interserve has won a £65m facilities management contract with UK Network Rail.
• RDG: Biometric technology may soon improve passenger flowThe rail industry may soon use biometric technology such as eye scans or fingerprinting to charge passengers for journeys, according to the industry’s plan for coping with growing demand for rail travel. The railway Capability Delivery Plan, published ahead of the Rail Delivery...
• HS2 Sheffield Meadowhall station 'still on the table'Transport minister Andrew Jones has confirmed that the proposed high-speed South Yorkshire station at Sheffield Meadowhall is “still on the table”, despite recommendations made by the chair of HS2 Ltd Sir David Higgins. The confirmation came during a Parliamentary debate raised by...
• Wolverhampton reveals contractor for new �132m railway stationThe Wolverhampton Interchange Partnership (WIP) has announced its preferred contractor to deliver the city’s new £132m railway station. Galliford Try – the leading UK construction group responsible for Wimbledon Centre Court’s retractable roof and the Forth Road Bridge...

Railway Gazette

• Technically complex tank wagon certified RUSSIA: Following testing, TikhvinChemMash has obtained federal certification for what it says is...
• Lineside connectivity company TeleRail launchedA company which aims to provide purpose-built trackside communications networks for on-train...