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An agreement to move forward work to improve rail capacity through the vital Ely area has taken a significant step forward thanks to funding from two LEPs.
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Saturday, 25 March 2017
The Independent
- Severe weather causing delays to half of commuters at least once a month, Earth Hour poll findsSurvey finds more than half of people don’t think their lives are affected by climate change, but increased rainfall and flooding in the UK have been linked to the rise in global temperatures
The Scotsman
- ScotRail growth halted after 14-year riseScotRail passenger growth has stalled for the first time in 14 years because of major disruption caused by engineering work, The Scotsman has learned.
The Telegraph
London Evening Standard
- London Overground delays: Rush hour commuters stranded on packed trains for over an hour after power failure at Surrey QuaysStaff then evacuated passengers onto the railway tracks
Other Regional Press
- Transport users meeting setHELENSBURGH Community Council are facilitating a a meeting of transport users in the area who would like to see an improvement on the town transport later this month.
Rail Technology Magazine
- Axalta to provide power coating for Metro Line 17 in Shanghai, China Axalta-Huajia Coatings is set to join forces with engineering company Shazc Group to coat the sound barriers installed on new Metro Line 17 in Shanghai, China.
- Deals this week: BAM Nuttall, DFCCIL, Siemens Stadler Rail Services has awarded a £20m contract to UK-based civil engineering company BAM Nuttall for construction of a train depot in Kirkdale, Liverpool.
- RSGF releases �2m funding to drive new composite tube doors productionA £2m funding package for the recently launched Rail Supply Growth Fund (RSGF), managed by Finance Birmingham, has been announced, allowing company Penso to push forward with innovating work on new composite designs for train doors. The RSGF is supported by the Department for Business...
- Improvement plans at Ely North move forward with �8.8m LEP investmentThe rail network in East Cambridgeshire is set to receive a £8.8m cash injection from two Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) in the area who will fund studies into improving services in the region, including at Ely North Junction. Network Rail will carry out the studies, which will...
- Raising wall work at Linlithgow heritage railway site completedWork has been completed to raise the height of walls bordering the railway heritage site at Royal Terrace and Union Road in Linlithgow, as part of the Edinburgh Glasgow Improvement Programme (EGIP). A total of £650k has been put into the project to ensure the boundary of the railway is...
- Award of �8.6bn civil contracts for HS2 pushed back to JuneA total of £8.6bn worth of civil contracts for the first phase of HS2, which were due to be awarded next month, have been pushed back to June, RTM has been told. Bidders have been informed that the procurement process has been delayed, and HS2 is now requesting further information from the...
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- Hyperloop One rival unveils new designs for high-speed transport systemHyperloop Transportation Technologies has begun the construction of its vacuum-sealed passenger pod, with the final design set to be unveiled in 2018.
- Vital Ely rail project on track with £3.3m from LEPAn agreement to move forward work to improve rail capacity through the vital Ely area has taken a significant step forward thanks to funding from two LEPs.
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