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Wednesday, 31 May 2017

BBC News

• Exploring London’s ‘secret’ Mail RailThe London Post Office Railway, also known as Mail Rail, stretched from Whitechapel to Paddington.
• Manchester attack: Victoria railway station reopensThe station, attached to Manchester Arena, was shut after the bombing at the Ariana Grande concert.

Financial Times

• London Underground on track to offer mobile receptionTransport for London will invite bids for work after general election

Times Online

• SNP policy manifesto summary [Subscription]Transport The SNP would push for work on the HS2 high-speed rail line to begin in Scotland at the same time it begins in England, so that the line would reach Scotland and not stop in the middle of England. The SNP will also look into the possibility of extending the Borders rail link to Carlisle.

Mail Online

• Strike days double as doctors and trains staff wreak havoc Most strikes, such as this Tube walk-out (left), occurred in the transport and storage sector where there were 23 strikes and 49,100 working days lost in 2016.

The Mirror

• London Crossrail delayed as £15bn Elizabeth Line's first passenger train pushed back to allow further testingCrossrail trains built for London's new £15bn Elizabeth Line will not be coming as early as planned.

Belfast Telegraph

• RMT sets deadline in Greater Anglia ticket office closures rowA leading rail union has set a deadline for a row over ticket offices to be resolved or it will declare a formal dispute.

London Evening Standard

• Residents braced for EIGHT weekends of noisy late night engineering work on Gospel Oak and Barking lineThousands of residents living close to the Gospel Oak and Barking line were warned today to expect eight consecutive weekends of sleepless nights because of late running work on the £130 million upgrade.
• Chaos on Eurostar as drunk Brits cause major security scare leaving passengers stranded in CalaisTwo British drunks caused a major security scare that left 770 Eurostar passengers stranded in Calais.

Other Regional Press

• First look at new bullet trains being built in Italy to serve passengers between Penzance and London A new fleet of bullet trains is on its way to transporting passengers on the Penzance to London line but it will be a while before you see them on the tracks or at your local station. However we have had a sneak peek at the carriages and engines being built in Italy.
• New report highlights the benefits of extended Borders RailwayA REPORT detailing the advantages of enhancing and extending the Borders Railway to better serve more communities directly has been published by the Campaign for Borders Rail.

Rail Magazine

• Report presses commercial case for extended Borders linkNew report by the Campaign for Borders Rail (CBR) makes the case for re-opening the line from Tweedbank to Mossband Junction.

Rail Technology Magazine

• IPEX Consulting-Rail Specialist Engineering and Commercial Consultancy IPEX Consulting offers advisory services for specialist train systems and intelligent commercial engineering projects.The company's experts offer a deep understanding of the rail industry, and its hi...
• Elsys Successfully Certified According to ISO 9001 The products and services of Elsys have been successfully certified according to the quality management system ISO 9001: 2015. Elsys has always focused on high quality and customer satisfaction.
• Eurostar introduces new e320 trains on London-Brussels routeEurostar has this week started running its new e320 trains on the London-Brussels route as part of the company’s £1bn programme of investment. A total of 17 new e320s will be introduced to Eurostar’s fleet over the next 18 months, and the operator will also undertake a...
• High Court blocks Heathrow from imposing fees on Crossrail trainsThe High Court has this week upheld a ruling made by the ORR to stop Heathrow charging TfL to run Elizabeth Line trains through the airport. Last week, RTM reported that Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) was attempting to impose fees amounting to around £47m per year to run services on the...
• Steam locomotion returns to Borders Railway for summerHistory buffs and train enthusiasts will be delighted to hear that this summer they will once again be given the chance to hop on a steam train and travel through some of Scotland’s tranquil countryside. That’s because this week, VisitScotland has announced that trips on a train...
• Bravery of rail staff praised as Manchester Victoria reopens Manchester Victoria has reopened for passengers today after being closed for seven days following the terrorist incident last week. The station was shut after the attack on 29 May at Manchester Arena’s foyer to allow police to carry out their investigation in the area. A spokesperson for...

Railnews

• Passenger figures reel under impact of strikes The total of season tickets issued and the number of passenger trains scheduled to run both fell last year, apparently as a result of more than 30 strikes staged on Southern by the RMT and ASLEF.

Railway Gazette

• DB Netz seeks quality and capacityIAF: Quality, capacity and simplicity are the three core themes at the heart of the infrastructure...
• LEO Express looking to buy LocomoreEUROPE: LEO Express is looking to acquire German open access operator Locomore, which recently...

Other News Sources

• Hacking the RailwayThe recent attacks on computer networks at health locations in Britain, Russia’s interior ministry, the Spanish telecom giant Telefonica and the US delivery firm FedEx, as well as organisations in Sweden, Germany and around the world has once again raised the issue of cyber security.