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Friday, 26 January 2018

BBC News

• Watford Metropolitan line Tube extension in doubt, MP saysThe London mayor is now looking at
• Scotland's railway stations to offer drinking waterCommuters at Glasgow Central and Edinburgh Waverly will be able to top-up using free water fountains.
• Glasgow-Edinburgh railway line reopened after repair work completedThe main Glasgow-Edinburgh line has been blocked for two days after a landslip at Winchburgh.

Financial Times

• Carillion ran up debts to fill £217m dividend gapFrom 2012-16, the group paid out £376m but generated just £159m of net cash

City AM

• Here's when Night Tube services could come to the Docklands Light Railway (DLR)First it was the Central and Victoria Lines, joined by the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly Lines. Then in December, Night Tube services started on the London Overground too.

Belfast Telegraph

• Derry's new transport hub 'will create a gateway' to North WestTranslink chief executive Chris Conway gave a progress report on the North-West Multi-Modal Transport Hub during a visit to the city yesterday.

Bolton News

• MP pledges to ensure Bolton has 'resilient' transport network in new Government jobCHRIS Green has taken up a new role as a liaison between backbench MPs and Ministers in the Department for Transport. The Bolton West Conservative MP has been appointed as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Transport.

Edinburgh Evening News

• Nicola Sturgeon regrets ‘difficult’ Edinburgh rail line closure Nicola Sturgeon has conceded rail passengers endured “difficult circumstances” after a landslide forced the closure of the main train line between Scotland’s largest cities.

Sheffield Star

• Closing Woodhead line a total disgrace Reading the double page spread on January 22, on the ambitious transport plan for the region, there is one issue that sticks out like a sore thumb, and that is the utter madness of closing the Woodhead railway line back in 1981.

Wales Online

• Transport for Wales to get bigger role beyond rail with Metro project on track says Ken SkatesBut an agreement on funding and transfer of the rail asset with the UK Government has yet to be reached

Other Regional Press

• Rail improvements on trackThe railway between Preston and Blackpool South is on track to reopen as planned on Monday (29 January).

Rail Technology Magazine

• RMT prepares to ballot members over Tyne and Wear Metro strikesThe RMT is considering strike action on yet another network – the Tyne and Wear Metro in Newcastle. Following the union striking on Docklands Light Railway on New Year’s Eve and carrying out a string of strikes across five heavy rail operators in early January, RMT leadership said...

Railway Gazette

• World rail freight news round-upIsraeli cybersecurity start-up company Cylus has raised US$4·7m in seed funding from investors...

Aviation Industry

• Heathrow opens Public Consultation on proposed third runwayWhy are they consulting? Before it can proceed with construction, Heathrow needs to submit an application to the Planning Inspectorate for a Development Consent Order (DCO). This can only happen once Parliament has approved the National Policy Statement which is …

Other News Sources

• Trains fill up as 'services improve' PASSENGER numbers using Blackburn and Darwen railway stations have risen sharply, councillors have been told.
• Towns 'left nothing' in transport improvement plan, Pendle peer claimsPROPOSED plans to shape the North's transport links for the next 30 years have ˜left nothing for smaller towns, it has been claimed.