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Tuesday, 08 June 2021

BBC News

• Waterloo and City London Underground line reopens ahead of scheduleThe Waterloo and City line stopped running in March last year at the start of the pandemic.

The Telegraph

• HS2 forced to raise spending on Birmingham station by £100m [subscription]Birmingham Interchange Station will now cost £370m to build, according to new estimates from HS2
• Sadiq Khan to axe Tube and bus services in brutal cost cuts [subscription]Staff will also need to be culled to save Transport for London £900m a year

City AM

• New Birmingham HS2 station to cost £100m more than expectedA new HS2 rail station in Birmingham will cost £100m more than originally expected, the company behind the controversial high speed rail project revealed today.

Network Rail

• Network Rail completes once-in-a-generation scheme at King’s CrossA multi-million pound, once-in-a-generation improvement scheme designed to future proof King’s Cross station and radically improve services for passengers completed today (Monday 7 June).

Birmingham Mail

• Pictures from the works at the heart of Solihull's HS2 Interchange siteA galley of images show the progress of the project

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• ‘Inaudible’ train horn closes Cononley rail crossingTHE closure of a well-used pedestrian rail crossing in Cononley has been extended to over a year, because there’s a slim chance people using it might not hear the horn of one early-morning train per day, a resident has said.

London Evening Standard

• City section of Tube reaches highest use level since the start of the pandemicTube stations in and around the City have recently seen the highest passenger numbers since the start of the pandemic, according to data.

Wales Online

• Train passengers 'anxious and nervous' over busy carriages'Everyone was being very cautious and trying their best [to stay safely apart], but it was impossible'

Bucks Free Press

• Boris Johnson talks June 21, HS2 and turning the Chilterns into a National Park during Chesham and Amersham by-election campaign trail The Prime Minister remained tight-lipped on ‘Freedom Day’ as he made a surprise visit to Bucks this morning.

Other Regional Press

• MP calls on Scottish Government to progress Alloa-Fife rail link planA FRESH call has been made to get proposals for the re-opening of the rail line between Alloa and Fife back on track.
• Avanti West Coast Pledges Support To Macclesfield Town Centre Revitalisation Plans After MP MeetingMacclesfield’s MP has met with a rail operator to open a dialogue and improve links to our town centre.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Using the Heart of Wales Line to 'level up' the mid Wales economyThe Heart of Wales Line (HoWL) is much loved but its current sparse service means that it is not able to deliver on its full potential. The Union Connectivity (UC) Review led by Sir Peter Hendy, (Chair, Network Rail) aims to identify gaps in cross-border connectivity between the UK nations where there is scope to enhance productivity and remedy social deprivation. The Heart of Wales Line Travellers Association (HOWLTA), as the voice of the passenger, has delivered a submission to the UC review. It identifies ways in which the infrastructure of the route, if enhanced, will deliver a faster and...

New Civil Engineer

• Revealed: HS2’s private meetings with Greensill leads to calls for transparency probeLabour and the Liberal Democrat MPs have called on the government to publish details of all ministerial meetings after it was revealed that ex-financier Lex Greensill privately met with HS2 Ltd and "approved" the body’s payment methods.
• Proposals to link HS2 with Swansea via Welsh line upgrade unveiledThe comprehensive Union Connectivity Review into transport links between all four UK nations has been urged to consider a new line linking HS2 with Swansea through the Welsh heartlands as a new core “spine” of public transport in the country.

Other News Sources

• Sign Language announcements at Euston stationLondon Euston has become the first railway station in the country to provide passenger information using British Sign Language.
• Professor calls for £20m investment in mid-Wales rail line to boost economyA rail line running through the scenery between Swansea and Shrewsbury could open up job opportunities and boost the mid-Wales economy with relatively little investment, a transport expert has claimed.
• Faster to go through England than reopen north-south Wales railway say Transport for WalesReopening previous rail lines through mid-Wales would not be effective as means of connecting the north and south of Wales because the route would be slower than the current route through England, according to Transport for Wales.
• Herefordshire MP issues update on proposed new railway station SOUTH Herefordshire's MP says the idea to reopen a railway station near the Welsh border is gaining momentum, and he wants to see it happen.