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Friday, 16 July 2021

BBC News

• Battery-powered trains part of Merseyrail expansion planBattery-powered trains have been tested as part of plans to expand Liverpool City Region's rail network.

Financial Times

• Slow train across Siberia offers glimpse of Russia’s rail ambitions Redevelopment of a 4,300km Soviet-era rail line aims to propel the network into the 21st century

Liverpool Echo

• Merseyrail sets sights beyond Merseyside with pioneering battery-powered trainsThe revolutionary trains will be able to run without installing an expensive "third rail" and can serve new stations in the city region and beyond

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• The staggering number of rail services Northumberland could lose a day under controversial plansAn overhaul of rail timetables on the East Coast Main Line could cost Northumberland 24 trains a day

Yorkshire Post

• Northern mayors Dan Jarvis, Andy Burnham and Tracy Brabin refuse to agree to 'substandard' new rail timetable to tackle congestion around Manchester

Other Regional Press

• Rallying call for people to find out more and get involved with Worcestershire Community Rail PartnershipTRAIN users and enthusiasts in Worcestershire can find out more about the work of the county’s Community Rail Partnership (CRP) next Friday, July 23.
• Warrington Borough Council hopes to 'transform' bus servicesWARRINGTON Borough Council is hoping to ‘transform’ bus services in the town. The council has launched a consultation with residents over its bus service improvement plan, which aims to make public transport in the town ‘more frequent, faster and reliable, cheaper, easier to use and better integrated’.

Train Operators

• Metro Mayor’s vision of a Merseyrail for All takes vital step forward with successful trial of new battery-powered trainsMetro Mayor Steve Rotheram’s ambition to create a ‘Merseyrail for All’ has taken a major step forward with the successful testing of new battery powered trains in the Liverpool City Region.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Network Rail to connect 11,000-tonne tunnel at PeterboroughNetwork Rail is carrying out work to connect a new tunnel north of Peterborough to existing railway.   The project at Werrington will allow slower moving freight trains to dive underneath the famous passenger route.   It is part of the £1.2billion East Coast Upgrade, which has also seen major work completed to transform the track layout and reopen a tunnel at King’s Cross, making it easier for more trains to enter and exit the station.   In January, engineers pushed the world’s longest single underground jacked structure – an 11,000-tonne curved concrete ...
• Welsh Affairs Committee calls for electrification and new Wales Rail BoardThe Welsh Affairs Committee is calling for a new Wales Rail Board to be in place by the Autumn that can consider improvements and upgrades to Wales’ ageing rail network.   According to the Committee, Wales’ rail infrastructure is a Victorian system system trying to support a 21st century level of service, with passengers experiencing slow services and inadequate stations. To enhance rail infrastructure in Wales, the Committee said urgent upgrades backed up by sufficient investment is desperately needed.    A new Wales Rail Board, including the UK and Welsh governmen...

New Civil Engineer

• HS2 minister: ‘Integrated Rail Plan not going to be published as soon as some people would like’Dedicated transport minister for HS2 Andrew Stephenson has refused to confirm if the Integrated Rail Plan (IRP) will be published before the Parliamentary summer recess.

Railnews

• Railfreight operators welcome decarbonisation plan The Transport Decarbonisation Plan unveiled by the government has been welcomed by the railfreight industry. The plan sets out a programme of decarbonising transport by 2050, and is being described as a 'greenprint'.
• Railfreight operators welcome decarbonisation plan The Transport Decarbonisation Plan unveiled by the government has been welcomed by the railfreight industry. The plan sets out a programme of decarbonising transport by 2050, and is being described as a 'greenprint'.

Other News Sources

• “People consider a train station to be more than just the start or end of a rail journey”In an interview for Global Railway Review, Christian Fricker, Train Station Concept Specialist and Senior Project Manager at the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), shares opinions on the importance of station design in improving the passenger experience.