Infrastructure projects lead the way today.
In the UK, HS2 still stumbles along.. now the canal and boating community air their concerns.
LOROL will be running TfL's West Anglia routes..... two new stations between Leeds and Bradford..and Have your say on the Great Western rail franchise!
Improvements and extensions have been suggested(already!!) for Edinburgh Tram network...and it doesn't start operating for a few more days yet!
But long term planning is necessary, given, for example, the 1.265 billion passengers carried on the Tube in one year!
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Headlines
Tube carries record 1.265bn passengers in one year. (London Evening Standard)
LOROL to operate TfL’s West Anglia routes - Railway Gazette
Serco wins franchise for Caledonian sleeper train service.(BBC News)
Church Fenton residents' HS2 petition is presented.(The York Press)
MP Gillan encouraged by HS2 petitioning response.(Bucks Free Press)
175 years of Derby's railways: Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin gives his views.(Derby Telegraph)
Canal & River Trust petitions government over HS2 concerns.(motorboatsmonthly)
Edinburgh trams: Councillor supports network extension.(BBC News)
Network Rail faces legal move on access.(heraldscotland)
Edinburgh Waverley
Crossrail flyover launched - Railway Gazette
Siemens preparing to make Alstom bid.(FT.com)
What next on the railway journey?(Morpeth Herald)
Great British Railway Journeys. Series 2: 8. Chester to Conwy .(BBC iPlayer)
Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with a copy of George Bradshaw's Victorian Railway Guidebook. Portillo travels the length and breadth of the country to see how the railways changed us, and what of Bradshaw's Britain remains, as his journey follows the route of the Irish Mail from Ledbury to Holyhead.
Michael takes a tour of Chester's Roman remains and discovers a secret World War II chemical weapons plant at Rhydmwyn. After spending the night in Llandudno, he goes mussel fishing on the beautiful Conwy estuary.
GOV.UK
Two new rail stations for West Yorkshire
Department for Transport to provide £9.5 million for stations on Leeds-Bradford line.
Two new stations on the rail line between Bradford and Leeds will improve transport links and support a major regeneration scheme following government agreement to make almost £10 million available to fund the project, Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin announced today (28 May 2014).
The Department for Transport will fund up to £9.5 million of the £16 million Leeds Rail Growth scheme. One of the new stations will support the development of the Kirkstall Forge site, which will include around 1,000 new homes and extensive commercial buildings.
The development is expected to support 300 jobs during construction. On completion it will create an estimated 1,800 jobs directly linked to the development and 300 more across the wider area.
Find out what else the government is doing to support and grow the UK economy
Patrick McLoughlin said:
"These stations represent a major regeneration project for West Yorkshire and provide new transport links for the wider community. They will unlock growth and help create many hundreds of new jobs.
The £9.5 million we are putting into this project shows that the coalition government is serious about investing in the infrastructure the country needs to drive economic growth, both locally and nationally."
The scheme consists of 2 new stations on the Leeds-Bradford railway line — at Apperley Bridge and at Kirkstall Forge — both designed to encourage more people to swap their cars for train journeys. The Apperley Bridge Station will include a park and ride site to serve both Leeds and Bradford whilst the Kirkstall Forge Station will kick start over £400 million of mixed-use development at the Old Forge site.
Today’s announcement grants full approval to the scheme which is promoted by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority, allowing work to begin.
The main works are scheduled to start in July with completion of the scheme in August 2015.
The department will provide a maximum of £9.573 million towards the full scheme cost of £15.9 million.
Have your say on the Great Western rail franchise.
The network is set to be transformed over the next 5 years through a multi-billion pound programme of investment.
Passengers in the south-west are being asked for their views on the future of rail services across the region as the government considers how the Great Western franchise can best support the massive investment planned for the network.
Train services between London, Wales and many of the towns and cities of the south-west are set to be transformed through a multi-billion pound programme of investment, which will see extensive electrification of the Great Western route and the roll out of new state-of-the-art electric trains.
To ensure the franchise best meets the needs of passengers, a consultation has been launched to help decide how rail services will be managed over the next 5 years.
Rail Minister Stephen Hammond said:
These are exciting times for the Great Western franchise. Extensive electrification, new state-of-the-art trains and the introduction of Crossrail services will deliver a world-class railway that improves services for passengers and drives economic growth.
The Great Western network is set for a series of major works over the next 5 years, including:To make sure we make the most of this massive investment we want to hear from anyone who has an interest in these vital routes. This is further proof of our commitment to put passengers at the heart of our franchising system.
- electrification of the Great Western Main Line from London to Wales and the Thames Valley lines as part of a £7.5 billion upgrade of the network
- the delivery of 369 new state-of-the-art carriages as part of the government’s £5.7 billion Intercity Express Programme as well as an electric fleet for the Thames Valley lines
- the introduction of new trains as part of the multi-billion pound Crossrail project
The consultation will run to June 26 2014.
Africa
Railways Africa
TRANSNET: NEW MINISTER
In his new South African cabinet of 35 ministers, South African President Jacob Zuma Minister has announced that Lynne Brown will head the Public Enterprises portfolio, under which both Transnet and Eskom resort. She replaces Malusi Gigaba, who is now minister of Home Affairs. Lynne Brown is a former premier of the Western Cape.
LINE NEAR KIMBERLEY REOPENED
TRANSNET ENGINEERING: RESEARCH
REEFSTEAMERS COCKTAIL TRAIN
PRASA AUTOMATION PROJECT
EGYPTIAN RAIL PASSENGERS DOWN 87%
TRACKLAYING BEGINS IN ETHIOPIA
(Full stories HERE)
Australia
The complete East West Link is an 18-kilometre cross-city road, extending across Melbourne from the Eastern Freeway to the Western Ring Road.
The East West Link will improve connectivity for key freight routes and destinations across Melbourne and Victoria to support our growing freight and logistics sector and export industries.
(DTPLI on YouTube)
Canada
High Speed Rail: a reality check (cbc news)
India
Indian media: 'Ray of hope' as Modi meets Sharif.(BBC News)
Train safety
Media are focusing on the issue of railway safety in the wake of the train accident in northern Uttar Pradesh state on 26 May that killed 25 people.
The accident "is an alarm bell for new railway minister DV Sadanand Gowda to take up the issue of railway safety on a war footing," says The Indian Express.
"It is indeed in this regard that the new government will have to bring about a perceptible change… The new minister for railways is a competent person; he must set the ball rolling," adds The Pioneer.
(Source: BBC News)
New Indian government to push ahead with high-speed projects.(IRJ)
High expectations from new Railway Minister.(The Hindu)
United States of America
USHSR
Conference Starts Monday...
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"This annual conference brings together some of high-speed rail's most knowledgeable people. Anyone who wants to know more about this transportation mode will learn not only about the California high-speed rail project, but also how private investment capital will be brought into the projects, how Americans can advocate for high-speed rail, how to bring multi-modal transit centers into the mix, what the 21st century rail stations will include, and much more." -Rod Diridon, MTI
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Other Railway Press
SmartRail Speaks: Kunchit Phiu-Nual, Advisor, Thailand Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning (OTP)
“…the future of rail in Asia is brightest of all transport modes in the region.”
Today SmartRail speaks to Kunchit Phiu-Nual, Advisor, Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning (OTP) which has wide responsibility within transport in Thailand. The OTP is responsible for submitting policies, formulating transport and traffic plans, and working out transport safety measures that are consistent with national plans and policy. With a rapidly growing population of around 65 million people, over fourteen million of which (22.2 percent of the total population) live within the Bangkok Metropolitan Region, transport is an increasingly important factor in the future development of Thailand.
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Mott MacDonald selected for Auckland City Rail Link project upgrade
Mott MacDonald has been selected to undertake the reference design for the NZ$2.86bn ($2.44bn) upgrade of the City Rail Link (CRL) project in Auckland, New Zealand.
Bombardier supplies TRAXX diesel multi-engine trains to SOB
Bombardier Transportation has delivered its TRAXX multi-engine diesel trains to German railway network Südostbayernbahn (SOB).
Crossrail's new 1,000t flyover launched over Great Western Main Line
The UK's Network Rail and Crossrail have installed a new 1,000t rail bridge over the Great Western Main Line in Stockley, London, marking a milestone in the upgrade programme.
UK DfT selects Govia for new Thameslink rail franchising deal
The UK Department for Transport (DfT) has selected Govia Thameslink for the new Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern (TSGN) rail franchising deal.
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