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So the awarding of the Thameslink franchise is seen as "offering an olive branch to investors."
The Mail reports that HS2 has been placed on an "amber-red", so even though progress is government supported, the £50billion project could still have difficulties given the 1,925 petitions against the project.
Today's edition also includes a summary of all the key news, events and programmes from Raildate...
Headlines
UK
£1,000 reward offered after sandbag smashes through train windscreen in Northamptonshire. (Northampton Chronicle & Echo)
Transport officials offer olive branch to rail investors.(Telegraph)
Network Rail directors receive bonuses of £50,000 each.(The Guardian)
Lincoln needs to be on the board at King's Cross say business leaders.(Lincolnshire Echo)
First Capital Connect 365 Fleet Refresh (FCC on YouTube)
Government’s £50billion HS2 project at serious risk of failure after being placed on ‘amber-red’ warning.(MailOnline)
Warwickshire County Council Submits HS2 Petition To Parliament.(aboutmyarea)
Government backs HS2 progress.(New Civil Engineer)
Campaign group says 1,925 HS2 petitions sent to Parliament.(Bucks Free Press)
UK Heritage
LOOK: Ffestiniog Railway’s £1.3m Harbour Station open for business .(Wales Daily Post)
Canada
High-speed rail between Calgary, Edmonton not feasible, finds committee.(cbcnews)
Indian Railways
Railways earnings up by over 9 per cent.(The Economic Times)
Online railway ticket bookings jump to 14.02 mn.(The Economic Times)
Train derailment: Death toll goes up to 21; traffic resumes (5/5/14) (The Economic Times)
Railway to run special trains in Kashmir during summer.(Kashmir Life)
Russian Railways
Federal Passenger Company continues to work on harmonising regulatory framework for development of international links in European Union
The Federal Passenger Company has been a member of the CIT since 2012.
The meeting was attended by management representatives from the International Rail Transport Committee and railway companies from its member countries.
"For the first time, the Federal Passenger Company has initiated a CIT meeting in an international train. In addition to discussing the items on the agenda, we were also able to give a powerful demonstration to our foreign colleagues on the merits of our rolling stock and the quality of the services we offer. They positively evaluated our new practice," said Oleg Nikitin, Deputy Managing Director at the Federal Passenger Company.
During the event, the Federal Passenger Company also gave a presentation of new RIC carriages produced jointly by Siemens and the Tverskoy Wagon Plant, as well as of carriages manufactured by Talgo, which will run on international routes in 2014.
RIC carriages are built in accordance with the International Coach Regulations (Regolamento Internazionale delle Carrozze).
Our international colleagues gave us positive feedback about our service for the sale of electronic tickets on Federal Passenger Company international trains through the site http://pass.rzd.ru.
The meeting also discussed the possibility of developing the service "Travel With Your Car" on Federal Passenger Company international trains. At the moment, a car transporter is included in train No. 31/32 Leo Tolstoy Moscow - Helsinki following a provisional application. This service is becoming more popular in Europe: Czech Railways alone carries up to 35 cars daily on its motor-vehicle trains.
To start motor-vehicle trains to Europe, it is first necessary to put in place the regulatory framework and develop general conditions for the carriage of cars on Federal Passenger Company trains within the European Union, as well as to prepare the required rail infrastructure at the destination stations.
The Federal Passenger Company also made a proposal to amend the AIV - the Agreement concerning the Relationships between Transport Undertakings in respect of International Passenger Traffic by Rail. The proposal envisages establishing the fault of a specific carrier in the event of passenger train delays.
The Federal Passenger Company proposes sharing the responsibility for the delay of Russian trains en route to the European Union.
In practice, the company faces situations in which the responsible carrier establishes the reasonableness of the liability claims and decides how to satisfy them because of the impossibility of establishing the blame of a particular carrier. In such cases, passenger compensation is then paid by all participating carriers, including Federal Passenger Company, without confirmation that it is actually to blame.
The CIT Working Group supports the principle of an equitable distribution of responsibility for late trains. It is proposed to conduct a series of meetings to further resolve the issue.
USA
High-speed rail fight lands in appeals court.(KCRA.com).
Bakersfield will sue California High Speed Rail Authority.(BakersfieldNow).
And if you missed any news, or don't want to miss any future event or programmes, here is a comprehensive listing from Howard Sprenger at Raildate....
NETWATCH
Rolls Royce - Our target for a sustainable future
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySko5dgxfOY
Derby Celebrates 175 Years of Rail
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TscxKP7FhU
Who on earth chose this picture?!
http://tinyurl.com/pr2vgwt
Didcot Railway Centre - TV & Film credits
http://www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk/filmandfunction/filmtv_credits.html
Southern Steam in London - Brixton, Clapham and Wandsworth Road in the 50s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H98D2xjBet8
Irish Rail live maps
http://www.irishrail.ie/timetables/live-map-dart
West Coast (of Africa) High Speed rail project
http://www.thewestcoastrail.com/2-columns-right-sidebar/project-overview
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Great miscalculations: The French railway error and 10 others
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-27509559
Mike Morant's new USA steam & diesel traction gallery
http://tinyurl.com/kmaed6d
Project 22 - ?recreation of a lost class of locomotive
http://nblproject22.wix.com/nbl-project22
The First of the Few : British Aviation Pictures
https://archive.org/details/TheFirstOfTheFew
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
Live steam at Penn Live Steamers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU53zRWeUHM
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
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IN THE NEWS
New investment causes Yorkshire rail timetable changes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27460512
Train to commemorate famous poem
http://www.tewkesburyadmag.co.uk/news/cotswolds/11222333.Train_to_commemorate_famous_poem/
Middlesbrough James Cook Hospital railway station opens
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-27460507
Extra trains planned for Tour de France in Yorkshire
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27481909
St Blazey turntable in need of repair
http://tinyurl.com/k3kka3m
No share dividend being paid by First Group again
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-27506241
Folkestone Harbour closure consultation completed
http://tinyurl.com/k9ek99j
Engineering works over-run at Colchester
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27466407
Engineering works over-run Poole - Dorchester resignalling
http://www.southwesttrains.co.uk/alerts.aspx#7C7F74DEA568F891EE8C54EB7C98039A
Valuable Derby railway poster sold at Christie's in London
http://tinyurl.com/oom8blk
Belper gets a Southbound Mainline train service
http://www.friendsdvl.btck.co.uk/News2014/NewsItem88
Govia wins Thameslink rail franchise
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-27534731
http://tinyurl.com/ocn8jdv
Talks to resolve Tyne & Wear Metro strike fail
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-27512362
Cumbernauld electrification completed
http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/cumbernauld-electrification-completed.html
Serco on track to run Caledonian Sleeper service
http://tinyurl.com/nue6odk
CGI "fly-through" of Pontypridd's railway station
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8y_fw9UAB0
New lines proposed in Northern Ireland rail plan
http://tinyurl.com/ps7l7se
National rail link puts Wirksworth on the map
http://tinyurl.com/px99rp3
Revamp of historic Wycombe Brunel Sheds underway
http://tinyurl.com/phvyaht
Steam trains will no longer run to historic Liverpool Road station at MOSI
http://tinyurl.com/kzdkr7p
Pete Waterman: steam heritage must be sacrificed for Manchester's commuters
http://tinyurl.com/nkxzkrm
West Somerset Railway sell-off plans shelved by council
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-27484808
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-27516140
Restored steam engine back in service for first time in 50 years
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-27440334
£1.3m railway station to be unveiled in Porthmadog
http://tinyurl.com/qbrx6p3
Talyllyn Railway turns to Ffestiniog Railway for train repair
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-27514850
French red faces over trains that are 'too wide'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27502184
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27497727
http://tinyurl.com/oly9c8n
DB to maintain Veolia DMUs
http://www.globalrailnews.com/2014/05/22/db-to-maintain-veolia-dmus/
Dutch trains to be wind-powered from 2018
http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/europe/dutch-trains-to-be-wind-powered-from-2018.html
Collision near Moscow
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27484148
Essex 21-tonne steam engine falls off lorry trailer
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-27508118
Towed bus hit shops in Glossop
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-27496756
Bendy bus rapid transit for Belfast
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-27461289
Car fires caused by starlings
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-27520047
Jaguar E-types to be handmade in Coventry
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-27420813
US fire engine narrowly avoids blazing bus
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-27518262
Maltese ferries to be built in Exeter
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-27453497
Weymouth Council fails to get Government funding for new Condor Ferries vessel
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-27465968
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-27465968
QE2 crew on strike ahead of Asia hotel refit
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-27469795
$79,100 bid lands seat on Lancaster bomber Europe trip
http://tinyurl.com/q6497fv
Ryanair profits drop for the first time in five years
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-27465993
Loganair flight diverted to Inverness due to icing.
http://tinyurl.com/nbtnp7c
Nature inspires flying robot design
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-27496731
Ruins on New York's abandoned island reclaimed by nature
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-27509955
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Mike Price, Alan Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
24/05/14 Channel 4 1905-2000
"The Restoration Man" A WW2 RAF bunker becomes a home
25/05/14 Channel 4 2000-2100
"For the Love of Cars" 6/7 A De Lorean
26/05/14 Channel 5 1830-2050
"The Dam Busters" 1954 feature film
26/05/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Shropshire & Cheshire
26/05/14 Channel 5 2100-2240
"What the Dambusters Did Next" Portrait of 617 Squadron
27/05/14 Channel 5 1900-2000
"Classic Car Rescue" 6/8 A Ferrari Mondial
27/05/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Chester to Conwy
27/05/14 Channel 4 2100-2200
"The Complainers" A visit to TfL's complaints department
28/05/14 BBC4 2250-2350
"The Golden Age of Steam Railways" 1/2 Narrow gauge rescues
29/05/14 BBC4 2000-2100
"Clydebuilt: the Ships that Made the Commonwealth" 1/4 The Cutty Sark
29/05/14 BBC4 2250-2350
"The Golden Age of Steam Railways" 2/2 Standard gauge rescues
29/05/14 BBC Radio 4 2330-0000
"Lives in a Landscape" Freeminers in the Forest of Dean
30/05/14 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Eddie Stobart's Excellent Adventures" 2/4
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
Until Priest's House Museum, Wimborne, Dorset, UK
30/06/14 Lost Tracks - Remembering East Dorset's Railways
Exhibition to mark 50 years since East Dorset's last scheduled passenger trains
http://www.priest-house.co.uk/exhibitions.html
23/05/14 WC&P Railway Group
St Andrew’s Church Centre, Old Church Road, Clevedon, BS21 7UF
“Chronicling the WC&PR - Part 2” by Christopher Redwood
Starts 19:30
Visitors are welcome - cost £2 (refunded if you join)
http://www.wcprgroup.org.uk/coming%20events.html
24/05/14- Isle of Wight Steam Railway: Spring Gala - Dinosaurs of Island Steam
26/05/14 http://www.iwsteamrailway.co.uk/
24/05/14- Kent & East Sussex Railway: 40th Anniversary Gala
26/05/14 http://www.kesr.org.uk
24/05/14- Didcot Railway Centre: Diesel Shed Bash
26/05/14 http://www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk
24/05/14- Dean Forest Railway: A Day Out with Thomas
26/05/14 http://www.dfr.co.uk
24/05/14- Gloucester Warwickshire Railway: Festival of Steam
26/05/14 http://www.gwsr.com
24/05/14- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Wirksworth Carnival Open Days
26/05/14 http://www.e-v-r.com
24/05/14- Peak Rail: Mixed Traffic Weekend
26/05/14 http://www.peakrail.co.uk
24/05/14- Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum: Spring Bank Holiday Trolleydays
26/05/14 http://www.sandtoft.org
25/05/14- Rushton, Higham & Wellingborough Railway: Superheroes & Villains
26/05/14 http://www.rhts.co.uk
25/05/14- The Battlefield Line: Model & Toy Trains Weekend
26/05/14 http://www.battlefieldline.co.uk
26/05/14- Great Central Railway: Midweek Running
29/05/14 http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
26/05/14- Mid-Hants Railway: Peppa Pig
01/06/14 http://www.watercressline.co.uk/
27/05/14- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Half Term Operating Days
28/05/14 http://www.e-v-r.com
31/05/14- Mid-Norfolk Railway: West Coast Railways Gala
01/06/14 http://www.westcoast.mnr.com
02/06/14 Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Society
Underhill Centre, St John's Road, Hedge End, SO30 4AF
“Royal Naval Cordite Factory”
by Bob Duke
1930 for a 1945 start
http://www.hias.org.uk
02/06/14 Peak Railway Association (Sheffield Branch)
The Harlequin Pub, 108 Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG
“Narrow Gauge Niceties” a slideshow by John Holroyd
Starts at 1930
For a requested £3 donation on the door, all welcome
http://www.peakrail.co.uk/SheffieldBranch
06/06/14- Epping Ongar Railway: Steam Gala
08/06/14 http://www.eorailway.co.uk/
06/06/14- West Somerset Railway: Mixed Traction Weekend
08/06/14 http://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk/
06/06/14- Keighley & Worth Valley Railway: Diesel Gala
08/06/14 http://www.kwvr.co.uk/
07/06/14- Wingfield Railway Group Model Railway Exhibition
08/06/14 Agricultural Business Centre, Bakewell, DE45 1AH
Raildater Derek Gillkerson will be attending with New Stanton Lees Mk3
1000-1700 (Sat), 1000-1600 (Sun)
http://www.wingfieldrailwaygroup.co.uk/
07/06/14- Friends of the Cromford Canal - Horseboat trips
08/06/14 http://www.cromfordcanal.info/
07/06/14- Leawood Pumping Engine Steaming Day, Cromford Canal
08/06/14 Engine in motion 1200-1700
http://www.middleton-leawood.org.uk/
07/06/14- Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum: Diesel Weekend & Trolleydays
08/06/14 http://www.sandtoft.org
07/06/13- Wigan Finescale Railway Modellers Show
08/06/13 Robin Park Arena & Sports Centre, Loire Road, Wigan, WN5 0UH
http://www.wiganfrm.org.uk
07/06/14- Middleton Railway: Summer Diesel Gala
08/06/14 http://www.middletonrailway.org.uk/
08/06/14 The Friends of St James' Park (Southampton)
Shirley Parish Hall, St James Road, Shirley, Southampton
"Southampton from Blitz to D-Day" by Jake Simpkin
1500-1700, admission free
http://fosjp.org.uk/hist_about.html
Cheers, Howard.
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