AMAZING OFFER this Saturday for the opening of the Young Engineer's Centre at Highley, Severn Valley Railway.
Bring along a Peter’s Railway book (or buy one on the day!)* and claim a FREE Child’s... ‘Freedom of the line’ ticket to use on a return visit to the Severn Valley Railway!
(*one ticket will be issued for each child presenting their Peter’s Railway book at The Engine House.)
Hopefully, those youngster's attending the Highley Engine Shed event will be inspired to
make rail engineering their chosen interest...given the number of projects in the news items below, it would seem that you could never have too many engineers!
Click on the links for the full stories....
Headlines
Great miscalculations: The French railway error and 10 others.(BBC News)
Talyllyn Railway turns to Ffestiniog Railway for train repair.(BBC News)
Yorkshire museums get contrasting records for visitor numbers.(BBC News)
Watch: Schoolboy Alexander - aged NINE - goes to war with HS2 Pupil creates YouTube video and sends petition to Parliament protesting against proposed rail line (Birmingham Mail)
Rail passengers to benefit as extra mainline services are introduced from Liverpool Lime Street Revival of Newcastle upon Tyne service among services introduced (Liverpool Echo)
Northern Line extension could open before Crossrail.(Global Rail News)
Does the UK need high-speed rail or high-speed internet?(techradar)
UK Office of Rail Regulation(ORR)
ORR data shows continued growth in freight usage
The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) has today published a new statistical release which shows that a record amount of freight was carried on Great Britain’s railways in 2013-14.ORR’s 'Freight Rail Usage' statistical release contains information on rail freight in Great Britain covering the period from 1999-00 to 31 March 2014. Freight usage data provides a useful barometer of economic activity and is closely linked to other industries such as manufacturing and imports/exports.
The data for 2013-14 Q4 (01 January 2014 to 31 March 2014), highlights:
- Throughout the whole of 2013-14 Britain’s railways carried record amounts of freight on its network - freight moved reached 22.7 billion net tonne kilometres, a 5.8% rise compared to 2012-13.
- Coal accounted for 35.0% (2.0 billion net tonne kilometres) of freight moved on the rail network in 2013-14 Q4 - the greatest proportion of all commodities carried by rail.
- Five of the seven commodities which combine to provide the overall total amount of freight moved on the railways experienced an increase over the past year. The largest increases were for Other (which includes domestic automotive, bio mass, and mail) and Construction, which increased by 30.8% and 23.3% respectively.
To share views on data on Britain’s railways, use #openrail on Twitter
To read the report in full visit: http://orr.gov.uk/statistics/
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Moscow signs metro construction agreement - Railway Gazette
New trolleybuses take to the road in Moldova’s “capital of the north”.(EBRD)
Go-ahead for Copenhagen metro extensions.(IRJ)
Africa
EBRD funds modernisation of Egypt’s railway system.(EBRD)
Cairo - Alexandria train supply and maintenance contract planned - Railway Gazette
America
LACMTA receives federal grant, loan agreements for subway project; schedules advisory group meeting
Southern California ports' container volumes accelerated in April
U.S. Class I workforce widened a tad in April
Kansas City to kick off streetcar construction today
Crossing projects advance in California, Ohio and Washington
Reading and Northern earns 'employer excellence' award
Rail supplier news from Greenbrier, GE, AXION, Meridiam, CTC and Hatch Mott MacDonald (May 22)
Direct service from Chicago to Mexico - Railway Gazette
Australia
A snapshot of the progress on the Regional Rail Link project in the later half of 2013 and the first two months of 2014.
Regional Rail Link is a once in a generation investment in better rail services for Victoria and its being built right now. The project is ahead of schedule and certainly is running on budget. We've expended more than 10 million man hours, to deliver 1.4 billion of works this year.
For everyone involved in rail and construction it's an opportunity to see something new, to build something that we can all see is going to be massively important to the community. It's going to be a fantastic outcome, not just for regional Victoria but also for metropolitan Melbourne.
Rio Tinto ready to test automated operation - Railway Gazette
Other Railway Press
www.railway-technology.com
US DoT to provide $2.1bn for Westside Purple Line Extension
The US Department of Transportation (DoT) will provide $2.1bn in federal grant and loan agreements to fund the construction of the 3.9-mile Westside Purple Line Extension running between downtown Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, California, US
SNCF new €15bn trains too wide for French rail network
French railway operator SNCF has ordered that 2,000 new trains that are mistakenly too wide for many of the country's regional platforms, at a cost of €15bn.
EIB agrees to fund construction of Beskyd railway tunnel
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to €55m in funding for the construction of a new 1.8km twin-track Beskyd railway tunnel, which will link Ukraine with the EU.
Russian and Bulgarian transport systems sign agreement to develop rail transport
Russian Railways subsidiary RZD International has signed a memorandum of understanding with Bulgaria's National Railway Infrastructure Company to jointly develop a rail transport network between the two countries
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