The HS3 potential draws support from The Guardian...."The Pennine Powerhouse desperately needs it", apparently.
Meanwhile, the Rt Hon. Patrick McLoughlin, has made a Written Statement to Parliament on the subject "Safeguarding directions"
And whilst we are on the subject of HS2, "insider media" reports on how Birmingham's New Street and Moor Street Stations will be linked with a "world class" public area..as "One Station"
Also included is a link to an article in "The Engineer" on how the electrification of the Great Western Mainline will make for a quieter, greener experience all round.
With the year now well along, a look back at the winter's troubles causes one observer to note that infrastructure neglect will lead to more damage as a result of climate change.
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Headlines
UK
Pennine powerhouse: why the north desperately needs HS3.(The Guardian).
Plans for £5.5m 'One Station' scheme go under the microscope.(insidermedia).
According to this source, plans to develop a "world-class" public area linking Birmingham's New Street and Moor Street stations are to go before the city council's cabinet next week (30 June 2014).
The £5.5m 'One Station' scheme, utilizing the tunnel on St Martin's Queensway, would also link the two stations to the proposed HS2 Curzon Street hub.
£36 million HS2 compensation payouts for Midlands homes(Birmingham Post)
GOV.UK
(Written statement to Parliament)
Department for Transport, The Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP and High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
Safeguarding directions
Safeguarding directions along the London to West Midlands HS2 route have been updated and revised
I can today (26 June 2014) inform the House that under the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2010, I have issued updated and revised safeguarding directions to local planning authorities along the London to West Midlands HS2 route. These adjust the previous directions issued in October 2013 to more closely match the description of the scheme set out in the HS2 hybrid Bill and accompanying environmental statement currently before the House.
Safeguarding directions aim to ensure that land which has been earmarked for major infrastructure projects is protected from conflicting developments before construction starts. They also enable many of those who own property in the safeguarded area to serve a blight notice and request that the government purchase their property under the terms of the compensation code.
As the government is no longer planning on building a link between HS1 and HS2 at the London end of the railway, the relevant land has also been removed from safeguarding.
HS2 Ltd is writing to all known property and land owners within the relevant areas to notify them of the revised directions, and their effect.
Safeguarding directions also trigger statutory blight procedures under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. Owner-occupiers of properties within the safeguarded area who wish to move may apply to sell their property to the government by serving a blight notice. If they meet the relevant criteria they can expect to receive the ‘un-blighted’ open market value of their home, a home loss payment of 10% of the value of their home—up to £47,000—and reasonable moving costs such as legal fees, and stamp duty on a replacement property.
As I announced on 9 April, the HS2 express purchase scheme now applies in the surface safeguarded area. The scheme provides eligible property owners with the same compensation entitlement, whether or not their property is required for the scheme. Where an area of land has been removed from the safeguarded area by these new safeguarding directions, the express purchase scheme will remain available to owners of properties in that area - the extended homeowner protection zone - for 5 years.
This does not apply to properties along the formerly proposed link between HS1 and HS2, which will no longer be close to the high speed railway.
Full information and maps describing the new directions, as well as guidance and application forms for express purchase and other property compensation schemes, are available at www.hs2.org.uk or by phoning the HS2 Ltd public enquiries line on 020 7944 4908.
East Coast gets high satisfaction rating from rail commuters.(Peterborough Telegraph)
Rail firm that makes 66% of travellers miserable: Commuters on busiest routes deliver damning verdict on late, overcrowded and expensive services.(mailonline)
Amazon installs collection lockers at Tube car parks.(BBC News)
Northern Rail apologises to Sheffield reporter over ‘incorrect’ arrest threat.(The Guardian)
UK infrastructure neglected and at risk from climate change, engineers warn.(The Guardian)
Fears raised about Glasgow Queen Street Station redevelopment.(heraldscotland)
200 fined for not showing tram tickets.(heraldscotland)
Sheffield Supertram loses 1.8 million passengers through rail replacement work.(The Star)
UK Heritage
GWR - Gloucestershire's mainline heritage railway - Great start to bridge repairs(GWSR report updated)
Rail Accident Investigation Branch
Road vehicle incursion onto the railway at Aspatria, Cumbria.
Summary:
Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has released its report into a road vehicle incursion onto the railway at Aspatria, Cumbria, 26 October 2013. RAIB has made two recommendations.
Download report:
140626_R142014_Aspatria.pdf (6,336.37 kb) Europe
CER - The Voice of European Railways.
Press Release.Brussels, 26 June 2014
CER and UNIFE call for a Transport Pillar within the 2030 Framework for Climate and Energy Policies
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The Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) and the Association of the European Rail Industry (UNIFE) encourage the Member States to consider a transport dimension for the post 2020 climate and energy policies ahead of the European Council that will take place on 26-27 June.
The European Union cannot achieve its energy and climate goals without taking measures to decarbonise transport and to make it less reliant on imported fossil fuels. In a joint Position Paper, CER and UNIFE advocate:
Railway transport can make an important contribution for the post 2020 climate and energy goals. Both associations stress that policy makers should therefore ensure that measures within the Framework are conducive to growth in these sectors while avoiding the creation of new costs or barriers to such growth.
CER Executive Director Libor Lochman said: “Railway transport provides higher energy efficiency, lower reliance on imported fossil fuels, lower specific emissions of greenhouse gases, and good prospects for an increasing use of renewable energy. The 2030 Framework is the right instrument for policy-makers to create new incentives for growth of sustainable transport.”
UNIFE Director General Philippe Citroën added: “The rail industry can significantly contribute to tackle climate and energy challenges in Europe. The 2030 Framework provides a unique opportunity to achieve a level playing field between different transport modes while providing the conditions to efficiently support the development of rail in Europe.”
The CER/UNIFE position paper ‘A 2030 Framework for Climate and Energy Policies’ can be downloaded here.
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Germany
DB Schenker Rail launches Köln - Istanbul semi-trailer service - Railway Gazette
India
Indian media urge improvements in rail network.(BBC News)
The Asian Age. leads media in India calling for better rail safety measures
after a deadly train accident in the eastern state of Bihar.
The train, the Rajdhani Express, travelling from Delhi to Dibrugarh in the north-eastern state of Assam, derailed near Chhapra station in Bihar on Wednesday, killing at least four people and injuring 10.
"While protecting a 64,000km network is a Herculean task, particularly for the cash-starved Indian Railways, technology and all other means must be used to increase safety and security on the rails", it says.
BJP's high-speed rail plans and fare hike could save Railways.(hindustantimes)
Russia
Russia to invest $100 billion to extend high-speed rail to Adler, Yekaterinburg.(Yekaterinburg News).
US/Canada
USDOT
BTS Releases April 2014 North American Freight Numbers
Two of five transportation modes – pipeline and trucks – carried more U.S.-NAFTA trade in April 2014 than in April 2013 as U.S.-NAFTA trade rose to $100.1 billion, according to the TransBorder freight data released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS).
The increases came in two modes that combined carry more than two-thirds of total U.S.-NAFTA trade. Trucks, at 60.3 percent of the April trade, and pipeline, at 8.6 percent, carried a total of 69.0 percent of the trade.
A 4.2 percent increase in imports by truck offset a 2.5 percent decline in exports from year-to-year. Imports from Canada and Mexico both increased while exports by truck on each of the borders decreased. An increase in both imports and exports by pipeline across the Canadian border pushed pipeline’s share of total trade to 8.6 percent from 6.8 percent in April 2013.
The April 2014 trade total was a 1.2 percent increase from April 2013. U.S.-NAFTA trade has increased from the same month of the previous year in nine of the last 10 months, interrupted by a 0.2 percent decrease in January. The January decline reflected the severe weather in the northern states and along the U.S.-Canada border. Trade by Mode
In April, commodities moving by pipeline grew the most of any mode, 27.8 percent.
Truck freight increased 0.7 percent, rail declined 1.8 percent followed by declines in air at 3.1 and vessel at 13.2. The increase in the value of freight carried by pipelines reflects both a rise in the volume and prices for oil and other petroleum products, the primary commodity transported by pipelines.
Trucks carry three-fifths of U.S.-NAFTA trade and are the most heavily utilized mode for moving goods to and from both U.S.-NAFTA partners. Trucks carried 60.3 percent of U.S.-NAFTA trade in April 2014, accounting for $30.6 billion of exports and $29.8 billion of imports.
Although the value of freight carried by rail decreased from year to year, rail remained the second largest mode moving 14.7 percent of all U.S.-NAFTA trade, followed by pipeline at 8.6 percent, vessel at 7.9 percent and air at 3.7 percent. The surface transportation modes of truck, rail and pipeline carried 83.7 percent of the total U.S.-NAFTA freight flows.
See BTS Transborder Data Release for summary tables and additional data. See North American Transborder Freight Data on the BTS website for additional data for surface modes since 1995 and all modes since 2004.
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Other Railway Press
Striking the right chord
Costing £9.6 million, a project to relay the Todmorden curve is reaching its fruition thanks to the collective efforts of Network Rail, Northern Rail, the Buckingham Group and Burnley Borough Council.
Costing £9.6 million, a project to relay the Todmorden curve is reaching its fruition thanks to the collective efforts of Network Rail, Northern Rail, the Buckingham Group and Burnley Borough Council.
Edinburgh gets its trams
In Edinburgh, there was enthusiasm about the introduction of the city’s tram service on 31 May.
Rebirth of a back-stage line - Renewing the GNGE
The GNGE scheme will provide a significantly upgraded line between Peterborough and Doncaster via Spalding and Lincoln. It will allow the GNGE Joint Line to become the primary route for daytime freight traffic and permit parallel growth in passenger services on the core ECML route.
In Edinburgh, there was enthusiasm about the introduction of the city’s tram service on 31 May.
Rebirth of a back-stage line - Renewing the GNGE
The GNGE scheme will provide a significantly upgraded line between Peterborough and Doncaster via Spalding and Lincoln. It will allow the GNGE Joint Line to become the primary route for daytime freight traffic and permit parallel growth in passenger services on the core ECML route.
Thameslink - A very busy Easter!
Collin Carr returns to London Bridge to speak to Network Rail's Chris Binns about where Thameslink is going from here.
Changing the face of delivery - The Great Western Electrification Programme
The Great Western Electrification Programme (GWEp) will provide more reliable, greener and quieter journeys for thousands of passengers.
Read the whole magazine onlineCollin Carr returns to London Bridge to speak to Network Rail's Chris Binns about where Thameslink is going from here.
Changing the face of delivery - The Great Western Electrification Programme
The Great Western Electrification Programme (GWEp) will provide more reliable, greener and quieter journeys for thousands of passengers.
See the full digital edition here - now downloadable
Think Railways
Headlines
Government of FYR Macedonia and China’s CSR signed contract for the delivery of 6 MUs
Pomorskie voivodship awarded Pesa Bydgoszcz the contract for the supply of 10 DMU
Ukrainian Railways to purchase 15 DMUs from Kryukov Railway Car Building Works (KVSZ) in 2014
Bombardier signs framework agreement with Railpool for 65 TRAXX locomotives and upgrade of existing fleet
Gas-reciprocating engine TEM19 Locomotive manufactured by Bryansk Engineering Plant on tests
SmartRail WorldNo car required - access to public transport key for millennials when choosing where to live.
A majority of Millennials (typically defined as individuals born between 1982 and 2000) would consider moving for better transit options and aspire to be less reliant on a car to get around according to a recent survey of Millennials in 10 major U.S. cities, released today by The Rockefeller Foundation and Transportation for America.
More than half (54%) of Millennials surveyed say they would consider moving to another city if it had more and better options for getting around, and 66% say that access to high quality transportation is one of the top three criteria they would weight when deciding where to live.
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Bombardier to deliver 65 TRAXX locomotives to Railpool
Bombardier has been contracted to deliver 65 TRAXX trains to leasing company Railpool as part of a framework agreement between the two companies.
Network Rail to invest in Selby swing bridge improvements Bombardier has been contracted to deliver 65 TRAXX trains to leasing company Railpool as part of a framework agreement between the two companies.
The UK's Network Rail has announced plans to invest approximately £14m in the renovation of a swing bridge in Selby, North Yorkshire.
Axion secures new purchase order for Ecotrax rail ties
US green technology firm Axion International has received a purchase order from a multinational industrial company for its Ecotrax rail ties.
Detroit City Council approves M-1 Rail streetcar project
Detroit City Council in the US has unanimously approved construction and operating agreements for the M-1 Rail project.
Events
5th UITP Combined Mobility Workshop Hannover, 20th October 2014 Save the date for the 5th UITP Combined Mobility Workshop |
| Growing the integrated mobility market! |
The urban mobility landscape is changing fast. Citizens see new mobility solutions emerging, making personal car ownership less attractive.
Indeed, in cities with strong public transport complemented with services like car-sharing, bike-sharing, bicycle parking, shared taxi services, car pooling etc. one can easily move around freely. To make it even easier, a one-stop-mobility shop acting as personal mobility assistant is key to an integrated mobility offer, but are the customers ready for the change?
This interactive one-day event with international best practices will look at how we can boost the market to accelerate the change in mobility habits towards multimodal behaviour and give answers to the following questions:
→ What are the barriers to integrated mobility solutions?
→ Is there a viable business model for integrated mobility platforms?
→ Mobility brands: How to market the total offer?
Moreover you’ll be able to participate in an interactive session about the gaps we need to overcome in order to grow the integrated mobility market.
Interested? Save the date and join us in Hannover (Germany) on 20 0ctober 2014!
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