In this (late, sorry!) update.......Dawlish (featured this year in the above photographs) is the subject of an imminent Government announcement.....another Government announcement "extends freeze on rail fares to 2015."
Whilst Derby and the north east look set to benefit from railway infrastructure projects, and Oxford and Lincoln seem pleased with future prospects, both "The North" and Aberdeen are not similarly impressed.......
International news features an epic line building project in Africa (2,760 km!) and the prospect of travelling between Surat and Mumbai in 58 minutes.
The Railway Chronicle also features the obituary of prolific author and publisher David St John Thomas who passed away 18th August 2014.
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Headlines...
UK
Dawlish rail line future announcement 'imminent' William Hague tells House of Commons.(Torquay Herald Express)
Commuter rail fares frozen again, says George Osborne.(BBC News)
GOV.UK.
Government extends freeze on rail fares to 2015
No regulated rail fares will rise by more than inflation in 2015 - with last year’s freeze this will save season ticket holders around £75 over 2014 and 2015.
In a move that will help hardworking families by lowering the cost of travelling to workplaces and schools, the Chancellor has announced that the freeze on regulated rail fare rises will be extended for a further year into 2015.
The Chancellor has also announced that train operating companies will no longer be able to increase individual fares by up to 2% more than the permitted average increase.
Before these changes were made, train operating companies could have raised fares on some regulated rail journeys by as much as 5.5%.
However, as a result of these measures, which will cost £100 million in total by 2015/16, no regulated rail fare will rise by more than 2.5% in 2015.
The government has therefore protected passengers by taking 3% off the maximum increase for a regulated fare.
These announcements extend the freeze that was brought in at last year’s Autumn Statement, and will be the second year in a row that regulated fare rises have been capped at inflation.
This will reduce the cost of many of the one billion journeys made by rail passengers in England every year and for around a billion more made on the Tube.
As a result of the changes made by the government, over a quarter of a million annual season ticket holders will have made a combined saving of around £75 over 2014 and 2015.
The government has also pledged over £16 billion of support for the rail industry over the period from 2014 to 2019 in order to improve the capacity and quality of a network which is seeing a vast growth in demand.
The fares passengers pay will continue to support a major programme of rail improvements which is set to deliver crucial benefits for passengers, including relief from crowding on some of the nation’s busiest routes.
The Chancellor George Osborne said:
Support for hardworking taxpayers is at the heart of our long term economic plan. It’s only because we’ve taken difficult decisions on the public finances that we can afford to help families further.=====================================================
I can announce that no regulated rail fares will rise by more than inflation in 2015, which together with last year’s freeze will save season ticket holders around £75 over 2014 and 2015.
Nine named for £1.6bn rail frameworks.(The Construction Index)
Amalgamated Construction, Amey, Buckingham Group Contracting, Carillion Construction, J Murphy & Sons, Miller Construction (UK), Skanska Construction UK, Story Contracting and VolkerRail...are the selected suppliers.
Derby firms win slice of major rail programme.(Derby Telegraph)
Hitachi Rail Europe shows firm support for North East suppliers.(The Journal)
The supply chain includes windows from Durham-based Romag, onboard servers from Nomad Digital based in Newcastle, and passenger counting systems from Gateshead-based Petards.
‘Don’t bother electrifying the rail lines - we haven’t got enough trains’(Brighouse Echo)
Network Rail chiefs cut board out spending decisions.(London Evening Standard)
Transport bosses' anger after funding blow for disabled access at stations.(Manchester Evening News)
Lincoln MP: rail improvements ‘might be announced imminently’.(The Linc)
Tourist boss condemns 'third world' rail link to Aberdeen. (heraldscotland)
Northern Rail is a disgrace.(The Guardian)
"We'll be the centre of the rail universe". (Witney Gazette)
100 Trains: The Greatest Railway Journeys in the World
The route:
1 Scotland: Newton-on-Ayr to Troon.
2 Scotland to Ireland by Boat: Troon-Larne.
3 Northern Ireland: Larne to Belfast.
4 Northern Ireland: Belfast to Derry.
5 Northern Ireland to Ireland: Belfast to Dublin (Enterprise).
6 Ireland: Dublin to Sligo.
7 Ireland: Sligo to Ballina to Galway.
8 Ireland: The Western Corridor. Galway-Limerick-Waterford.
9 Ireland: Waterford to Dublin.
10 Ireland: Dublin-Rosslare.
11 Ireland to Wales by Boat: Rosslare-Fishguard.
12 Wales: Fishguard to Swansea.
Follow Iain McGeachin on his Virtual RTW Journey...........
International
Africa
Bolloré to invest €2 billion in W.Africa rail freight 'loop'.(Lloyd's Loading List)
According to this report, over the next eight years, Bolloré Africa Logistics (BAL) is planning to invest up to €2 billion in West Africa building a 2,740 km-long rail freight ’loop’ linking the ports of Abijan, in the Ivory Coast and Lomé, in Togo via two land-locked states, Burkina Faso and Niger.
India
Surat-Mumbai travel to take 58 minutes by bullet train.(Times of India)
New Zealand
Don River Railway optimistic of extending line to Burnie.(ABC Australia)
USA
Chicago High Speed Rail Line Gets Funded.(Gas2)
www.progressiverailroading.com
- Caltrain to purchase surplus rail cars, solicit public input on future electric trains
- Arizona county receives TIGER V grant for Tucson port rail project
- NARP resolution supports proposed Dallas-to-Houston high-speed rail line
- Pennsylvania DOT seeks applicants for multimodal funding program
- CJB Industries to expand Class I-served chemical plant in Georgia
- Report: East Japan Railway eyes bid on California high-speed rail project
- KCSR elevates Jameson to AVP of safety, standardization
- Rail supplier news from Loram, Alstom, ASAL, Bombardier, IP Automation and NRC ( Sept. 8 )
www.railway-technology.com.
DB Schenker starts first freight service from Hamburg to Zhengzhou, China
Global transportation and logistics firm DB Schenker has teamed up with the City and Port Authority of Zhengzhou to start the first freight train service from Hamburg, Germany, to the Chinese city.
Alstom selects Nomad Digital for passenger Wi-Fi service in Germany
Alstom has selected Nomad Digital to provide passenger Wi-Fi services on 20 new Coradia Continental regional trains in Germany.
Consultrans to conduct feasibility study of Riyadh-Dammam high-speed railway line
Spanish transport consultancy firm Consultrans has been selected by the Saudi Railways Organization (SRO) to perform a ten-month feasibility study of the 480km-long high-speed railway line between Dammam and Riyadh.
HCL Technologies to provide bespoke systems support services for Sydney Trains
Global IT provider HCL Technologies has been contracted by Sydney Trains to provide customised application management and support services to help transform its IT landscape.
SmartRail World
| Project in Focus: Metro Dublin | |
By Luke Upton, 8 Sep 2014 15:15:37
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Today SmartRail World travels to Dublin, to find out more about their ambitious plans to develop a new mass rapid transit system to serve the Irish capital and speak exclusively to its Managing Director, Cormac Rabbitt. First proposed in 2001, as a plan to integrate the transportation strategy for the greater Dublin region and link the airport with the city centre, the project has been buffered by the financial crisis that hit Ireland particularly hard. Though now with renewed economic good news, the plan is now getting back on track.
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Obituary: Former Newton Abbot publisher and author David St John Thomas.(Torquay Herald Express)
One of the founders of the former Newton Abbot book publisher David & Charles has died.
David St John Thomas was involved in more different branches of writing, broadcasting and publishing than most of his generation. He will especially be remembered for his publishing company David & Charles, which pioneered many editorial, production and marketing methods and came to personify middle Britain through serving a host of specialist interests. The largest division, Reader’s Union, with its many specialist hobby clubs, was the largest privately-owned book club operation in the English-speaking world, and in later years his own magazine Writers News enjoyed a large circulation and good reputation. Read more: http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/Obituary-Newton-Abbot-publisher-author-David-St/story-22882970-detail/story.html#ixzz3ClO8MFHl His last book "Farewell to Trains" can be obtained HERE Other Video News..... |
Rich and Scott take a look at the Georgia Transit Tour and the newest edition of DigitalCT magazine.
Russian Railways on YouTube
The history of Transsiberian. Part 1.
We are glad to share with you a documentary about the longest railway in the world, the Transsiberian Highway. Part1. Great Russian Emperor, Alexander III realized in 1891 the necessity to protect and develop the rich Siberian lands. He launches a project of the Great Siberian Way on May 31, 1891. The initiation was marked with a special church service, and the construction began. Soonthe Highway would be renamed and will become what we now know as The Trans-Siberian Railway.
..and here is Christian Wolmar presenting his book "To The Edge of The Word..The Story of The TransSiberian Railway at the Hay Literary festival in May 2014.
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