Rail.co News Summary 18th November 2011

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• Crossrail begins procurement process for Custom House station  Crossrail has announced that a contract notice has been placed in the Official Journal of the European Union seeking expressions of interest for Custom House station. ...
• Metro's West Yorkshire travel tweets reach 4,000 followers  The 4,000th person signed up to follow @MetroTravelNews on Twitter recently. Metro has been Tweeting since November 2009. In that time it has sent almost 6,500 ...
• Your chance to chat with East Coast's top team  Train operator East Coast is offering passengers and stakeholders a new opportunity to put questions, comments or suggestions about its services directly to its key decision ...
• Passengers to help shape future of rail services in Scotland  Rail users and stakeholders are being asked to play their part in shaping Scotland's rail services with passenger interests at the heart. Transport Scotland today launches ...
• Network Rail becomes a patron of homelessness charity CRASH  Network Rail has become a CRASH patron partner, supporting the construction and property industry charity for homeless people that in turn has supported over 45 homelessness projects over ...
• New Street engineering gains international recognition  A Birmingham based company has won a prestigious international award for its work on the redevelopment of Birmingham New Street station. Demolition specialists Coleman & Company, ...
• Elaine Holt to move to National Express to head rail franchise drive  Elaine Holt, popular chairman of government-owned Directly Operated Railways and the East Coast Main Line Company is stepping down at the end of her current contract. ...
• Bridgeway Consulting secures Crossrail contract  Bridgeway Consulting has been awarded a contract by Network Rail to deliver Overhead Line Isolation Services for the Crossrail (West) Project. Says Pino De Rosa, Bridgeway's ...
• Gurkhas help patrol rail cable theft hot spots  Squads of Gurkhas are helping patrol cable theft hot spots on the railway in the north east. The ex-serviceman are part of an industry wide campaign ...
• Committee gives thumbs up for High Speed 2 rail  The Transport Select Committee has given a cautious backing for High Speed Two. The project has met considerable opposition mainly from people along the proposed line ...
• Network Rail and Samaritans team up to help reduce suicides on rail network  Every year over 200 people take their own lives on Britain's railways. Railway suicide affects drivers and staff including station staff, track workers and police officers. ...
• Centro to meet Secretary of State to win better funding deal for Midland rail projects  Centro bosses are to meet with Transport Secretary Justine Greening in a bid to win a better funding deal for rail projects in the West Midlands. ...
• ScotRail's engineering director praises local station adopter  A surprise visit by ScotRail's engineering director, saw local station adopter, Max Bentley, singled out for praise at Giffnock. At the station to meet staff an ...
• Network Rail purchases Hydrex's rail division  Network Rail Infrastructure Limited has today completed purchase of the assets of the rail division of Hydrex Equipment (UK) Ltd from its administrators, KPMG LLP. The ...
• Thameslink platform extensions complete  The final platform extensions which are needed to allow 50% longer 12-car trains with more seats for passengers to operate on the Bedford to Brighton Thameslink ...
• Alstom signs transport cooperation agreement with Saint Petersburg  Alstom and its strategic partner in Russia, Transmashholding (TMH), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the city of Saint Petersburg which establishes a programme of ...

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