BBC Railway News 7th December 2011

6 December 2011

• Heated 'live' rail plan for south east train routes
  
  England / NEW 17 hours ago… be got to customers as quickly and reliably as possible," he said. Ms Greening said both airports and the railway were much better prepared than…

• BBC series recalls golden age of steam trains in Wales
  
  NEW 20 hours agoA new two-part television series offers a glimpse into the heyday of steam travel in Wales before railway lines were closed and diesel engines…

• York's big wheel erected at the Royal York Hotel
  
  York & North Yorkshire / NEW 21 hours agoIt will stay at its new site until January 2013. The big wheel attracted 1.2m visitors when it was at York's National Railway Museum from 2006…

• Reading rail commuters learn about Christmas closures
  
  Berkshire / NEW 23 hours agoPassengers have a chance to find about the rail improvements taking place over Christmas in Reading at a public exhibition in the railway station.

• High speed rail link for Scotland mooted
  
  Scotland politics / 6 December 2011… develop high speed rail, it would "undoubtedly" use Chinese technology. The SNP leader was asked about it by a Chinese railway official during…

• Is China's growth sustainable without reforms?
  
  Business / 6 December 2011Beijing's modern southern railway station, where high-speed trains whisk well-heeled passengers to their destination, is a proud symbol of China…