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Is there still a prospect for a Scottish high-speed rail network?

Scotland's history with high speed rail has seen various projects floated before falling flat, and wider connections to the UK's network…

The National (Scotland)

Could Scotland's lost railway lines be the key to a better future?

IF you could take a direct train through the Borders to Carlisle, through the Great Glen from Inverness to Fort William, or from Dumfries to the…

The National (Scotland)

High-speed railways could erode need for Glasgow Airport in the future, rail expert says

Scottish government says it supports efforts to secure more direct routes to and from Scotland’s second city

The Independent UK

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UK rail minister says sorry for threatening messages over Euston station concerns

Ex-Network Rail chair Lord Hendy vowed to withhold contracts from supplier whose engineer spoke out on rail safety

The Guardian - UK

Rail minister Lord Hendy apologises for Euston letter

Lord Hendy said the tone of his letter to consultancy Systra UK ‘fell well short of what should be expected’

Evening Standard

Investigators say train involved in fatal crash may have slid while braking

The RAIB said the track condition on the approach to the site meant ‘adhesion’ between wheels and rails was ‘relatively low’.

Evening Standard

Driver of train in horror crash ran in to carriage to warn passengers seconds before head-on collision

Horror stories have been revealed by those on board

The Independent UK

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Passenger dies and 15 people are injured after two trains collide

Network Rail and Transport for Wales said in a joint statement it was a ‘low-speed collision’.

Evening Standard

Euston station's giant advertising board switched off in five-point plan to tackle overcrowding

Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has ordered Network Rail to declutter the station concourse and make changes to the way it handles train announcements

Evening Standard

Euston train station is 'safe', insists London's transport commissioner

TfL chief backs Network Rail in ongoing controversy over overcrowding

Evening Standard

Starmer facing questions over appointing rail minister who had whistleblower sacked

Shadow transport secretary Helen Whately has written to the Cabinet Office asking about the vetting of rail minister Lord Hendy after it emerged that he demanded an award winning engineer was sacked for talking to The Independent

The Independent UK

Ex-Network Rail chair threatened firm over engineer’s Euston criticism

Letter shows Peter Hendy, now the rail minister, threatened to withhold public contracts until firm disciplined worker

The Guardian - UK

Brits left roaming airport after Berlin-Manchester flight returns immediately after ‘fire’ on board

Exclusive: Passengers on Eurowings flight say cabin crew warned them not to film incident – then airline left them stranded in Germany

The Independent UK

Tree falls on ScotRail driver's cab amid Storm Gerrit - driver unharmed

SHOCKING pictures have emerged which show damage to a ScotRail train after a tree fell on a driver's cab.

The National (Scotland)

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The Guardian - UK

Sunak’s ‘spiteful’ sale of land intended for HS2 dashes hopes of revival

Prime minister’s move criticised as ‘salting the earth’ so Birmingham-Crewe line cannot be built

The Independent UK

Rail experts say downscaling HS2 would be ‘commercial and operational mess’

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt are reported to be meeting to discuss the future of the project in the coming days.

Evening Standard

Decision to redesign Euston HS2 station will cost billions and cause decade of delay, says expert

Euston faces a “decade of delay” before the arrival of HS2 high speed trains because of the Government’s disastrous decision to switch station designs, a rail expert has warned.

Manchester Evening News

A year after Boris Johnson broke promises to the North and our railways are still failing us

Daily services are 'unacceptable' and planned improvements aren't what political leaders have called for

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Manchester Evening News

Drivers will have to 'sprint' full length of train to get away on time in 'short-sighted' plan for Piccadilly station

'This is a 21st century high-tech train service reliant on a bloke from Stoke running the length of a train'

Inverse

Hyperloop: 9 years later, Elon Musk's biggest pipe dream may finally come true

In a tweet posted in April 2022, Musk revealed that tunneling firm The Boring Company would “attempt to build a working Hyperloop." Can Musk's idea be made to work?

Liverpool Echo

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The North in Numbers podcast looks into levelling up and what it means for the people of the north

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