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partially-sighted passengers. The new path will make it easier to use the station footbridge, linking the new entrance from the Brighton Yard entrance to the platform stairs. The entire station now has
step-free access delivering major improvements for more than 40 million passengers who use the station every year.
Jail for Oyster card fraudster Joint working by Transport for London and the British Transport Police has led to the jailing of a fraudulent Oyster card user for six months. Fatai Lawal of Barking pleaded guilty to two charges of fraud relating to two false email accounts, which were used to fraudulently register other
peoples’ Oyster cards and transfer their balances to an Oyster card registered to Lawal. TfL’s Oyster contact centre
was first alerted to Lawal’s actions when a customer reported her unregistered Oyster card was no longer working after she had recently added funds to the card. Further investigation by the BTP showed that 150 unregistered cards had been cancelled and the outstanding monies transferred to an Oyster card Lawal was using, with a value of £1700.
Transport Secretary visits Loughor viaduct Patrick McLoughlin and Welsh Secretary David Jones visited the £20 million viaduct, delivered by Network Rail. The structure is part of the ongoing £2 billion modernisation of the rail network in Wales that
Longer HS2 tunnel could help developer create more than 7,000 jobs in East Midlands
A tunnel on the proposed HS2 route could be extended to allow plans for a strategic rail freight interchange (SRFI) next to East Midlands airport to progress, Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin announced recently.
During discussions with MP’s and local authorities on the proposed route for Phase Two of HS2 from Birmingham to Leeds, concerns were raised by Leicestershire county council, and MP for North West Leicestershire, Andrew Bridgen, in conjunction with developer Roxhill, that the proposed line could threaten the feasibility of the
development.The initial preferred route would have seen the new rail line cross the site of the proposed SRFI, which has the potential to create 7,000 jobs in the region.
In listening to the concerns, the government has now developed a revised option involving extending the proposed tunnel under East Midlands Airport thus avoiding the majority of the proposed SRFI site. The DfT will consult on the route later in the year as part of its public consultation on Phase Two, and a decision will be made after that. In the meantime, the developer will progress its plans for the proposed depot. Patrick McLoughlin, said: ‘We will continue to work with stakeholders, to identify critical issues such as Roxhill and propose revisions to the scheme where possible.’
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includes a major programme of electrification for the Great Western Main Line and Valley Lines and major signalling and capacity enhancements in the Cardiff area. This, alongside new state-of-the-art trains as part of the government’s £4.9 billion Intercity Express Programme, will deliver major benefits to passengers, including improved services in South Wales and faster trains to London.
Unions potentially uniting Britain and Ireland’s first cross- transport union became more of a reality recently with white collar union TSSA’s annual conference voting overwhelmingly in favour of detailed merger talks leading to a stand alone rail sector with Unite. It is planned that the outcome of the talks would be to put to the TSSA’s 24,000 members in a secret
ballot in the autumn. If they say ‘yes’, a merger would take place next spring. Of Unite’s 1.5 million members, around 250,000 are in the various transport sectors.
Selby Swing bridge improvements deferred Network Rail says that engineering renewal works on the Selby swing- bridge will be deferred in order to provide the best possible rail services during the repair of the landslip at Hatfield colliery. Phil Verster, route managing
director, said: ‘Renewals work on the bridge while also repairing the landslip was only going to be feasible if we could provide a reasonable train service on the east coast. The bridge is showing its age and we will focus on intensive maintenance work to keep it safe and reliable until renewals work can be scheduled.’
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