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Contactless travel extended to Luton Airport Parkway
UK: Contactless payment was rolled out to three more railway stations in the London commuter area, including Luton Airport Parkway, on October 22.
Pacers to continue into 2020, operators confirm
UK: Operators have confirmed that their Pacer diesel multiple-units will remain in service into early 2020, in spite of previous announcements that the unpopular four-wheeled vehicles dating from the 1980s would be withdrawn before enhanced PRM accessibility requirements come into force on January 1 2020.
LNER launches Azumas to Lincoln
UK: ‘We are putting Lincoln firmly on the LNER map’, said Customer Service Director Suzanne Donnelly at the formal launch of Azuma services off the East Coast Main Line on October 21.
Ilford and Romford station enhancement contract
UK: Network Rail has awarded VolkerFitzpatrick a £20m contract to complete the upgrading of Ilford and Romford stations in east London for the Crossrail project.
London St Pancras twins with Bordeaux Saint-Jean to promote direct service
EUROPE: Channel Tunnel rail link concessionaire HS1 Ltd announced a twinning agreement between its London St Pancras International station and SNCF’s Bordeaux Saint-Jean station on October 18, saying this would help to progress the development of proposals for a through passenger service between the cities.
Merseyrail and RMT close to agreement on new trains
UK: The RMT has suspended industrial action in the long-running dispute about how the new EMUs which Stadler is building for Merseyrail will be operated, after the union’s National Executive Committee endorsed an offer which it said would guarantee both the presence and safety-critical role of guards.
UK railway news round-up
DfT publishes network enhancement project pipeline
Station lift-sharing share scheme launched by London Northwestern Railway
Richard Hope, OBE
East West Rail engineering partner appointed
Rail industry responds to Queen’s Speech
User-worked crossing gates and lights linked
Custom lights for St Pancras International
Bombardier Transportation appoints UK region president
South Western Railway rolls out Infor asset management system
UK railway news round-up
London Overground to provide Boxing Day services
Edinburgh Waverley approaches study funded
Merseyrail’s first Stadler train heads for testing
Transport for the North responds to HS2 speculation
CAF wins West Midlands Metro battery tram order
