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Scotland's Transport Minister Stewart Stevenson has given the go-ahead for an extra station on the Airdrie-Bathgate rail link, which is currently under construction. New stations at Armadale and Caldercruix have already secured funding as part of the Airdrie-Bathgate project. However, plans for a third new station on the route - at Blackridge - have been developed outside the core railway upgrade with the support of West Lothian Council and housing developer Manorlane (link below.)
http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/story.php?id=5268

The Thameslink branch line into Moorgate will close permanently from next March (link below.)
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23575301-details/Thameslink+to+close+its+Moorgate+branch+line/article.do

Eurostar belatedly has achieved top-level distribution through global distribution systems in the United Kingdom and United States, but remains unavailable through GDSs in other countries (link below.)
http://www.btnmag.com/businesstravelnews/headlines/frontpage_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003875457

The introduction of high-speed rail services between Kent and London next year could help spark a revival of house sales in the county, say house-builders, but estate agents are less optimistic (link below.)
http://www.kentnews.co.uk/kent-news/Hopes-high__speed-train-link-will-boost-home-market-newsinkent17152.aspx

A study into the way businesses use rail links between Norfolk and London is under way (link below.)
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=EDPOnline&tCategory=News&itemid=NOED20%20Oct%202008%2013%3A13%3A40%3A277

France's national train operating company needs to expand and treat the whole of Europe as its domestic market amid the sector's rapid consolidation, its chairman has said (link below.)
http://www.rmtbristol.org.uk/2008/10/sncf_chief_puts_whole_of_europ.html#more

National Express appear not to see eye-to-eye with the DfT on IEP procurement (link below.)
http://railwayeye.blogspot.com/2008/10/subtle.html

The old Tettenhall railway station has received a ^600,000 makeover by Wolverhampton City Council to become a field studies and interpretation centre for visitors to Smestow Valley Local Nature Reserve (link below.)
http://www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/government_democracy/council/documents/news/press_releases/2008/october/201008a.htm