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=5268The 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.doEurostar 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=1003875457The 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.aspxA 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%3A277France'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#moreNational Express appear not to see eye-to-eye with the
DfT» on
IEP▸ procurement (link below.)
http://railwayeye.blogspot.com/2008/10/subtle.htmlThe 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
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