Transpennine
funding


The
Railway
Industry
Association
has
given
a
cautious
welcome
to
the
government’s
confirmation
of
£3.9
billion
to
pay
for
the
next
stage
of
the
Transpennine
Route
Upgrade.
RIA
chief
executive
Darren
Caplan
said:
‘As
far
as
we
understand
this
is
not
new
money
for
rail
and
is
not
a
new
pipeline
opportunity
for
rail
suppliers.
As
the
Government
itself
would
say,
TRU
has
been
under
development
for
more
than
a
decade
and
is
a
key
component
of
the
2021
Integrated
Rail
Plan
for
the
North
&
Midlands
and
the
Network
North
plan
announced
in
October.
The
Railway
Industry
Association
and
our
members
now
await
the
next
business
case
update
for
TRU.’

Mayors’
rail
initiative


Metro
Mayors
Andy
Street
and
Andy
Burnham
are
joining
forces
to
improve
rail
connections
between
the
West
Midlands
and
Greater
Manchester,
with
the
aid
of
former
Network
Rail
chief
executive
Sir
David
Higgins.
They
have
formed
a
private
sector
group
led
by
Arup,
which
will
concentrate
on
lines
between
Handsacre,
where
HS2
will
now
end,
and
Manchester.
The
work
will
examine
costs,
capacity
and
economic
benefits.

Cardiff
plan


Network
Rail
has
prepared
a
masterplan
covering
more
than
four
hectares
of
former
railway
land,
which
is
to
be
used
as
a
‘brownfield’
site
for
new
houses
near
Cardiff
Central
station.
Network
Rail
said
it
was
one
of
the
last
parcels
of
land
to
be
regenerated
in
the
city
centre,
and
that
it
had
been
a
barrier
to
investment
for
other
parts
of
the
city
for
many
years.

TikTok
fine


A
fare
evader
who
boasted
on
TikTok
of
making
fraudulent
journeys
on
East
Midlands
Railway
and
published
‘tips’
so
that
others
could
do
the
same,
has
been
convicted
under
section
5
of
the
Regulation
of
Railways
Act
1889
following
a
collaborative
investigation
between
EMR
and
British
Transport
Police.
She
was
fined
£773.