Cabinet
meeting


Siemens
hosted
Prime
Minister
Rishi
Sunak
and
members
of
the
cabinet
at
the
Goole
Rail
Village
in
Yorkshire.
The
ministers
had
visited
the
north
of
England
to
hold
a
cabinet
meeting,
which
was
held
in
the
Components
Facility
building
at
Goole.
Before
the
meeting,
the
Prime
Minister
met
Siemens
Mobility’s
UK
&
Ireland
joint
CEO
Sambit
Banerjee
and
spoke
to
a
group
of
apprentice
engineers
and
technicians
about
the
construction
of
Piccadilly
Line
trains,
which
are
being
assembled
at
Goole
for
Transport
for
London.

Budget
message


The
Government
must
make
long
term
funding
certainty
for
public
transport
and
active
travel
in
city
regions
a
priority
in
next
week’s
Spring
Budget,
the
Urban
Transport
Group
said.
In
a
letter
to
chancellor
Jeremy
Hunt,
the
group
of
transport
authorities
said
transport
investment
is
key
to
‘securing
sustainable
economic
growth
and
good
social
outcomes
for
millions
across
the
country’.  

On
the
watch



Northern
is
installing
86
new
CCTV
cameras
at
Manchester
Victoria
station.
The
operator
said
it
will
improve
CCTV
coverage
at
the
station,
including
the
entrance,
concourse,
two
footbridges
and
platforms
1
to
6.
Regional
director
Craig
Harrop
said:
‘We
already
have
thousands
of
cameras
at
stations
across
our
network
and
on
board
our
trains
but
we
are
adding
more
with
this
£750,000
investment.’

Canal
drained


Network
Rail
engineers
have
completed
a
nine-day
programme
at
the
only
sliding
canal
bridge
in
Britain,
which
is
at
Keadby,
near
Scunthorpe.
They
have
worked
around
the
clock
from
17
February
until
the
early
hours
of
yesterday
to
strengthen
one
of
the
canal’s
walls
and
remove
rails
and
track
equipment
so
that
they
could
be
replaced.
A
24.5
tonne
pre-cast
concrete
slab
has
been
installed
on
the
canal’s
north
wall
to
strengthen
it.
To
do
this,
the
engineers
had
to
drain
part
of
the
Stainforth
and
Keadby
canal
using
a
limpet
dam,
a
structure
positioned
on
the
side
of
the
canal
wall
which
created
a
water-tight
seal
so
that
the
repairs
could
be
carried
out.