InTheNews: The latest rail news on Friday, 10th May 2024<\/p>\n
Belfast\u2019s city centre railway station will close on Friday to make way for the opening of a new public transport hub later this year.<\/p>\n
An article on the BBC website says the last train will leave Great Victoria Street station at 11.32pm this evening.<\/p>\n
It means there will be no city centre rail service for at least three months.<\/p>\n
The new transport hub, Belfast Grand Central Station, is not due to open until the autumn.<\/p>\n
Andy Burnham has given his strongest hint yet that the Metrolink network will be extended to Stockport.<\/p>\n
An article on the Manchester Evening News says appearing on BBC Radio Manchester\u2019s \u2018In The Hotseat\u2019 phone-in for the first time since he was re-elected as mayor with nearly two-thirds of the vote, the Labour politician was quizzed by host Mike Sweeney on his plans to use money re-allocated from the now-cancelled HS2 railway line to Manchester.<\/p>\n
He asked: \u201cThere appears to be enough money heading this way from HS2 for two tram lines \u2014 where are they going to be?\u201d<\/p>\n
When asked specifically about a line to Stockport, he said: \u201cI would like to see them built in the decade.\u201d \u201cThe [government approval] can be done fairly soon. We do have a fairly generous capital allocation for Greater Manchester [from the government].
\u201cThe new Stockport Interchange has been built with tram capability. We have to continue extending Metrolink.\u201d<\/p>\n
A new approach to transport ticketing offers a step towards an integrated, transparent system that works efficiently for both ticket providers and passengers across all modes of transport<\/p>\n
Traditional ticketing systems are based on solutions that are vulnerable to issues including a lack of transferability across multi-modal transport networks, and an inability to adapt to policy changes and new technologies.<\/p>\n
Experts at the University of Birmingham have outlined a system that offers a new foundation for all ticketing providers. In a new paper, published in IET Blockchain, STUB (System for Ticketing Ubiquity within Blockchains) brings together the capabilities of two versatile technologies \u2013 blockchain and ontology.<\/p>\n
Construction of the HS2 tunnel network is over halfway done, marking a milestone for the new high-speed line in Britain.<\/p>\n
An article on The Business Desk says two out of five of the twin-bore tunnels are finished, and work on two more is well underway on the line which is being built at 350 different sites between London and the West Midlands.<\/p>\n
The tunnels will cover 27.4 miles in total, almost a fifth of the whole 140-mile route.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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