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InTheNews: The latest rail news on Thursday, 4th July 2024
Voters are going to the polls across the UK in a general election that is expected to deliver the first Labour government in 14 years.
An article on The Guardian website says polling stations in 650 constituencies across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland opened at 7am on Thursday. Counting will begin immediately afterwards, with the results announced in the early hours of Friday morning.
Writing on X as the polls opened, the Labour leader, Keir Starmer, said: “Change. Today, you can vote for it.” Rishi Sunak, the prime minister, posted a series of messages on the same site that urged voters to “stop the Labour supermajority”.
The Lib Dems tweeted: “This election is our chance to win the change our country desperately needs.” The SNP tweeted: “VoteSNP to deliver independence, rejoin the EU, scrap the two-child benefit cap, invest in the just transition, protect free tuition.”
High speed 4G and 5G mobile coverage is now available to customers using the Elizabeth line as they travel across central London.
Following all Elizabeth line stations getting mobile coverage earlier this year, Transport for London (TfL) and Boldyn Networks, TfL’s partner in delivering the connectivity, have now introduced coverage within the tunnels from the Royal Oak portal to the west of Paddington to Liverpool Street station, covering approximately five miles and meaning that they can now stay connected as they travel between stations.
Further tunnelled sections of the Elizabeth line towards Whitechapel will be connected in the coming weeks, and the whole line will have mobile coverage by the end of summer.
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A heritage railway in Derbyshire says urgent repairs are needed to protect some of its collection.
An article on the BBC website says the Midland Railway – Butterley’s main exhibition hall is currently closed to the public and in desperate need of roof and guttering work, bosses say.
Rain has been making its way into the Matthew Kirtley Building causing “massive damage” to both the building itself and the vehicles it houses.
The visitor attraction near Ripley has now launched a £40,000 fundraising appeal to carry out the repair work and reopen the building to the public once more.
The Railway Industry Association (RIA) has announced that Lord Peter Hendy, who Chairs Network Rail, has been confirmed as a keynote speaker for the RIA Annual Conference 2024, which this year takes place on 6- 7 November, at the Leonardo Royal Hotel, London Tower Bridge. He will give his address at the Dinner on Day 1, 6 November.
This year, the RIA Annual Conference focuses on the theme ‘A fresh start for rail?’, and, following this summer’s General Election, is sure to cover the most salient issues of the day impacting the railway industry.
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