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The latest rail news on Wednesday, 10th February 2021
Ministers and union bosses say “lessons must be learnt” after a man was hit by a train and died while working on a railway track in south-west London.
The tragic news features in several of the national newspapers including The Daily Telegraph, that says a 30-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene after being struck by a passenger service.
Rail Minister Chris Heaton-Harris says they will ensure lessons are learnt.
Siemens has picked a Yorkshire construction company to build its new train manufacturing plant in East Riding.
An article in the Daily Mail says GMI Construction Group beat off competition from larger rivals to secure the £40 million contract.
It will build the site, where Siemens will make train carriages for the Piccadilly Line on the London Underground and nearly three miles of track that will connect the factory with the main network.
Egis has completed its acquisition of a majority shareholding in CPMS TOPCO and its operational arm, Collaborative Project Management Services Limited.
Egis is a €1.22bn turnover construction engineering and mobility services group which operates worldwide and has a global workforce of 15,800 employees.
The company says the acquisition enables it to strengthen its business influence in the UK and expand its operations to include a larger and more diverse portfolio of proven skills, expertise and experience.
Finally, Paralympian Andy Barrow is to lead a new Southeastern panel ensuring that all trains are accessible to all.
The panel is one of several new measures coming in this year that have been designed to improve the travel experience.
This includes innovative features added to customer information systems that will provide automatic updates of toilets availability on trains and lift availability at stations.
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