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West Coast Mainline passengers face summer delays
Economic Development
Train users going from Birmingham to London are facing a month of misery when parts of the West Coast Mainline close for £81 million engineering works
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HS2 will spread Ƶ wealth throughout the regions, says Sir David
Economic Development
Project chairman says: “HS2 will transform not just Birmingham but how cities in the north talk to each other.”
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HS2 gravy train making high speed waves across the Ƶ
Opinion
It’s never been easier to be in contact 24-7 and in 12 years all kinds of events can devastate the global economy. Knocking half an hour off a train ride from London to Birmingham is not quite in the same league.
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New HS2 chairman to draw on Olympic experience
Economic Development
Sir David Higgins was chief executive of the London 2012 Summer Olympics Delivery Authority.
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Birmingham's Hidden Spaces: New Street signal box polarises public opinion
Hidden Spaces
Designed by Bicknell & Hamilton and W.R. Healey and completed in 1965, the unapologetically bunker-like structure is an honest expression of its utilitarian function
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HS2 makes Birmingham Airport 'viable for expansion'
Economic Development
West Midlands MPs from all three major parties criticised the interim report by the Sir Howard Davies Airport Commission, which included two possible options to expand Heathrow
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Virgin Trains and Stagecoach seek new terms for West Coast Mail Line franchise
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Earnings on London to Birmingham rail service fall by 80 per cent
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£400m scheme to transform Snow Hill station
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Proposals include a grand new entrance into the Livery Street side of the station – opening up the Colmore Business District
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Data analysis: Train operators' subsidies fall as rail revenue rises
Economic Development
Extra revenue being generated through passenger growth, combined with a more efficient Network Rail, has contributed to a drop in Government support for the day-to-day running of the rail network
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Workers moved after asbestos found at Birmingham New Street Station
Economic Development
Evacuation after traces of the material were found in the south-east corner of the old station
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Sir Albert Bore HS2 concerns: His letter to Shadow Secretary of State for Transport in full
Economic Development
'HS2 is the single most important infrastructure project currently planned in terms of bringing growth and jobs to all the city regions – their core cities as well as the surrounding towns and cities - and rebalancing our economy away from London and the South East' he writes
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City commuters warned over West Coast Main Line £81 million improvement works
Economic Development
£81 million improvement scheme covering a section of track near Watford begins in May 2014 and will continue over 16 days during the summer
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HS2 should be run by not-for-profit organisation, says train drivers' union
High Speed 2
Aslef says it believes development of the controversial railway line must be at heart of Labour's transport strategy
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HS2: West Midlands economy will receive £3.1bn boost, claims new study
Economic Development
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin launches campaign to win support for the planned North-South line
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Labour comes up with plan to save HS2
Economic Development
Miliband government would change name and scrap management company to cut costs and save scheme
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Birmingham Post Growth Fund awards £700,000 to Midland businesses
Economic Development
Birmingham Post Growth Fund grants giveaway to create 84 new posts and 100 apprentices.
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HS2 could free up other lines, claims Network Rail study
Economic Development
Towns and cities across the West Midlands will benefit from faster and more frequent rail services once the new high speed rail line is complete.
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HS2 vital to the country, says former Network Rail and Railtrack chief
Economic Development
Sir John Armitt believes HS2 would be the most efficient rail line in the country replacing line more than a century old
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Birmingham New Street ticket office closes as temperature soars to 32C
Economic Development
Heatwave overcame the new facility which was opened before air conditioning was installed
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The alternatives to HS2 are going nowhere fast
Opinion
The debate over whether to build a new high speed rail line continues, with Lord Mandelson warning the project could prove to be “an expensive mistake”.
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Neil Elkes: What price the city jewels?
Economic Development
Former Birmingham City Council leader Mike Whitby set a few hares running some years back when he suggested that some of the city's assets could be sold to wealthy Arabs.
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Rich List 2013: No.=35 - Charles Clowes (£152m)
Economic Development
Its been another busy year for Charles Clowes’ Derbyshire-based Clowes Developments as it continues to develop its commercial, industrial and residential sites.
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Region's stations in £4bn makeover
Economic Development
Birmingham International and Wolverhampton train stations could be in line for major facelifts as part of a national Network Rail scheme.
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Time to stop talking and start station plan
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Birmingham's civic leaders must stop wasting time and get the rebuild of New Street station underway, the Director General of the CBI has warned.
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