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Wednesday, 23 July 2014

Daily Express

• Give us more staff at our railway stations - Ann WiddecombeAt Leicester station my perfectly valid ticket was rejected by a rude machine at the barrier and the person who was meeting me had been told she did not need a ticket. We couldn't get out until a passenger came from the other direction and jammed his gate open for us as he passed through.
• Give us more staff at our railway stations - Ann WiddecombeAt Leicester station my perfectly valid ticket was rejected by a rude machine at the barrier and the person who was meeting me had been told she did not need a ticket. We couldn't get out until a passenger came from the other direction and jammed his gate open for us as he passed through.

Daily Record

• Man electrocuted next to Edinburgh railway after he tried to scale a fence near overhead pylonsIT is understood a man in his mid 30s tried to scale a fence next to the track but it appears he came too close to the overhead pylons.

Network Rail

• Local residents invited to tours of Kintbury signal boxNetwork Rail is inviting local residents to find out more about how the railway works by coming on a tour of Kintbury signal box.

Wales Online

• Crossrail shows how the Welsh economy could be boosted by electrification and other transport investment, MPs claimPublic accounts committee calls for the lessons of £15.8bn London project to be taken on board for HS2

Other Regional Press

• New railway bridge plan for Offord Cluny unveiledNetwork Rail has unveiled its proposal for a new road bridge over the railway at Offord Cluny.

The Business Desk

• Stoke HS2 campaigners take their case to WestminsterSTOKE-on-Trent’s campaign to get the HS2 high-speed rail line routed through the city has been presented at Westminster. And High Speed Rail Select Committee chair Ian Mearns MP said the Stoke-on-Trent case for a station is strong.