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Tuesday, 29 July 2014

BBC News

• 'Fear spread' over smoke on TubePanic spread among Tube passengers as people tried to escape a locked train when smoke and the smell of burning was detected, a report finds.

The Herald

• Challenge below ground revealedENGINEERS strengthening ­Edinburgh's two Haymarket ­railway tunnels in preparation for a major regeneration project have released the first images of the underground works.

The Independent

• The new freedom riders: Yorkshire pensioners continue crusade to win back free local rail travel “Who wants to stage a freedom ride?â€� demands George Arthur, a retired primary school teacher into his loud hailer, causing a forest of hands and walking sticks to be raised skywards. Within moments there's a tense stand-off.

London Evening Standard

• George Osborne's commitment to HS3 rail link questioned Chancellor George Osborne's plan for a new northern England high-speed rail link is a "floating idea" that will "probably become a welcome idea", a Government spokesman has told peers.

Northern Echo

• Protests over rail franchise consultationA TRANSPORT union has pledged to ratchet up its campaign against a "bogus" consultation on the future of rail services in the region.

Yorkshire Post

• Work to be done if success of HS3 plan assuredA LOT OF work needs to be done to ensure Chancellor George Osborne’s plan for a new northern England high-speed rail link succeeds, a Government spokesman told peers.

Blackpool Gazette

• Railway misery warningRail passengers will face disruption and delay next month as work begins on the West Coast Main Line.