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Friday, 29 August 2014

BBC News

• Single ticket travel plan for regionThe next phase in plans for a major overhaul of public transport in south east Wales reveals a vision for a rapid one-ticket system for travellers.
• Tube workers to hold overtime banThe latest industrial action by London Underground workers over the ongoing row about plans to close all ticket offices and cut jobs is announced.

The Guardian

• Network Rail joins the public sector: but don't call it 'nationalisation'On Monday, the track operator will be answerable to parliament to a chorus of executives and MPs playing the change downIt is June 2029, and the last train run by a private company rolls into platform 28 of the new Euston mega-station. The moment is marked only by a low-key ceremony with a handful of managers and long-retired staff, since few in the railways want to reignite the long-bubbling political row over what only the oldest members of the House of Lords still call "a return to the bad old days of British Rail".Yet, as Labour ministers are fond of pointing out, the fi...

Network Rail

• Network Rail announces partners for £250m rail renewals programmeNetwork Rail has awarded framework contracts worth a combined £250m for the delivery of building and civils work on the Scotland and London North Eastern routes.
• New footbridge marks success for Network Rail / South West Trains Alliance level crossing programmeA new footbridge has been opened over the railway near Petersfield in Hampshire, marking a notable success for the Network Rail / South West Trains Alliance level crossing programme.
• Campaign to improve safety at Furze Platt level crossingLocal residents and other users of Furze Platt level crossing will be learning to stay safe on the railway during a campaign organised by Network Rail and British Transport Police (BTP).

London Evening Standard

• Bemused commuters look on as goat walks unchecked through Tube barrier at Vauxhall Commuters were left baffled today as a goat walked unchecked through a ticket barrier at a south London Underground station.

Nottingham Evening Post

• Nottingham Post published Weekend of tram roadwork misery... but end of chaos is in sightDRIVERS have been warned of more misery on the roads this weekend as tram works are set to affect a major junction.Resurfacing work continues at the junction of University Boulevard with Queens Road East, Beeston, from 8pm tonight until 5am on Monday.The latest changes to the road layout will mean the inbound lanes of University Boulevard will be closed for drivers heading into Nottingham city centre.However, drivers were braced for worse, since contractors had originally planned to close...

Yorkshire Post

• Jaguar E-Type wins crown as greatest car of all timeJAGUAR’S famous 1960s E-Type has won the race to be crowned the “greatest car of all time” in a new poll of motorists.

Other News Sources

• MP Jim Paice demands better services at Ely railway stationMP Sir Jim Paice is backing calls for improvements to be made to services at Ely railway station. The South East Cambridgeshire MP is supporting rail users by calling for Abellio Greater Anglia to recruit more staff and to improve the station's ticket office.