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Sunday, 31 August 2014

The Observer

• Railways: when the franchises lapse, let the state take the trains back | the big issueRenationalising the railways is the way to goWill Hutton is bang on the money "Stop fleecing passengers: bring the trains back under public control" (Comment). He will be pleased to know that the Green party has as its policy exactly what he is calling for: renationalising the railways. We favour bringing the railways back into public control by the economical means of simply waiting for the current franchises to lapse and then taking them at that time back into state hands. That way, the surplus that the East Coast Mainline is delivering for taxpayers will be replicated acr...

East Anglian Daily Times

• Ipswich: Rail travellers face major disruption on main line after person hit by train – 35 trains cancelledPassenger services on the Ipswich to London rail line have been disrupted this morning after a person was hit by a train.

Other Regional Press

• Council leaders taking call for direct Middlesborough-London rail links to corridors of powerNorth council leaders are taking their call for a direct train between London and Middlesbrough to the corridors of power. Bill Dixon, leader of Darlington Borough Council, will meet with senior civil servants in the capital city on Tuesday to lay out plans for six daily trains to run between London and Teesside.

Other News Sources

• It’s relief on the railways TRAIN services for thousands of Sussex commuters will return to normal on Monday as a major station fully reopens.