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Wednesday, 10 September 2014

BBC News

• Plans to enlarge Bank Tube stationAn application to enlarge Bank Tube station is submitted to the government by Transport for London.
• East Coast rail increases profitThe publicly-owned railway company, East Coast, returned almost £220m to the taxpayer last year, according to its annual results.

The Guardian

• State-owned East Coast paid £225m to Treasury but still faces privatisationTransport union leader says reprivatisation of most popular long-distance railway franchise is 'all about Tory dogma'The state-owned East Coast railway paid £225m to the government in the year to March 2014, the last financial year before it is reprivatised.Results published by Directly Operated Railways (DOR)

The Herald

• East Coast franchise makes £217m profitA PLAN to re-privatise the East Coast franchise

Mail Online

• Northern Rail staff wouldn't help pensioner who fell down Leeds station escalator The elderly lady 'fell backwards' while travelling up an escalator at Leeds station. But astonishingly, rail staff refused to help her because they hadn't been trained in 'people-handling'.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Deputy prime minister joins calls to scrap Bradford's decrepit 'Pacer' trains NICK Clegg has joined calls to scrap the district’s decrepit Pacer trains – arguing it is “ludicrousâ€� they are still running.

Northern Echo

• Nick Clegg joins calls to scrap Pacer trains NICK Clegg has joined calls to scrap the North’s decrepit ‘Pacer’ trains – arguing it is “ludicrousâ€� that they are still running.

Sheffield Star

• Rail cuts protestors ‘shocked’ at South Yorkshire travel bodies’ firm stanceTransport organisations in South Yorkshire will not change their stance on travel pass cuts – after a meeting with protesters ended in failure for campaigners.

The York Press

• Selby rail service resumes after repair of swing bridge RAIL passengers were able to catch their regular trains from York to Selby after Network Rail reopened Selby Swing Bridge yesterday after £14 million of repairs.

Bucks Free Press

• HS2 advice to be given at council seminar A FREE seminar offering advice to Bucks residents who will address a leading government committee on HS2 is being held by a council this week.

Other Regional Press

• Main entrance of Northampton train station ‘will be at the back’The steep steps leading into Northampton’s new rail station are not intended to be the main entrance to the building, Network Rail has claimed.

Railnews

• East Coast profits and passenger numbers up The nationalised Intercity East Coast franchise has reported a rise in profits to £225.3 million before tax. The comparable figure last year was £208.7 million. East Coast paid premiums and dividends of £216.8 million to the Department for Transport in 2013-14, up from £202.8 million in the previous year, and the results seem likely to fuel fresh opposition to the reprivatisation of East Coast in 2015.

Other News Sources

• Rail staff consider strike over rotas RAILWAY staff are looking at strike action amid a row over conductors’ rotas.