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Tuesday, 14 October 2014

BBC News

• Summer Tube delays fall by 20%Delays on London's Underground network during the summer months fell by 20% compared to 2013, Transport for London reveals.

Financial Times

• CSX/Canadian Pacific: railway to heavenBoth railroads have gone through turnrounds
• HS2 contest for £10bn in contracts beginsCompanies battle for deals on world’s most expensive railway
• Osborne aims for pre-poll sale of EurostarChancellor hopes to raise sum in low hundreds of millions to help lower public debt

The Herald

• Waverley station pays tribute to Sir Walter Scott Edinburgh is celebrating the 200th anniversary of Sir Walter Scott's Waverley at the railway station named in the novel's honour.

The Independent

• Window shatters as Tube train travels on London's Piccadilly Line A window on a Tube train shattered in London on Monday, leaving one passenger screaming in terror as glass flew through the carriage.

The Scotsman

• Waverley Station to mark Scott novel’s bicentenaryIT IS the novel that gave Edinburgh’s largest rail station its name and now looks set to inspire weary commuters with a few well chosen quotations.

The Telegraph

• Worst mobile networks for London rail commuters revealedEE is the worst mobile network for 3G on the main commuter routes into London, while O2 is worst for 4G

The Mirror

• George Osborne accused of betraying Britain with Eurostar saleMick Cash, leader of the RMT rail union, said: “This is a gross act of betrayal of the British people by a right-wing Government hellbent on selling the family silverâ€�

Network Rail

• Network Rail and Merseyrail ready to tackle leaves on the lineWork is underway across Merseyside to tackle the impact that autumn has on the rail network.
• Rail disruption between Potters Bar and New BarnetNetwork Rail apologises to passengers affected by disruption to services at the south end of the East Coast Main Line today (Monday, 13 October).

London Evening Standard

• Eurostar sale shunned by France's SNCF as UBS role is attacked As the Government today fired the starting gun on the sale of its £300 million holding in Eurostar, SNCF, the French majority shareholder in the Channel tunnel train operator, ruled out buying the 40% stake.
• Tube passengers left 'screaming in terror' as window 'explodes' on Piccadilly Line Tube passengers screamed in terror as a window on a train "exploded" in north London today.

Bucks Free Press

• New £30 million HS2 benefit scheme 'not enough' say opponents THIRTY million pounds is to be set aside in benefits to communities living near the planned HS2 line - but opponents say that's not enough.