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Saturday, 01 November 2014

BBC News

• Hopes for 'western loop' tram lineA new Greater Manchester tram line linking Manchester Airport with Wythenshawe Hospital is planned.

The Telegraph

• Why a train test for tourists is just the ticketRailway ticket machines confuse tourists, and tourists enrage commuters, says Michael Deacon
• Ticket machines: Minister faces calls for an inquiry after machine overcharging investigationThe transport secretary is facing calls for an urgent inquiry after The Telegraph revealed widespread overcharging on Britain's network of railway ticket machines

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Arriva Trains Wales apologise for late and overcrowded trainsArriva Trains Wales chiefs have apologised to passengers who have suffered overcrowded trains in recent weeks

The York Press

• Railway museum exhibition to mark 50th anniversary of Winston Churchill's death THE National Railway Museum is appealing for the nation’s memories of the train which carried Winston Churchill to his funeral 50 years ago next year.

This Is Local London Network

• Is moving Kingston station a good idea? Blue-sky plans to move Kingston station closer to the River Thames were revealed last week. We asked train passengers what they thought.

Yorkshire Evening Post

• Rail passengers travelling through Leeds set to soarAmbitious plans could see the number of people using Leeds train station rise by nearly 50 PER CENT, according to transport bosses.

Other Regional Press

• Pye Corner railway station to open on December 14, minister announces THE UK Transport Minister visited the soon-to-be finished Pye Corner railway station in Newport today, calling the construction of the station the fastest she has ever seen.

Railnews

• Railfreight plan for expanded Sheerness A plan published today to expand and develop the port at Sheerness in Kent includes proposals for motor vehicles to be taken by train between Sheerness and Liverpool.
• Probe reveals ticket machines conceal cheap fares An investigation into ticket machines at National Rail stations has found that many are effectively concealing cheaper fares and that different operators are not consistent. The fundings, published by the Daily Telegraph, have received swift support from user groups and the Commons transport select committee, whose chairman Louise Ellman said:

Other News Sources

• Taylor Woodrow wins £33m Bristol rail upgradeNetwork Rail has appointed Taylor Woodrow to deliver a three-year £33m track upgrade package in Bristol.