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The Conservative MPs behind the Great Eastern Rail Line upgrade campaign have rounded on Labour for failing to turn up to a debate on the rail link in parliament.
Wednesday, 12 November 2014
BBC News
- Cut in pay-as-you-go Oyster faresPart-time workers could save cash after a change to bus and Underground fares in London.
The Telegraph
- Unfair rail fine or unused train tickets? This is how to reclaim your moneyWin thousands of pounds in compensation for useless train tickets and unfair fines. A passenger campaigner explains how to claim
Network Rail
- Passengers reminded of Abbey Line closure as Watford upgrades continueMajor work to renew a junction connecting the railway line between Watford Junction and St Albans Abbey and the West Coast Main Line will start on 29 November.
- London Bridge skills academy produces 500th graduate to work on massive station rebuildA previously unemployed man from Southwark has become the 500th graduate of the London Bridge Skills Academy. The project based centre of learning is helping engineers deliver the massive £6.5bn Thameslink rail improvement programme – including the complete redevelopment of London Bridge station – while preparing them for the projects of tomorrow.
London Evening Standard
- London Underground fares shake-up: part-time workers to save hundreds of pounds under new Tube and bus fares system London's army of part-time workers will save hundreds of pounds a year on the cost of travelling by Tube and bus under a new flexible fares system announced today.
Burnley Express
- Iconic new Burnley railway station ‘will open next week’ BURNLEY's iconic new railway station is finally set to open after a deal was ironed out between council bosses and train operator Northern Rail.
- New rail station is set to open next weekThe doors to the new Manchester Road train station are finally due to open next week – months behind schedule.
East Anglian Daily Times
- £1.5m railway bridge at Thurston is dubbed a ‘total waste of money’A rail tack operator has been accused of wasting £1.5million on a “monster” of a bridge at a west Suffolk cycle route which a sustainable transport charity felt was already safe.
- Conservatives hit out at Labour shadow minister over absence from rail debateThe Conservative MPs behind the Great Eastern Rail Line upgrade campaign have rounded on Labour for failing to turn up to a debate on the rail link in parliament.
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- Surrey commuters 'cross' after latest South West Trains failureHalf-hour delay at Claygate railway station backs up MP's criticism of South West Trains in Parliament
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