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Saturday, 06 December 2014

BBC News

• Bakerloo Line extension plans consultation endsTransport for London's consultation on Bakerloo line extension ends on Sunday.
• Rail fares to rise by 2.2% next yearAverage rail fares will rise by 2.2% from 2 January, the rail industry has said, marking the lowest rise for five years.
• Rail fares to rise by 2.2% next yearAverage rail fares will rise by 2.2% from 2 January, the rail industry has said, marking the lowest rise for five years.
• Trains may be run by not-for-profit firm, Hart saysA not-for-profit firm, and not private operators, could run Welsh train services from 2018, Transport Minister Edwina Hart has said.

Financial Times

• UK rail fares to rise 2.2%Average figure includes regulated and unregulated ticket prices
• Rail passenger groups slam 2.2% fare riseLowest increase for five years but many season tickets have risen by 20% during this parliament

The Herald

• Wheelchairs in spotlight at new transport exhibitionA TRANSPORT museum better known for its exhibitions on trains, trams and buses is now putting the humble wheelchair in the spotlight.
• Payout for France rail Holocaust deporteesHundreds of Americans and others deported by France's state rail company SNCF during the Nazi occupation will be entitled to compensation under a new US-French agreement.

The Telegraph

• Rail fares hike: Thousands more commuters face £5,000 season ticketsSeason ticket holders face annual cost of rail travel rising to more than £5,000 as industry body Rail Delivery Group announces train fare rises for next year

Mail Online

• Passengers vent their fury as more rail season tickets crash through the £5,000 barrier with increase in excess of most annual pay rises British rail commuters face above-inflation fare rises in the New Year – with many season tickets crashing through the £5,000 barrier at a rate exceeding most annual pay rises.

Network Rail

• Challow bridge is reopened to the publicThe A417 bridge over the railway at Challow has reopened to the public today, Friday 5 December, after work to prepare it for electrification was completed on time.

Bolton News

• 'Unacceptable' rise in rail fares for Bolton commuters in new year RAIL fares are set to increase for commuters across Bolton in the new year.
• HS2 is 'goldmine for Bolton businesses' RICH pickings will be up for grabs for local companies bidding for work on the forthcoming HS2 link – Europe’s largest infrastructure project.

London Evening Standard

• Rail fare hikes: Commuters will pay more than £5,000 for train travel Thousands more London commuters are to pay more than £5,000 for their annual season ticket after a 2.5 per cent hike in regulated fares for 2015 was announced today.
• HS2 'will mean longer queues at Euston' Londoners will face longer queues for the Tube at Euston station as it struggles to cope with a surge of passengers from Britain’s new high-speed rail line, a transport boss warned today.
• Evening Standard Comment: Rising rail fares - a real burden on London Commuters have known since September that rail fares would rise in the new year: the Chancellor announced then that regulated fares would go up by 2.5 per cent, July’s Retail Prices Index inflation rate. Today’s detail on the January 2 rises for unregulated, off-peak fares completes the picture: the average rise across all fares is 2.2 per cent. The hike is a real-terms freeze but it will still hurt. Some annual season tickets, such as from Ashford International, will break the £5,000 barrier for the first time. Milton Keynes Central comes close to that, at £4,888 (up £116), while one from Br...

Manchester Evening News

• Metrolink bosses warn children that no tram ticket could equal no job in the futureMore than a thousand children are visited by Metrolink operators - as this year marks first youth fare dodging prosecutions

The York Press

• MP calls on Ministers to keep rail HQ in York YORK Outer MP Julian Sturdy has called in the Commons for the Government to do more to keep the East Coast Mainline's headquarters in York.

Wales Online

• Rail passengers in South Wales face increases of up to 4.8% in ticket prices next monthMany local fares may increase by more than 2.5% in January - with some passengers facing a near 5% rise in the cost of a train ticket

Western Daily Press

• Fury from commuters, passenger groups and transport unions over rail fare rise Commuters, passenger groups and transport unions have voiced anger at the “scandal of Britain’s great rail fares rip off” after it was announced fares will rise by an average of 2.2% from January 2.

Other Regional Press

• As the number of rail passengers goes up in Huddersfield, so will the cost of a train ticket - read about January price hikes hereTrain fares to site by 2.2% average from January
• Thameslink trains upgraded to provide better access for disabled passengersTrains are being upgraded to give disabled passengers access to the Bedford to Brighton, Wimbledon and Sutton rail route.

Railnews

• 2015 rail fare rises to be 'average of 2.2%' The average rail fare rise in January will be 2.2 per cent, the Rail Delivery Group has said. The RDG's figure has been released as the details of individual fares become available from train operators today. However, one English operator has announced a partial freeze. Southeastern said its 'super off peak' fares will not rise in the New Year and will be extended to more routes, including its High Speed services to St Pancras International. Meanwhile campaigners remain critical, pointing out that fares have risen in real terms over the past decade.
• Welsh 'not for profit' railway moves nearer The Welsh transport minister Edwina Hart has signalled the Welsh Government's intention of examining the possibility of setting up a 'not for profit' company to succeed the present Arriva Trains Wales franchise. As a first step, the Welsh Government is setting up a subsidiary company which will be responsible for the management of several key transport projects.