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Monday, 08 December 2014

BBC News

• Plans to expand trams to LeithCouncillors are set to consider whether the Edinburgh tram network should be expanded, seven months after the trams began running.
• French firm takes over London's DLRLondon's Dockland's Light Railway (DLR) is now being operated by French transport group Keolis.

The Telegraph

• All aboard for a trip on the bottom lineTrain commuters say Anne Milton MP is wrong. The problem is not that their bottoms are too big, it is that their trains are too cramped

Wales Online

• Anger as rail and bus ticket prices go up... at a time when oil prices are fallingPassenger campaign groups warn that people will change their minds about using public transport if it's cheaper for them to use their car

Yorkshire Post

• Doubts are raised over electrifcation plan for Northern rail routeDOUBTS have been raised about the completion date for flagship plans to electrify the trans-Pennine rail route.

East Anglian Daily Times

• Buses and spare train called in after fault cancels morning services between Sudbury and Marks TeyTrains between Marks Tey and Sudbury have been cancelled this morning with a replacement bus service brought in.