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Tuesday, 09 December 2014

London Evening Standard

• ID fraud victim tells of four-year ordeal over Tube fines A woman has told of a four-year battle to clear her name after receiving court summonses and demands for more than £1,500 in Tube fare evasion fines after her identity was stolen.
• Letters to the editor: Rein in these spiralling rail fares Consecutive governments have deliberately forced up rail fares and it needs to stop. The cost of a Brighton to London season ticket is going up £100 next year, and has gone up by a massive £745 since 2010.

East Anglian Daily Times

• People are fed up with the excuses now Ipswich MP Ben Gummer criticises Network Rail after latest morning of travel chaosFollowing today’s rail chaos which prompted commuters and passengers to vent their anger, Ipswich MP Ben Gummer has claimed “people have lost patience with the excuses now” after describing the disruption as “incredibly frustrating”.
• Network Rail boss apologises for over running engineering work but says he can’t guarantee it won’t happen againA rail boss has said his company’s contingency plan for engineering work which overran – causing another day of chaos on the region’s rail network – wasn’t sufficient.

Other Regional Press

• Extra patrols on county rail network reassures passengersExtra officers were deployed across Lancashire’s rail network this weekend as high visibility patrols took place at key stations.
• Rail users facing a bleak ChristmasRail travellers are facing major disruption over the Christmas period due to engineering works on the West Coast main line.

Railnews

• Keolis, Amey take over on Docklands Light Railway The Docklands Light Railway concession has passed to a partnership of Keolis and Amey after eight years with Serco. Control changed yesterday morning, and the new operator, known as 'KeolisAmey Docklands', is now set to hold the contract until at least 2021.