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Thursday, 11 December 2014

BBC News

• 'No co-operation' with trams inquiryThe man leading the public inquiry into the Edinburgh trams fiasco tells BBC Scotland key figures refused

Financial Times

• Rivals and oil price weigh on StagecoachRail success bolsters earnings but UK and US bus growth lower than forecast

The Guardian

• The Silk Railway: freight train from China pulls up in MadridMadrid mayor welcomes first cargo train from China after epic 8,111-mile rail trip inaugurates the longest rail link in the worldThe longest rail link in the world and the first direct link between China and Spain is up and running after a train from Yiwu in coastal China completed its maiden journey of 8,111 miles to Madrid.En route it passed through Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany and France before arriving at the Abroñigal freight terminal in Madrid. Continue reading...

The Scotsman

• Edinburgh trams: how was it for you, asks inquiryThe chairman of the Edinburgh tram inquiry said he wants to hear about the impact of the project on people’s lives as his team sifts through more than two million documents about the transport fiasco.

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Dozens of motorists trapped in snow on A68 in NorthumberlandBetween 70 and 100 vehicles became stuck at Carter Bar on the border of Scotland and Northumberland

Blackpool Gazette

• Station revamp ‘does not go far enough’A councillor is calling for further improvements at a Fylde railway station, as Blackpool prepares to run a direct train to London after an 11-year absence.

Doncaster Free Press

• Strike action at Wabtec avoidedHundreds of workers at railway engineering company Wabtec have called off industrial action at the 11th hour after crisis talks with bosses.

Railway Gazette

• Saint-Etienne selects CAF tramsFRANCE: Saint-Etienne has selected CAF to supply 16 Urbos trams for its metre gauge network. The...