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Monday, 22 December 2014

BBC News

• Rail link campaigners to meet CrabbCampaigners calling for rail corridor to be re-instated along the west Wales coast are to get an opportunity to push their case with the Welsh Secretary.

The Scotsman

• £125 view of a lifetime for Forth Bridge visitorsPEOPLE will have their first chance to ascend to the top of the Forth Bridge next year as part of the iconic rail crossing’s 125th anniversary celebrations.

Birmingham Post

• Washwood Heath jobs breakthrough as committee calls on HS2 to adjust plansThe massive former Alstom and LDV sites in Washwood Heath are currently being held for a HS2 Rolling Stock Maintenance Depot

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Shipley Glen Tramway appoints first female tram driver in its 119-year history SHIPLEY Glen Tramway has appointed its first female tram driver in its 119-year history.

Blackpool Gazette

• Passenger rise ‘should lead to new train stock’The chairman of a Fylde rail group today claimed new figures showing soaring passenger numbers should lead to a better service for commuters.

Burnley Express

• Complaints over ticket service at Burnley railway station RAIL passengers in Burnley have complained they have been left with ‘half a station’ after the re-opening of the revamped £2.3million Manchester Road halt.

East Anglian Daily Times

• Rail services between Ipswich and Felixstowe suspended following train faultA train fault has caused services between Ipswich and Felixstowe to be suspended this morning.

Other Regional Press

• Tranpsort police out in force to ensure a safe ChristmasWith the festive season well and truly upon us more people use the railway in the run-up to Christmas, officers from British Transport Police (BTP) will be out in force on the London Underground, DLR and the national rail network around the capital in the coming days to reassure passengers and tackle any problematic behaviour.
• West Briton published Rail network 'at risk from climate change'CLIMATE change and rising sea levels are putting at risk huge sections of rail line around the West Country, says a report by Network Rail.A study detailing whether rail lines are sufficiently resilient to withstand continual freak weather events has raised fears about 41 per cent of the network in the region, which runs near the coastline.It says many areas such as branch lines in valleys, like the Looe line, continue to be vulnerable, as are well-known hotspots such as the Somerset...

Other News Sources

• New ticket scheme confuses commuters at rail station Rail commuters are bemused by a new system requiring them to get a ticket just to get into the ticket office at Brighton Station.

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