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Eurostar travellers face more disruption from power supply problems after fire
Reports of passengers being stuck on trains for hours, one day after lorry fire in Channel tunnel left 12,000 customers stranded
East Coast travellers in line for airmiles under new franchise
LONG distance rail travellers will be able to collect points towards transatlantic flights when the East Coast franchise returns to the private sector in six weeks time.
Manchester Airport soars over Gatwick and Heathrow to be named best in UK
Manchester Airport has soared over Heathrow and Gatwick to be named Best UK Airport. The honour, bestowed at last night’s Globe Travel Awards, follows a phenomenal year of passenger and route growth - as well as huge infrastructure investment.
Monday, 19 January 2015
BBC News
- Eurostar to resume after disruptionEurostar says it plans to run a full timetable on Monday, after passengers on the cross-Channel rail service suffered a weekend of delays and cancellations.
- Rail link bid for Aberystwyth and Carmarthen outlined at meetingOver 100 people attended a meeting amid hopes a rail link between Aberystwyth and Carmarthen can be reopened.
The Guardian
- Eurostar travellers face more disruption from power supply problems after fireReports of passengers being stuck on trains for hours, one day after lorry fire in Channel tunnel left 12,000 customers stranded
The Herald
- East Coast travellers in line for airmiles under new franchiseLONG distance rail travellers will be able to collect points towards transatlantic flights when the East Coast franchise returns to the private sector in six weeks time.
Birmingham Post
- MPs opposing HS2 call for taxpayers referendum The House of Commons will debate and vote on the proposal, which is backed by Staffordshire MP Michael Fabricant (Con, Lichfield)
Bolton News
- Trains through Bolton station delayed after man threatens to jump from railway bridge TRAINS through Bolton were delayed after a man threatened to jump from an overbridge.
London Evening Standard
- Fresh Eurostar misery as six trains are cancelled due to power fault a day after fire Eurostar services have been affected by fresh problems as the service attempted to get back to normal after a fire left thousands of passengers stranded on either side of the Channel.
Other Regional Press
- Transport Secretary hails rail revolution during Morley visitTransport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has defended the government’s rail policy and has hailed what he called a “revolution” in the rail network over the last 20 years.
- Thirty-year campaign for new £10m Elland railway station gets major boostWest Yorkshire Combined Authority to press ahead with feasibility study
- Rail price rises add heat to valley’s transport debateRail ticket prices and the option of re-nationalisation of the railways are topics confirming the 2015 General Election campaign is well on track in the Calder Valley.
Other News Sources
- Transport Minister visits businesses in the Midlands affected by HS2The Transport Minister visited Cheshire and Staffordshire, both of which will be affected by HS2
- MPs' funding probe damns DfT's lack of a transport strategy to guide projectsMPs on the Commons Public Accounts committee have criticised the DfT for its lack of a strategic transport plan, saying without this there is no way to determine whether individual schemes to develop the high-speed rail network should be priorities or not.
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