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Friday, 20 February 2015

BBC News

• VIDEO: Underground trains in Overground planFrom London Underground to the North West
• Tram stop reopens in £44m upgradeThe tram stop at Manchester's Victoria Station reopens after a year as part of a £44m refurbishment of the site.
• Be careful who you swear at on the trainA recruiter tweets about a job applicants' bad behaviour.

Financial Times

• Rail strikes risk choking German economyTrain drivers’ action, if it goes ahead, will hit country’s motor, steel and chemicals industries

London Evening Standard

• Revealed: How London's commuters take to Twitter in their droves to complain to rail networks London's commuters vented their rage by bombarding rail companies with more than 280,000 tweets about delays last year.

Manchester Evening News

• Metrolink delays after ANOTHER driver ends up on tram tracks on new Manchester Aiport lineThe VW Beetle was driven onto tracks near Crossacres station in Wythenshawe at around 8pm this evening

Bucks Free Press

• Rail operator backs plan to increase number of Marlow trains A rail operator says proposed changes to a popular commuting route are

East Anglian Daily Times

• Train fault cancels Norwich to London Liverpool Street rail serviceA train fault has cancelled a rail service scheduled to run from Norwich to London Liverpool Street.

The Shields Gazette

• Fresh privatisation row as figures show East Coast rail franchise turns £13million in profitTHE North East’s biggest rail operator generated £13million for the Treasury last year – sparking fresh anger over its privatisation.

Other Regional Press

• Halifax & District Rail Action Group blasts bid to run old London Tube trains on Northern Rail linesCampaigners dub revamped Pacer replacement trains 'Crawlers'
• Fresh privatisation row as figures show East Coast rail franchise turns £13million in profitTHE North East’s biggest rail operator generated £13million for the Treasury last year – sparking fresh anger over its privatisation.

C.N.N.

• World's best rail network? Getting on track in Germany

Rail Magazine

• Twitter becoming increasingly popular for passengers to contact rail providersResearch shows that passengers are increasingly using Twitter to contact train operator companies.

Railnews

• Labour victory could mean end of the line for franchises Labour has said that franchised train operators will be approaching the end of the line if the party wins the election in May. Shadow transport spokesman Michael Dugher labelled the present model as 'a disaster', and condemned the Rail Delivery Group because they
• East Anglia franchise competition begins The Department for Transport has started the search for the next operator of the East Anglia franchise. Today's announcement marks the publication of a prospectus for the next franchise, which includes plans to accelerate services, particularly on the intercity route between Norwich, Ipswich and London, which is hardly any faster now than it was before electrification in the 1980s. The present franchisee, Abellio Greater Anglia, remains in charge until 16 October 2016, when there could be a potential handover. It was awarded a two year contract from 5 February 2012, then a further two year di...