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Friday, 27 March 2015

BBC News

• Driver saw woman dragged under trainA train driver saw a woman being dragged along the platform by a Tube train and fall down the gap, it has emerged.

The Guardian

• Investigation launched after woman dragged along by tube trainRail accident investigators to look into incident where rush-hour passenger received serious injuries when coat got caught in tube doorAn incident in which a rush-hour passenger was dragged along a London Underground platform after getting her coat caught in a train door is being examined by accident investigators.The woman ended up falling into the gap between two carriages of the Northern line train and was taken to hospital with serious arm and head injuries. Continue reading...

Mail Online

• Pictured: Mangled wreckage of train collision in Thailand that injured at least 22 and 'killed many' in country's latest transport disaster At least 22 people were injured when one train crashed into the back of another near Thailand's capital Bangkok. A local police officer said a train driver and mechanic are in a critical condition.

Birmingham Post

• David Cameron: Labour's high speed rail rethink is a "slap in the face" to Midlands Prime Minister condemns Labour Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls for saying new east-west rail line should come before completing HS2

London Evening Standard

• London Bridge: Rail boss insists station 'might feel uncomfortable' but is 'not unsafe' A rail chief today admitted commuters waiting for delayed services at one of London’s busiest stations might feel “uncomfortableâ€� - but insisted the crowded concourse was not “unsafeâ€�.
• Woman was dragged 60 metres along platform and under Northern Line train, report finds A woman was dragged 60 metres under a Tube train as she fell underneath it in a horrifying rush hour accident, an official report has found.
• Driverless cars to boost UK economy by £51bn Self-driving cars will give the UK economy a £51 billion boost while cutting road congestion and accidents in London, according to a major study.

Wales Online

• Could the Mumbles Railway make a come back?Columnist Robin Turner wonders if a revival of the Mumbles train could be considered as part of multi-million pound seafront development plans

Yorkshire Evening Post

• New train station in Leeds due to open in OctoberAfter five years of waiting, a brand new train station in Leeds will finally open in October.

Yorkshire Post

• Dividing lines emerge over high speed railThe Prime Minister has accused Ed Balls of failing the north after the shadow chancellor revealed he wants to halt High Speed 2 and fix east west trains instead.

Bucks Free Press

• Bucks leader: HS2 report vindicates everything we have said The leader of Buckinghamshire County Council said today's release of a scathing report into HS2

Doncaster Free Press

• Building HS2 link in Sheffield city centre ‘would cost £1bn more than Meadowhall’Building Sheffield’s HS2 station in the city centre instead of Meadowhall would cost ‘at least’ an extra £1 billion, project boss Sir David Higgins has revealed.

East Anglian Daily Times

• Rail delays in region after emergency tunnel work near Ipswich train stationRail services in Suffolk were delayed on Thursday night due to emergency engineering work.