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Thursday, 23 April 2015

Network Rail

• We’ve raised nearly two million pounds for CLIC SargentNetwork Rail employees have raised nearly two million pounds in the last year for our Charity of Choice, CLIC Sargent.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• CCTV released after man threw concrete slab onto Prestatyn train trackBrtitish Transport Police launch appeal after incident at  Prestatyn railway station

London Evening Standard

• Police dismiss overcrowding fears after woman dies at Liverpool Street Tube station Police today said the death of a woman at Liverpool Street tube station that caused serious delays was not being treated as suspicious.

Doncaster Free Press

• Trio arrested over vandalism at South Yorkshire railway stationThree men have been quizzed by police over graffiti at a South Yorkshire railway station.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• DB Schenker Rail UK launches new eco-friendly product to support customersDB Schenker Rail UK has launched an eco-friendly product for zero-carbon rail freight, allowing customers to offset 100% of their CO2 emissions. The new product, Eco Neutral, will help its customers to compensate in full for the CO2 emissions produced through their rail freight services by backing climate change projects across the globe. DB Schenker Rail UK Marketing head Steve Pryce said: 'Rail freight already offers significant environmental benefits when compared with road. Each tonne transferred by rail rather than road cuts CO2 emissions by 76%. 'We are committed to being an industry ...

Other News Sources

• End of the line for Brighton Station's 'deli counter' queue system RAIL commuters are celebrating the end of having to “play bingoâ€� to speak to rail ticketing staff after an unpopular queuing system was shelved.