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Wednesday, 20 May 2015

BBC News

• Legal challenge against rail strikeNetwork Rail launches legal action against the TSSA rail union over its bank holiday strike, saying there are

Financial Times

• Network Rail challenges strike actionBank holiday walkout over pay would be UK railworkers biggest’ action since early 1990s

The Telegraph

• Network Rail urges rail union to call off strike over ballot 'defects'TSSA union urged to withdraw notice of industrial action as families braced for first national rail strike in two decades on Bank Holiday Monday
• Southern Railway fines passengers forced to stand in first classTrain operator Southern Railway insists it had every right to fine the commuters

Mail Online

• Southern Railway fines commuters forced to stand in first class carriage Passengers were told to pay £20 in penalties even though there was no room for them in standard class on the packed morning service from Surrey to London.
• Bosses at Network Rail issue High Court ultimatum to one of the unions planning walkout over the bank holiday weekend Network Rail has asked the TSSA rail union to withdraw notice of industrial action or face High Court action. Bosses have cited 'numerous defects' in the union's ballot.

London Evening Standard

• Amazon delivers parcels via New York subway - but similar plans for London 'could cause chaos' Amazon is using New York’s subway system for its new ultra-fast delivery service so couriers can beat the city’s gridlocked streets.
• King's Cross swimming pond to open on Friday Londoners are being invited to take some time out of the hustle and bustle and take a dip in a new public swimming pond which is to open at King’s Cross.

Yorkshire Post

• Bosses mount legal challenge as rail strike loomsNETWORK Rail is issuing a legal challenge to one of the unions threatening to strike over the bank holiday.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Claire Perry leaves freight role at DfTClaire Perry is no longer responsible for freight and logistics at the DfT, following the ministerial reshuffle. Perry leaves her role on freight, while remaining at the DfT, after six months in the role. The new department line up, confirmed a week after the new government took power, sees Perry replaced by Andrew Jones, Conservative MP for the Harrogate and Knaresborough area. Perry will instead to take responsibility for rail in her new position. Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon has also joined the department, following the resignation of Baroness Susan Kramer (a Liberal Democrat) and Robert Hay...

Other News Sources

• German train drivers call fresh strike actionDeutsche Bahn prepares for ninth walkout in 11 months