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Monday, 29 June 2015

BBC News

• Train sewage date brought forwardThe date for the elimination of trains dumping sewage on Scotland's rail tracks has been brought forward after a campaign, the RMT union says.

Manchester Evening News

• Manchester traffic: Vandals cause delays on Metrolink services as roads close for Great Manchester CycleTwo separate incidents of vandalism were reported on Metrolink routes

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• Arriva is on right tracks, say rail usersThe number of passengers satisfied with their rail journey is at a new high for Arriva Trains Wales – which runs several services in the Black Country – according to results in a new survey carried out by a transport watchdog.

Bucks Free Press

• OPINION: Time for MPs to take HS2 concerns on board If members of the HS2 Select Committee weren't already well aware of the strength of feeling in Bucks against the proposed high speed rail line coming our way, they surely do now.

Other Regional Press

• Abercarn family rocked by rail construction were never informed of Network Rail plansAN Abercarn family rocked by construction work on the railway line behind their house say they were never informed of the plans by Network Rail.
• Anger over delays in key rail overhaulUnion chiefs today attacked Government delays over a multi-billion pound overhaul of the UK’s rail network. Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin told MPs the £38bn five year plan to improve Britain’s railways is being “reset” because it is “costing more and taking longer”