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Tuesday, 07 July 2015

BBC News

• Fresh talks due in ScotRail disputeFresh talks are due to be held between ScotRail and a train drivers' union in a bid to resolve a dispute which has hit Sunday services.
• Winchburgh tunnel rail works 'on track and on budget'Engineers are half way through electrification work on one of the main rail tunnels between Glasgow and Edinburgh.
• Rail bridge cracks: Ballast replacement train investigatedOperations to replace track ballast on the line between Norwich and London may have caused a bridge in Essex to crack.
• 7 July bombings: Lessons for services and transportI remember walking into the newsroom at about 09:00 BST on 7 July 2005 and it was in a frenzy.

Financial Times

• London set for worst Tube strike in decadeUnions plan action from Wednesday over proposals for 24-hour trains

The Guardian

• Tube strike talks break down after 'final' offerTalks aimed at averting a tube strike have broken down after London Underground made a “full and final” offer that unions are set to reject.

The Herald

• New pay talks called as union confirms plan to ballot ScotRail drivers for strike actionCRUNCH talks will be held on Tuesday between ScotRail bosses and train drivers' union, Aslef, in a bid to avert a second weekend of train cuts.
• On track: Rail passengers assured that Winchburgh Tunnel works remain on schedule at halfway markMAJOR rail engineering works at the Winchburgh Tunnel remain

The Telegraph

• The history of the Tube in picturesWith a Tube strike planned for this week, we look back at more than 150 years of travel on the London Underground
• London Underground: 150 fascinating Tube factsWith a Tube strike on the way, here are some nuggets of knowledge to share with other people queueing for the bus

Daily Express

• Passengers face MORE Eurotunnel delays just days after 150 migrants tried to storm into UKPASSENGERS crossing the Channel have been hit with even more disruption after an

Daily Record

• Rail commuters suffer as Scotrail cut Sunday rail services due to shortage of driversSERVICES will be reduced on Sundays due to an ongoing pay dispute leaving drivers unwilling to volunteer for shifts.

Birmingham Post

• West Midlands Combined Authority launches official plans Leaders of the seven councils unveil 'prospectus' detailing how the new super-council will be run
• Grand Central and New Street 'will be ready' vows Network Rail chief Look inside the vast new railway station and shopping centre just over two months ahead of launch reveals a busy building site

Derby Telegraph

• Neil Harvey: Ex-Bombardier director dies suddenly at work Mr Harvey was director of communications at Bombardier Transportation between 1999 and 2012 and recently became the general manager of the Derby and Derbyshire Rail Forum.

London Evening Standard

• Rail strike: London commuters set for more misery - train walkout set to coincide with Tube strike London commuters look likely to be hit by a rail strike as well as a walkout on the Tube network after union bosses defiantly insisted industrial action would go ahead.

Other Regional Press

• Rail workers set to strike tomorrow RAIL staff are set to go on strike from tomorrow after the RMT union said talks with First Great Western had broken down without agreement.