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Sunday, 26 July 2015

The Independent

• Rail staffing cuts blamed for 'shocking' increase in attacks on passengers on Britain's trains It’s a crime wave that has shocked safety campaigners and spurred British Transport Police (BTP) to start a major trial of body cameras, as the number of passengers attacked on Britain’s trains hits its highest figure in a decade.

The Scotsman

• Deal on track to bring fast rail link to ScotlandA DEAL to cut train journeys from Scotland to London to three hours by bringing high-speed rail north of the Border is in the offing between the UK and Scottish governments.

Daily Express

• HS2 is given permission to exhume the dead to build new train lineIsambard Kingdom Brunel may be the father of British railways but it might not save his grave from being dug up to make way for HS2.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Northern Rail wins eco awardNORTHERN Rail - which runs trains on the Airedale line - is celebrating another award.
• Railway groups get together to publish walks leafletA NEW series of walks has been published which link railway stations along the Bentham Line which runs between Morecambe and Leeds.

Yorkshire Post

• Delays to rail plans ‘let down people of the North’A YORKSHIRE council leader has accused the Government of letting down the North over its decision to put a major rail electrification scheme on hold.

East Anglian Daily Times

• Government assures region’s MPs of rail commitmentMPs and business leaders who have been campaigning to improve rail services between London and East Anglia have been given a cast-iron guarantee that spending cuts will not delay the work.

Other Regional Press

• Commuter starts selfie campaign to save train buffet cars from axe A RAIL commuter has launched an online campaign to save the future of the buffet car on an Oxfordshire train route.

Rail Magazine

• First Class 387/2 carriage undergoes testingGatwick Express Electrostar begins testing at Bombardier’s Derby factory