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Sunday, 30 August 2015

BBC News

• France train attack: Europe 'to tighten rail security'European ministers have agreed tighter controls at railway stations, the French interior minister has announced.

Financial Times

• EU ministers back tighter rail securityOfficials call for more checks on travelers after attack on Paris train

The Guardian

• We are not obliged to offer cheapest tickets, says First Great Western emailTrain companies are under no obligation to offer passengers the cheapest tickets available, one of the largest firms has claimed. According to emails that came to light on Friday, it is First Great Western’s policy to presume that people have already researched the cheapest fares “by the time the passenger is requesting their tickets at the booking office”.

The Independent

• Paris train attack: Theresa May joins European Ministers at security summit after foiled railway plot The Home Secretary Theresa May is in Paris to attend a security summit in light of the foiled gun attack on a French train.

The Scotsman

• Jim Steer: High speed rail must stay on trackIT’S so much easier to back infrastructure investment when year after year, demand grows at exceptional levels. That’s why I shall be arguing at our conference in Glasgow this week for Anglo-Scottish HSR to remain firmly on the agenda in Westminster and Holyrood.

The Telegraph

• First Great Western bank holiday strike: which trains aren't running?FGW says 70 per cent of services are running, and 90 per cent of trains in London and Thames Valley are working

The Mirror

• Jeremy's gone from sexy sea dog to cock-up Corbyn with 'loco' plans for women-only carriages Rachael Bletchly re-introducing women-only carriages would be admitting defeat and shames both sexes

Sheffield Star

• ID checks and baggage searches on European rail routes to be increasedEuropean ministers have agreed to increase security on key international rail routes and improve intelligence sharing after the thwarted gun attack on a French train.

Other Regional Press

• First Great Western train services from Oxford hit by strike A strike is disrupting train services in Oxfordshire over the Bank Holiday weekend.
• Rail passengers facing disruption over the festive period RAIL passengers will face significant disruption over the festive period when train services between Bournemouth and the New Forest are suspended for 11 days over Christmas and New Year.