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Network Rail has asked a director mentoring consultancy to review the effectiveness of its board every year as it struggles with spiralling costs.
Travellers ripped off by ‘second-rate’ rail network [subscription]
Britain’s railways are worse than networks in other major European countries because of high fares and slow trains, a study has found.
Regional governments try to win back control of their bus networks
MORE people in England travel to work by bus than by all other forms of public transport combined—about 12% of the working population. Bus passengers make 5 billion journeys a year, three times as many as train passengers. And yet English buses are spluttering.
Monday, 31 August 2015
Financial Times
- Transdev exits Jerusalem light rail planCampaigners claim victory but French group says move is strategic
The Guardian
- Porn star to be featured on Taiwan travel cards to 'cheer commuters up'Protests after Japanese star Yui Hatano’s image is printed on Easycard travel cards which can be used on metro and bus routes Commuters in Taiwan will start using prepaid travel cards featuring a photo of a Japanese porn actor from Tuesday, despite protests from politicians and parents.Yui Hatano, one of Asia’s most popular adult movie actors, will appear on limited-edition series two cards, which can be used on the metro and bus networks and at convenience stores in the capital Taipei. Continue reading...
The Independent
- Consultant to check on struggling Network RailNetwork Rail has asked a director mentoring consultancy to review the effectiveness of its board every year as it struggles with spiralling costs.
The Telegraph
- Airport-style train checks are 'security theatre and useless against terror attacks'European ministers said they will step up security on in the European rail network, with tougher ID checks and baggage searches and more armed patrols and spot checks, after the thwarted gun attack on a French train last week.
Times Online
- Travellers ripped off by ‘second-rate’ rail network [subscription]Britain’s railways are worse than networks in other major European countries because of high fares and slow trains, a study has found.
- Migrant crisis halts Eurotunnel freight trains [subscription]KEY supplies to carmakers and supermarkets could dry up after the migrant crisis forced Eurotunnel to stop freight trains using the Channel tunnel for five days.
Mail Online
- UK's 10 most exorbitant rail routes are run by First Great Western and Virgin Trains Both First Great Western and Virgin Trains have been named and shamed, after being exposed for regularly charging fares that cost three-and-a-half times the price per mile of those sold by other firms.
Bolton News
- Yob hurls stone at Northern Rail train as it passes through Bolton A YOB hurled a stone at a train as it was travelling through Bolton.
Daily Post (North Wales)
- Historic steam wagon returns to Llangollen after more than 100 years The wagon used to transport meat from Ruthin Station to Rhydwral Farm and was last in the Denbighshire town in 1905
London Evening Standard
- Victoria line reopens: Engineering work finishes two days early as Walthamstow and Tottenham reconnected to Tube networkVictoria line engineering works that left Walthamstow and Tottenham without Tube trains for a month have finished two days early, ending weeks of misery for commuters.
Wales Online
- Aerial footage 'to prove' that little stands in the way of reopening the Aberystwyth to Carmarthen rail lineTraws Link Cymru are planning to place a camera on a microlight, capturing the entire route
Yorkshire Post
- Momentum behind restoration of missing rail linkCONFIDENCE is growing behind a bid to get a missing stretch of trans-Pennine railway track reinstated after more than 40 years.
Blackpool Gazette
- Anger at rail passengers’ ticket cost riseRail campaigners say passengers will be left out of pocket when new price rises introduced by Virgin Rail start next month.
Other Regional Press
- Opening of new rail link could be delayed until next summer THE opening of the final section of new railway between central Oxford, Bicester and London could be delayed until next summer.
- Visit the VIP RailwayLet’s be honest: we’ve all hankered after driving a steam engine at one time or another. Now we’ve all got the opportunity to make that ambition a reality.
- Rail services affected by major engineering works this weekend Virgin and London Midland are among the operators hit by Bank Holiday improvement works
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