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Saturday, 26 September 2015

BBC News

• Bid to improve Cambrian rail lineRail passengers are being asked how the Cambrian line through mid Wales can be improved.
• New Stirling to London train serviceA new rail service creating a daily direct link between Stirling and London is announced by Virgin Trains.

The Telegraph

• Tube strike set to go ahead as last ditch talks failMembers of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union based in the Waterloo and City line control room will walk out on Monday

Birmingham Mail

• Is Grand Central Birmingham child-friendly? And can you get a pushchair around New Street Station?Blogger Emma Conway delivers her child-friendly verdict for Grand Central and New Street Station Birmingham

Derby Telegraph

• Derby Telegraph commented Man lay down in front of train at Derby railway stationA MAN has appeared in court after he lay on the track in front of a train at Derby station.Martin Houghton, 58, now of London Road but formerly of Flint Street, Allenton, had days earlier been arrested for having a lock-knife in his pocket when he was taken to Royal Derby Hospital following an overdose.Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court heard that Houghton went to the train station in the early hours of the morning and made his way to platform six.He got down on to the tracks and lay in...

London Evening Standard

• Tube chiefs vow to keep Waterloo and City line running despite strikeTube chiefs today defied a union strike threat to halt the Waterloo & City Line service next week and pledged to run a full service.
• Transport for London unveils energy saving plan for wasted brake energy from Tube trains to power entire stationTransport bosses hope to save £6 million a year by capturing brake energy from Tube trains before using it to power an entire station
• Holborn evacuated: Passengers speak of terror as armed police storm Tube train after ‘threats’ madePassengers today told of their terror after armed police stormed their Tube as it waited at Holborn.

Northern Echo

• Railway joins up with local micro-breweries for Steam Gala weekend STEAM enthusiasts who appreciate real ale should head to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway for its annual Steam Gala.
• East Coast Mainline cable thief jailed for nine months A THIEF who brought parts of the East Coast Mainline to a standstill by stealing railway cable has been jailed for nine months.

Peterborough Telegraph

• MPs and business chiefs call for early work on key Ely rail linkPolitical and business leaders in Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire have joined forces to urge the government to approve a multi-million upgrade of a key rail junction.