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Wednesday, 30 September 2015

Government

• Millions of commuters benefitting from Government’s free Wi-Fi on public transportMore than 100,000 users in Cardiff and Newport benefiting from scheme

BBC News

• Labour backs railway nationalisationNationalising the railways is now official Labour Party policy as activists vote to adopt it at their conference.
• Dublin plans for new Metro North lineThe Irish government announces plans to build a new underground metro rail link from the centre of Dublin to the city's airport.

Department for Transport

• TransPennine and Midland Mainline electrification works to resumeWork on electrification of TransPennine and Midland Mainline to restart under plans announced today.

The Guardian

• Northern rail electrification to be 'unpaused'Two promised rail upgrades in northern England and the Midlands that were shelved by the government in June, breaking election pledges, are to be restarted, the government has announced.
• Corbyn declares his values: bullying out, rail nationalisation inLabour leader pledges a ‘kinder politics’ as he hits out over cyberbullies who launched sexist attacks on Cooper and Kendall
• 200 disgruntled passengers stop Bristol train and walk along tracksPolice seek identity of rail users, mostly students on way to music festival, who left crowded train after discovering it would miss next stationPolice are trying to identify up to 200 rail passengers – most of them students on their way to a music festival – after they stopped a crowded train, jumped off and walked along the tracks.Some of those on board complained that the train was uncomfortably busy and so warm that passengers were having panic attacks. Continue reading...

The Telegraph

• Hundreds of passengers on crowded Bristol train pull emergency cord and walk the trackThe two-carriage service was crammed with students heading to a music festival

Mail Online

• London Underground's most senior female Asian manager is given £41,000 compensation Noordan Jaumdally, 46, became one of only 16 female 'Centurion' managers when she was promoted in 2010 and put in charge of 135 staff across east London.

Birmingham Mail

• We'll build high speed rail and run it as a public service, says LabourLabour vows to build a high speed rail line linking the Midlands and the North, but there are no details of the planned route

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Chef Bryn Williams launches 'fast food' on Virgin TrainsThe North Wales chef who recently opened a restaurant at Porth Eirias on the promenade in Colwyn Bay has teamed up with the train company

London Evening Standard

• Labour unveils plans to lower commuter fares by giving Mayor more rail controlHundreds of thousands of commuters would get cheaper fares under plans to give the Mayor of London control over more rail lines, Labour pledged today.

The York Press

• All aboard for railway poster talk to accompany exhibition at Scarborough Art Gallery RAILWAY poster expert Beverley Cole will take a trip through the posters of the Scarborough Collections at Scarborough Art Gallery on Friday evening next week.

Other Regional Press

• Two men arrested after stealing vodka and running on railway tracksTWO males have been arrested after stealing two bottles of spirits and running over the railway tracks at Leyland station.

Rail Technology Magazine

• MetroWest Rail Improvement Project, Bristol MetroWest is a proposed rail project to improve rail transport services in Bristol and its surrounding areas, known as the West of England.

Railnews

• Labour conference confirms plans for rail re-nationalisation LABOUR is to look for opportunities to bring rail passenger franchises back into public ownership before franchise contracts expire, it has emerged at the party™s annual conference in Brighton.

Other News Sources

• South West Trains services face disruption during Network Rail maintenance workThe rail upgrade will affect trains running between London Waterloo and Portsmouth
• ATOC extends commission agreements for agents and TMCsTrain operating association outlines new commercial arrangements