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MP to call for debate on rail line upgrade
Sleaford MP Stephen Phillips is seeking to bring to Parliament the issue of increased disturbance from freight trains at anti-social hours on an upgraded rail line.
Friday, 09 October 2015
BBC News
- Rail staff to be balloted over sackingAlmost 1,400 workers for Virgin Trains East Coast are to be balloted for industrial action over the sacking of a colleague, a union says.
- Virgin tops rail complaints listVirgin Trains West Coast is named as the rail operator with the highest rate of complaints in Britain for the 11th quarter in a row.
Financial Times
- Virgin tops rail complaints listMost common gripes concern punctuality and reliability
The Herald
- Train fan Jeremy Corbyn can't contain excitement as "People's Railway" makes front cover of Rail MagazineJeremy Corbyn struggled to contain his delight on social media after making the front cover of Rail Magazine.
Bolton News
- HS2 boss Simon Kirby speaks to business leaders at University of Bolton THE man in charge of keeping HS2 — the controversial high speed train link between the North and the South — on track was in Bolton last night.
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Wales Online
- Pregnant woman almost collapses on busy commuter train as people were 'squashed' into the aisles 'There's not enough carriages and it was really congested and warm'
Peterborough Telegraph
- MP to call for debate on rail line upgradeSleaford MP Stephen Phillips is seeking to bring to Parliament the issue of increased disturbance from freight trains at anti-social hours on an upgraded rail line.
- Workers on Virgin East Coast which runs through Peterborough to vote on strike actionAlmost 1,400 workers on Virgin East Coast, which runs services through Stevenage and Peterborough, are to be balloted for industrial action over the sacking of a colleague.
Sleaford Standard
- MP to call for debate on rail line upgradeSleaford MP Stephen Phillips is seeking to bring to Parliament the issue of increased disturbance from freight trains at anti-social hours on an upgraded rail line.
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- Network Rail makes level crossing entry ‘impossible’ for disabled people to access in St AlbansNetwork Rail has copped yet more flak over its mishandling of a level crossing footpath in St Albans, with disabled people struggling to cross the re-opened accessway.
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