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Sunday, 07 February 2016
The Guardian
- Memorial to man who made the Mallard runs into row over a duckA change to the statue of Sir Nigel Gresley, designer of the world’s fastest steam locomotive, sparks storm on Facebook and Twitter
Times Online
- Transport tsar’s sell-off plan will break up Network Rail [Subscription]Transport tsar Nicola Shaw to recommend partial privatisation with lines sold to outside investors
Manchester Evening News
- Ordsall Chord to feature groundbreaking bridge design to link Piccadilly and Victoria StationsThe bridge will span the river Irwell in Salford
Wolverhampton Express and Star
- 'Hidden cost of flying' highlighted by Eurostar's online calculatorEurostar has launched an online calculator which claims to highlight "the hidden cost of flying".
Yorkshire Post
- £1.2bn for train services a good start, but North needs billions more THE £1.2bn investment planned for rail services across the North of England is a good start but the region “absolutely” needs greater spending on infrastructure and skills, according to the incoming head of First TransPennine Express.
Other Regional Press
- MPs to battle rail cutbacks planMPS in Wiltshire fear changes to rail services between Reading and Taunton mean some trains will no longer stop at Westbury.
- Nearly half of South West Trains passengers dissatisfied with toilet facilitiesDespite customer satisfaction with the train network increasing by 5%, nearly half of passengers have said the toilet facilities on trains are inadequate
- Rhyl passengers benefit from £2.6m station improvementsRhyl station has been revamped as part of Network Rail and Welsh Government’s plans to upgrade station facilities across Wales.
- Train noise row in Reading: Council wants to work with community, despite residents' fears over delaysMeeting planned for Wednesday, February 17 between the council and residents . Tony Page says Reading Borough Council is determined to establish a close link with members of the Bell Tower Community Association in Reading to tackle nuisance noise from the train depot.
- LETTER: Re-instatement of the south to west junction south of Soham near Newmarket is essentialI wish the new Railway Task Force (Ely Standard January 28) every success with their quest to get Soham station re-opened.
- Network Rail completes work on Stamford tunnel early Work to rebuild a railway tunnel in Stamford has been finished ahead of schedule.
- Campaigners hopeful of reopening railway line between Cambridge and Haverhill despite City Deal snub Campaigners say they have not been deterred in their efforts to reopen the railway line between Cambridge and Haverhill.
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