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Air pollution 'neglected for road safety', researchers claim
Air pollution in UK cities has failed to improve because politicians prioritise road safety and economic growth instead, research suggests.
ScotRail say 900,000 journeys made fraudulently each year
An estimated 900,000 rail journeys each year in Scotland are made by people who deliberately avoid paying their fare, according to train operator ScotRail, which revealed the figure as it launched a crackdown on fare dodgers.
Trial could see end to train tickets and automatic best prices for each journey
A 12-month Chiltern Railways trial will be launched later this year on journeys between Birmingham and London
Tuesday, 30 August 2016
Department for Transport
- Better journeys on the way for rail passengers across the West MidlandsRail Minister Paul Maynard announces a host of extra benefits and services for passengers in the West Midlands.
The Scotsman
- ScotRail say 900,000 journeys made fraudulently each yearAn estimated 900,000 rail journeys each year in Scotland are made by people who deliberately avoid paying their fare, according to train operator ScotRail, which revealed the figure as it launched a crackdown on fare dodgers.
Mail Online
- End of the line for paper rail tickets? New technology 'will detect your smartphone on the train and then deduct the fare when you get off' A train company is planning to trial a new hands-free ticket system that will automatically deduct passengers' fares when they exit the train.
Birmingham Post
- Trial could see end to train tickets and automatic best prices for each journey A 12-month Chiltern Railways trial will be launched later this year on journeys between Birmingham and London
East Anglian Daily Times
- Rail delays between Ipswich and Lowestoft after swing bridge failureRail services between Ipswich and Lowestoft via Saxmundham have been delayed because of a bridge fault.
Other Regional Press
- ScotRail launches campaign to tackle fare dodgersSCOTRAIL has launched a campaign to tackle ticket fraud after it was revealed that 900,000 rail fares are dodged each year by Scots passengers.
- Campaigner claims Oxford train station provision not as bad as survey suggests A TRANSPORT campaigner has rubbished claims that Oxford is one of the worst cities for train station service in the country, with just one.
Rail Magazine
- Scotland's new trains arrive next monthThe first of ScotRail's brand new electric units on order from Hitachi will be delivered to the UK in September.
- Rail industry an “undoubted success” 20 years after privatisationBritain’s rail industry has scored “undoubted success in growing its market over the 20 years or so since the industry was privatised” - report
- GWR shows off the first of its new Class 387 EMUsNew electric multiple units for Great Western Railway have been unveiled, ahead of their introduction into traffic on September 5.
Other News Sources
- Now for the real test as London Bridge Station opens new concourse after bank holiday TWO thirds of the �1billion redeveloped London Bridge station opened for business yesterday.
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