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Saturday, 24 September 2016

The Herald

• Last orders called on nightclubs as punters turn their backsTHEY were once bustling nightspots where people queued round the block for the chance to dance the night away to the backing of a booming soundtrack.
• Abellio making £1 million profit a month from ScotRail franchiseNEW ScotRail operator Abellio made a profit of £1 million a month after taking over the railway franchise last year.

London Evening Standard

• Southern Railway strike announcement sparks fresh furyUnion leaders faced a backlash from MPs and commuters today after announcing a further 14 days of strikes across Southern Railway commuter routes serving London and the South.
• Revealed: London's worst Tube lines for delays Central line passengers waste more of their lives due to delayed trains than those on any other Tube services, it can be revealed.

Northern Echo

• Flying Scotsman return cost �4.5m THE full cost of restoring Flying Scotsman and returning the locomotive to the tracks was �4.5m, it has been revealed.

Crewe Chronicle

• HS2 consultation shows momentum is building Edward Timpson MP: "In recent weeks the Government has re-confirmed its support for HS2"

Other Regional Press

• New Oxford to London rail link almost ready after track work finishes COMMUTERS and rail bosses have welcomed the completion of the new track between Oxford station and Oxford Parkway that will signal the start of a new service in December.

Airportwatch

• NATIONAL RAIL AWARDS 2016: Maintenance Team Of The Year Winner: MTR Crossrail “This is a spectacular performance achieved in a short time resulting in the London Rail TOC being one of the top performing TOCs despite operating over the GE infrastructure, the subject of continuous engineering work in preparation for Crossrail.”

Rail Magazine

• NATIONAL RAIL AWARDS 2016: Safety Award, Joint Winner: Network Rail Wales - Rail Life Trespass and vandalism have been a problem on the railways in Wales for a long time, causing delays and cancellations to passengers and costing a reported £583,000 in 2014. But there is also a human cost. In 2014, there were two trespass-related fatalities on the Wales route and there is is an average of 700 trespass crime events each year.

Rail Technology Magazine

• Despite enthusiasm, HS2 'has the weakest economic case of all projects'The economic justification for HS2 has been slammed in a letter from the chair of the Treasury Select Committee to the transport secretary. Andrew Tyrie told Chris Grayling that the DfT has failed to “comprehensively examine” whether increasing conventional rail capacity would offer...
• 'Trade-offs' needed in planned Scottish rail investments, RDG saysIndustry leaders have published a major new report that seeks to give a clearer idea of the challenges facing Scotland’s rail industry. The report, ‘Investing in the Future’, published by the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) in partnership with ScotRail and Network Rail, comes...
• Union calls for TfL workforce review as staff cuts have 'created a death trap'Staff cuts on the London Underground (LU) are putting passenger safety at risk, RMT has warned following a leaked 21-page TfL report into an incident where a passenger was trapped between the train and platform at Canning Town. The woman’s foot was trapped for about 15 minutes during the...
• Leeds rail bridge to get rainbow repaint in celebration of LGBT communityThe Lower Briggate bridge in Leeds city centre will be repainted with the traditional LGBT rainbow colours after enough funds were raised by Leeds City Council and the local LGBT community. The bridge will be redecorated during engineering upgrade works which begin on 26 September and continue...
• ScotRail Class 385s undergo 100mph testing in Czech RepublicTesting of the Hitachi trains to be used on ScotRail’s new electrified routes has now begun in Czechoslovakia. While first Class 385 trains are being tested in Velim, a second train, a four-car vehicle without interiors, has arrived in Scotland after a five-week sea transfer from Kasado...

Other News Sources

• New �400,000 cycle hub at Winchester Station The new hub will have 100 new spaces, CCTV security, tools and will help cyclists who cycle to and from Winchester Station.
• Jeremy Hunt 'delighted at railway investment' as he unveils Godalming station upgrades The South West Surrey MP was joined by Network Rail staff and disabled access campaigners as the £4m improvement works were officially opened on Friday