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ScotRail passengers will soon be able to pay with contactless cards
PASSENGERS will soon be able to pay for tickets using new contactless bank cards, ScotRail bosses have revealed.
Sunday, 25 September 2016
The Herald
- Edinburgh Trams boss quit over THE former boss of Edinburgh Trams quit his job in anger over the “outrageous” spying carried out against his colleagues by rival transport firm Lothian Buses.
Daily Record
- Calls for ScotRail to be taken back from Dutch control following service complaintsCritics want operators Abellio to be ditched at the earliest opportunity and a publicly-owned Scottish organisation installed in their place.
Mail Online
- Jeremy Corbyn, a ram-packed Virgin train and my reserved seat: The Mirror's unbelievable journey to Labour conferenceJeremy Corbyn was in my seat. What were the chances? That less than a month after the leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition derailed himself over a train seat, he'd be sitting in mine?
Wales Online
- These photos show how Porth railway station has been transformed by 73 new parking spacesA Rhondda railway station now has 73 extra spaces as a park and ride scheme was officially opened this week.
Blackpool Gazette
- Trams suspended following fireTram services in Blackpool are currently suspended after a fire on a heritage tram.
Other Regional Press
- Process for rail campaign branded “bizarrely complicated”The entire Levenmouth community has been urged to demand a fair and transparent process in the bid for a rail link.
- 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.
- Rail bosses "flabbergasted" by bridge repairs needed after two years RAIL bosses have been left baffled after a new bridge opened less than two years ago is already in need of resurfacing.
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- ‘Once-in-a-generation’ changes to rail links?Changes to the Great Northern timetable proposed for 2018 will mean more rail routes from Welwyn Garden City, Hatfield and Potters Bar into London and beyond.
- ScotRail passengers will soon be able to pay with contactless cardsPASSENGERS will soon be able to pay for tickets using new contactless bank cards, ScotRail bosses have revealed.
- South West Trains delays after train breaks down at London Road railway station in Guildford Lines were blocked between Guildford and Effingham on Saturday morning after a train broke down at London Road railway station
- Lawyers call on Government to release details of GTR's franchise agreement LAWYERS acting on a behalf of a group of commuters have written to the Department for Transport asking if Southern's parent company has breached its franchise agreement.
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