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Monday, 23 January 2017

BBC News

• RMT union reveals 'damning' figures on driver-only servicesMany more Southern trains than promised are travelling without a second member of staff, the RMT union has claimed.
• New seat alert app for pregnant commutersDevelopers launch a new app to help pregnant women get a seat on public transport while commuting.
• Southern urges RMT to abandon Monday's strikeSouthern rail renews its call for the RMT union to abandon Monday's strike and engage in talks.

The Guardian

• Southern train services face further disruptionConductors’ strike on Monday threatens fresh misery for passengers but rail firm claims more than 70% of trains will runLong-suffering Southern rail passengers face further disruption on Monday due to a strike by conductors.Planned action by drivers on the network on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday was suspended last week after Southern’s owner, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), and the drivers’ union, Aslef, agreed to talks. Continue reading...

The Scotsman

• ScotRail boss denies exit is linked to poor performanceScotRail Alliance chief Phil Verster has condemned the linking of his surprise departure with poor train performance as “totally wrong”.

The Telegraph

• Rail workers could be banned from striking to protect people’s ‘right to get to work’ under plans to be considered by MPs

City AM

• A new app has launched to solve that ever awkward question: "Should I give up my seat on the Tube?"Many of us have had the awkward moment of hovering awkwardly out of a Tube seat.

Daily Record

• ScotRail chief quit days before survey revealed passengers' damning verdict on railway servicesA survey has shown almost three-quarters of rail users do not believe the train service has got any better in the past three months.

Mail Online

• ANYONE could get to the UK on Eurostar without a passport Terrorists and criminals can travel to Britain on the Eurostar without any form of identification for as little as �2.60 by taking advantage of a loophole from the Schengen Agreement.

Labour Party

• Tube dispute has its roots in the Tory rule which ran London for the 1 per cent not the 99 per cent, TSSA chief writesTSSA negotiators will resume talks with London Underground (LU) at the Advice, Conciliation and Arbitration Service today to try to resolve the long running dispute about under-staffing and the serious decline in safety standards for both Tube’s passengers, and our members, since April last year.

Belfast Telegraph

• Northern Ireland train users paying up to £9 a day to park cars at costly rail stationsCommuters in Belfast are now shelling out up to £9 a day for the privilege of parking at a train station, it can be revealed.

Birmingham Post

• Strike threat looming on Cross City rail line Union members furious over new security staff on trains

Derby Telegraph

• Derby's Bombardier 'very keen' to bid for £2.75bn HS2 train contract Derby train-maker Bombardier is "very keen" to bid for a £2.75 billion contract to design, build and maintain high speed trains for the new HS2 rail link, the Derby Telegraph understands.

London Evening Standard

• New laws to limit union strike action to be proposed in Commons following Southern Rail rowNew laws which will limit strike action by unions and claim to protect people's "right to get to work" will be proposed in the Commons on Tuesday.
• Southern rail strike: Rail operator urges RMT union to call off 24-hour strikeSouthern rail has urged union bosses to call off a planned 24-hour strike.

Wales Online

• Theresa May on the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon, Tata and rail electrificationThe Prime Minister will today launch the UK Government's industrial strategy

Yorkshire Evening Post

• Wakefield council leader’s bid to de-rail HS2The fight against a proposed high speed rail link which campaigners say will “carve up” Wakefield district’s towns, village and countryside will go on tonight.

North Wales Live

• Liverpool 'most affordable' city for rail commutersThe city came out on top in a league table of major cities

Other Regional Press

• More trains on the way for regionExtra trains are being brought in on the main line between Ipswich and London in a bid to maintain services while an upgrade is carried out.
• MPs' report calls for better trains between Wales and the Midlands An influential MPs’ committee has called for newer trains and major investment on the network between Wales and the Midlands.

Rail Magazine

• Third runway access costs dismissednment does not accept Transport for London’s potential costs for surface access provision for a third runway at Heathrow Airport

Railway Gazette

• CZ Loko supplies Italian operatorsITALY: CZ Loko has delivered three more Class 741.7 shunting locomotives to Italy. Locomotives...

The Business Desk

• Greater Birmingham firms must take advantage of HS2 contractsBUSINESSES in Greater Birmingham need to take full advantage of the Government’s HS2 development programme, the area’s chamber of commerce has said.

Other News Sources

• East West Rail names Phil Verster managing directorEast West Rail has chosen Phil Verster to manage delivery of its proposed Oxford-to-Cambridge rail project unveiled by transport secretary Chris Grayling last month.