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Monday, 26 June 2017

BBC News

• Police called after Port Talbot train 'disruption'It is understood the train was delayed by nearly an hour.

The Herald

• Labour will return railways to public ownership, Corbyn pledgesThe next Labour government will legislate for public ownership of the railways, Jeremy Corbyn has pledged.

The Independent

• Plane talk: Heathrow travellers deserve better than the Piccadilly lineThe western entrails of the Piccadilly line constitute one of the planet’s deep mysteries.

The Scotsman

• Jeremy Corbyn pledges to return railways to public ownership Addressing the annual conference of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union in Exeter, he said: “The next Labour government will introduce a Public Ownership of the Railways Bill to repeal the Tories’ 1993 Railways Act that privatised our railways.

City AM

• Crossrail 2 route shake-up: Transport for London's business case proposal scraps Kings Road Chelsea stationA controversial station at King's Road Chelsea, set to form part of Crossrail 2, has been dropped from the latest business case for the planned rail route.
• Crossrail honcho says £14.8bn project will "change London's geography" as first Elizabeth Line train enters passenger serviceEight years after construction started on the £14.8bn Crossrail project, the first Elizabeth Line train entered passenger service last Thursday between Liverpool Street main line and Shenfield.

Daily Record

• Train staff warn British Transport Police merger will put lives at riskWorkers are to issue a stark warning at a unions' conference as the threat of strike action looms.

Morning Star

• RMT AGM: Corbyn Pledges To Halt Driver-Only TrainsLABOUR will halt the growing use of driver-only trains by private rail firms, Jeremy Corbyn vowed yesterday in an address to transport workers.

Cambridge News

• Big future transport projects could change how you travel in CambridgeshireThis week transport has been in the spotlight. We’ve had pleas to government not to forget about rail improvements that could unlock growth south of the city, and a competition has been launched to find a solution to the housing situation that could yet sink the Cambridge to Oxford “expressway”.

Other Regional Press

• Railway return hopes lead to phone mast site near Hawick being shifted The position of a proposed mobile phone mast has been moved to stop it hindering a possible future extension of the Borders Railway to Hawick, a council boss has revealed.