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Saturday, 28 October 2017

BBC News

• Additional Dumfries train services announcedAn improved timetable is introduced for services from Dumfries to Carlisle and to Glasgow.

Times Online

• Brexit keeps hundreds of homes and tube upgrade on drawing board [Subscription]Plans to build 300 social homes, an upgrade to the London Underground and support for economic development in the northeast are among public sector projects worth £1 billion put on hold because of Brexit.

Daily Record

• Passengers outrage as Scotrail train on 'slippy tracks' overshoots platform Dozens of commuters were left stranded at Rosyth station when the 06.32 train to Edinburgh flew past.

The York Press

• Railway launches £2.5 million fundraising drive A HERITAGE railway that has been running for 50 years has launched a major fundraising drive to keep it going for another half century.
• Rail workers scoop £1m - on Friday 13thA SYNDICATE of workers scooped a £1 million lottery win on Friday 13th - proving it can be very lucky for some.

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• Metro and light rail wall to cost moreA major project bringing together the Midland Metro extension and light rail centre development in Dudley will cost half a million pounds more than expected, it has been revealed.

Other Regional Press

• Group plots to re-install station footbridge canopyA GROUP of railway enthusiasts in Bradford on Avon are working on plans to restore the canopy to the town’s railway station footbridge.
• Major rail deal will create 40 jobsTHE region’s new rail operator has announced that work on a multi-million pound makeover of its rolling stock will take place in Eastleigh.
• Commuters facing disruption as station car park to partially shutCOMMUTERS face an even bigger fight for car-parking spaces at Southampton Central station from next week.

Rail Technology Magazine

• Rising complaints, changing priorities?On average this year, more people in the UK are complaining about the quality of the rail service. Yesterday, the ORR released its quarterly analysis of complaints received about train punctuality, ticket-buying and onboard facilities and capacity. Although the number of complaints has only...
• London Midland's West Coast services to be renamed London NorthwesternThe group behind the new West Midlands franchise have today announced that the west coast service will be called London Northwestern. Abellio, JR East and Mitsui have chosen the name as a tribute to the London and North Western Railway – formerly the largest in Britain and seen as the...
• Majority of passengers prefer to wait on train than take replacement busesPassengers would rather wait on a train for 40 minutes than be forced to take a replacement bus service, research has found - even if this means a longer journey. Independent watchdog, Transport Focus has updated its 2012 research, ‘Passenger priorities during disruption'. The latest...

Railway Gazette

• West Midlands Trains announces London Northwestern brandUK: Services on the West Coast Main Line to be operated as part of the next West Midlands franchise...

Other News Sources

• South Western Railway windscreen smash incident caused by 'root vegetables' say police (not a brick!)A train guard assisted the South Western Railway service's arrival at Basingstoke railway station after the driver's view was obscured by the broken windscreen