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Friday, 12 August 2022

BBC News

• Breakdown in talks over ScotRail workers' payUnion members could be balloted over strike action after rejecting a 5% pay offer last week.
• Enterprise rail link between Belfast and Dublin marks 75 yearsIt is 75 years since the start of the express rail link between Belfast and Dublin known as the Enterprise service.

Financial Times

• Train drivers union boss warns members are in for long haul in UK rail disputeLatest Aslef walkout set to lead to weekend of severe disruption

Sky News

• Major cities 'cut off' after rail operator slashes services as govt urged to interveneAvanti West Coast has suspended ticket sales for travel from this Sunday until 11 September while a new schedule is finalised.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Northern says 'do not travel' amid continued strikesNORTHERN has published the timetable for the skeleton service it will operate next Thursday (18 August) and Saturday (20 August) as the latest round of strike action by the RMT union and ‘work to rule’ measures by the TSSA union take place.

The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)

• Widespread support to bring back rail links to ‘north-east forgotten corner’Many groups and residents across Aberdeenshire have expressed their support to bring back rail links to Peterhead and Fraserburgh.

Other Regional Press

• London contactless pay-as-you-go rail travel coming to c2cWORK is underway to allow c2c rail customers to travel to tap in and travel to and from London using contactless bank cards.

New Civil Engineer

• Stonehaven anniversary | Call for changes to prevent another rail tragedyAging high speed trains should be taken out of service, rail fares reduced and job cuts stopped to prevent another incident like the fatal Stonehaven train derailment, a transport union has said.
• Northern Ireland rail body launches £50M delivery framework callThe body charged with overseeing Northern Ireland’s rail infrastructure is looking for firms to join a £50M framework contract.

Railnews

• Railway braces for weekend of disruption Industrial action and very hot weather are set to disrupt rail services seriously over the next few days. Some operators have warned that they will not be able to run any trains on Saturday, when ASLEF drivers stage a 24-hour strike.

Other News Sources

• Nottingham City Transport expands fleet of biogas ‘deckersNottingham has taken delivery of more biogas-fuelled Alexander Dennis Enviro400CBGs on Scania chassis, which are expected to be its last before a move to zero-emission propulsion