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Saturday, 30 September 2017

BBC News

• Metrolink fares rise annually by 6% until 2020It is the first time adult tram fares have gone up since they were frozen by Metrolink in 2014.
• Uber boss to meet London transport chiefThe news comes a week after Transport for London said it would strip the firm of its licence.

Financial Times

• Ryanair bows to regulator pressure over customer rightsMove to clarify compensation policy aims to address threat of legal action

The Guardian

• HS2 contractor Carillion in fresh profit warning as it reports £1.15bn loss’Disappointing’ results drag down share price by 20% as construction company admits it is struggling with a large debt
• London tube strike to hit commuters and football fans next weekA strike by tube drivers on Thursday 5 October will cause substantial disruption across the London Underground network, passengers have been warned.
• Ryanair’s crisis shows the true price of the low-cost revolutionThe airline’s cancellation fiasco is just one example of how companies such as Amazon and Uber are unbundling their costs – and their responsibilities

Times Online

• Ryanair and the fiasco of cancelled flights [Subscription]Sir, At the end of another week in which Ryanair has lurched from crisis to catastrophe, it’s hard to ignore the utter disregard in which the company appears to hold its greatest asset: its customers.
• Motorways ’handled terror scares badly’ [Subscription]An urgent review of Britain’s motorways should be undertaken after a series of terrorism scares left drivers stuck in queuing traffic for hours with little information, help or water, ministers have been told.
• College for train drivers will blunt impact of strikes [Subscription]Britain’s first train drivers’ college is being established to plug huge holes in the workforce and blunt the impact of industrial action.
• I’ll send rocket to Mars by 2022, claims Elon Musk [Subscription]The billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has announced plans to land cargo ships on Mars by 2022 in a rocket that he claims will be able to take humans anywhere on Earth within an hour.

Reuters News

• Aviation regulator CAA says Ryanair 'capitulates' to pressure on passengers' rightsDUBLIN (Reuters) - Britain's aviation regulator said on Friday that Ryanair had

Daily Express

• Britain’s most beautiful railway stations revealedSIMON JENKINS, who is never happier than when he’s riding the rails, reveals some of his favourite stops.

Bristol Live

• Portishead rail link should be postponed in case it delays 'important projects' in north Bristol says Tory leaderThe plan to create a train station at Ashton Gate and passenger services to Portishead should be postponed even further into the future – because it risks holding up ’important rail projects in the north of Bristol’.

Derby Telegraph

• Why the Derby company that employs 1,600 people is ’close to winning’ another large orderIndustry sources claim Bombardier is in a good position to win West Midlands Trains deal - but is facing increased competition

London Evening Standard

• Uber CEO to meet TfL boss next week in bid for breakthrough over ban in LondonThe bosses of Uber and Transport for London will meet on Tuesday for emergency talks on the ride-hailing firm's threatened future in the capital.
• Tube strike next Thursday: Entire London Underground network to grind to a halt as TfL workers demand four-day weekTube chiefs today warned London's 4 million commuters that they face "substantial disruption" during a 24-hour strike by Aslef train drivers next Thursday.
• Eurostar passengers left stranded in stations after trains cancelled due to tunnel signal failureEurostar passengers have been left stranded at stations after a host of services in and out of London were cancelled at the last minute.

Get West London

• West London Orbital Railway 'stands good a chance of becoming a reality' and here is how it will lookPlans for a West London Orbital Railway line are moving full steam ahead

North Wales Live

• Ryanair promises refunds or rebookings for all cancelled flights The budget airline attempted to avoid legal action from the UK aviation watchdog

Other Regional Press

• London underground to be 'substantially disrupted' due to strikes The whole London Underground network will be
• Residents’ fury as HS2 buys 22 new homes in Derbyshire village Twenty-two homes on a new-build estate in Derbyshire have been bought by HS2, the Derbyshire Times can reveal.

Rail Magazine

• The Famous Five’s latest adventure takes centre stage as part of Great Western Railway’s new TV ad campaignGWR uses The Famous Five as backdrop to a new advert promoting the introduction of Intercity Express Programme trains.

Rail Technology Magazine

• Digital rail and new lines 'must not be mutually exclusive' in TransPennine routeThe TransPennine route cannot solely rely on existing infrastructure and digital signalling to accommodate growing demand, but rather must be served by new capabilities, such as Northern Powerhouse Rail, in order to thrive, it has been argued. Late last week, transport secretary Chris Grayling...
• Competition to award £600,000 in grants to improve rail access The DfT and the RSSB have launched a competition to improve the lives of those with disabilities who travel on the rail network. The Rail Accessibility Competition offers grants of £25,000 to £150,000 to small- and medium-sized businesses, universities, charities, managers or train...

Other News Sources

• Progress for the North West's second largest town without a railway stationMore than £5 million in funding has been secured to develop plans for a railway to Skelmersdale – the second largest town in North West England without a station.