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Wednesday, 12 January 2011

BBC News

• Chepstow to welcome extra trains Arriva Cross Country has promised to more than triple the number of trains serving Chepstow station from May.
• Free train offer for Air Southwest London passengers Passengers booked on Air Southwest's withdrawn London service have been offered alternative rail transport. First Great Western (FGW) will honour tickets from Plymouth or Newquay after Air Southwest announced flights would stop at the end of January.

The Guardian

• How the American commuter gets railroaded The terrible time we have with the Washington DC Metro is symptomatic of bad attitudes to public transportation in the US

Mail Online

• 'Meal deal' on train: Passenger told he cannot leave packet of crisps he didn't wantThe business man was on the National Express East Anglia service to London when he was forced to take the crisps, along with a drink and BLT sandwich.
• Boris Johnson wages Twitter war on Tube union over Royal Wedding strike threatBoris Johnson issued a rallying cry to commuters to 'bombard' the website of union Aslef which wants to strike when Prince William weds Kate Middleton at Westminster Abbey on April 29.

Manchester Evening News

• Pictures: Investigators find a 26ft block of ice caused airport train crash in tunnel A train carrying passengers from Manchester Airport crashed in a tunnel at 70mph after a huge block of ice fell from a ventilation shaft, investigators have found. More than 40 passengers were on board the York-bound TransPennine Express train when it derailed in the Summit tunnel, near Todmorden, early on December 28.

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Metro bosses Nexus defend safety allegations METRO owner Nexus has defended itself against allegations of safety problems on the system. As reported in the Chronicle last week, former worker Bijan Zakeri raised a series of concerns at an employment tribunal hearing.

The York Press

• York train derailment: new detail and first pictures revealedPICTURES have been released of the huge mound of ice that caused the near-disastrous derailment of a York train.

Yorkshire Evening Post

• Leeds railway station to be improvedSet apart from the town centre, Morley railway station is isolated and unwelcoming.

Bucks Free Press

• Train station road works put on hold A FORECAST cold snap has put a temporary freeze on road works due to start tonight near Wycombe Train Station.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• London rail network 'to see 30% increase in commuters'The number of commuters using train services into the centre of the capital will increase by 30 per cent at peak morning times by 2031, it has been predicted.According to a new report published by Network Rail, further investment is therefore needed in tracks and stations to cope with the rise.The infrastructure services group is currently running a consultation on the issue of train services in the south east and has noted that capacity levels in the region are already stretched.Building on previous documents on the same theme, the latest draft report looks at existing connections into and ou...