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Tuesday, 20 January 2015

BBC News

• VIDEO: Rail company faces delays 'pressure'MPs have put pressure on Network Rail to resolve problems at London Bridge after commuters faced overcrowding, cancellations and delays.
• Eurostar resumes after disruptionCross-Channel rail firm Eurostar says it has resumed a full service after a weekend of delays and cancellations.

The Telegraph

• Girl, 6, writes 'heartbreaking' letter to rail bosses begging them to stop making her father lateElla Porter says her father Neil is 'constantly' late home to tuck her into bed because failures on Southern's rail network
• Rail chaos will happen again unless we fix the systemThis Christmas, London's trains were paralysed by engineering works which slipped behind schedule. But Network Rail's report ignored deep, systemic problems

Daily Express

• Phones4u billionaire John Caudwell building his own railway lineONE of Britain’s richest men has got the green light to build his own railway around his £10million country home and grounds.

Mail Online

• Ella Porter writes to Southern Rail about bringing her daddy back home on time Southern Railway has apologised after a six-year-old girl Ella Porter wrote to bosses asking them to stop delaying her father's train between his home Uckfield, East Sussex, and London Bridge.

Network Rail

• Collision protection beams to be installed on railway bridge in StokeNetwork Rail is to install collision protection beams on a railway bridge on Stoke Road to reduce the risk of damage if the bridge is hit by vehicles.

Belfast Telegraph

• Get my daddy home before bedtime!A six-year-old girl tugged on the heartstrings of rail bosses when she wrote a letter begging them to get her father home on time so he could tuck her in at bedtime.

The Shields Gazette

• Hitachi training carriage arrives at Port of TyneTHE train now arriving is from Japan – and it’s come by boat!

Airportwatch

• Transport Secretary congratulates 400th Crossrail apprenticeTransport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin today (19 January 2015) visited Crossrail’s Bond Street site to congratulate the 400th apprentice appointed to work on the project.

Railnews

• Calls for Aberystwyth line to reopen A public meeting in Aberystwyth has heard a proposal to reopen a line from the town which lost its passenger trains almost 50 years ago. The first step is to obtain funding for a feasibility study, although it is thought that full reinstatement could cost £650 million.

Other News Sources

• Eurostar turns to cloud for file sharing and collaboration Box deployment will centralise the management and security of Eurostar’s collaboration in the cloud - See more at:
• Transport secretary congratulates 400th Crossrail apprenticeTransport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin visited Crossrail’s Bond Street site to congratulate the 400th apprentice appointed to work on the project.
• Notonthehighstreet.com sponsors London Underground 'baby on board' badgeThe free badge is aimed at pregnant women using the public transport. The sponsorship will raise awareness of the badge and to make the experience of travelling on the London Underground easier for women expecting a child.
• Caroline Lucas MP fears effects of rail cuts on Brighton station IT IS FEARED that changes to train timetables could play havoc with journeys to work and school.