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Sunday, 11 June 2017

The Telegraph

• Southern Rail dispute ‘cost the Tories seats’ 

Times Online

• Scottish firm to bid for London Underground mobile reception [Subscription]Bellshill-based telecom firm Wireless Infrastructure Group (WIG) has confirmed it will be one of the bidders for a lucrative contract to install mobile network coverage on the London Underground system.

Mail Online

• Virgin Trains receives most complaints out of rail firms Figures from the Office of Rail and Road show that Virgin's west coast service received more than 135 complaints per 100,000 passengers in three months.

London Evening Standard

• Revealed: More than 16 sexual and violent offences on London's railways every dayViolent and sexual offences on London's rail network rose by almost 1,000 last year with more than 16 incidents per day, the Standard can reveal.

Other Regional Press

• 'The remarkable achievements of railway volunteers show just what the determined power of the human spirit can achieve'THE first public train service connecting Swanage to Wareham next week for almost half a century will be a historic and memorable occasion – and one man is looking forward to it more than most.