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Monday, 12 June 2017

The Guardian

• 2,563 stations in 14 weeks: meet the couple visiting every railway station in Britainailway stations are places we go to and places we pass through, places that are home and far from home, places we whiz through or wait at. They can be functional or baldly beautiful, eerily quiet or frustratingly frantic. Sometimes they sell sandwiches from Costa and sometimes from Pumpkin.
• Scam alert: Trump's $1tn 'infrastructure plan' is a giveaway to the rich | Robert ReichAmerica’s infrastructure is in dire need of investment. But nothing Trump is proposing will do anything to helpAt a roundtable discussion with state transportation officials on Friday, Donald Trump said America’s ageing roads, bridges, railways, and water systems were being “scoffed at and laughed” at. He pledged that they “will once again be the envy of the world”.This seems to be a core theme for Trump: America’s greatness depends on others envying us rather than scoffing and laughing at us. Continue reading...

Mail Online

• Virgin Trains is accused of acting 'like Gestapo' as almost 200 appeal over crackdown on 'fare-dodgers' Virgin Trains has had more complaints from passengers than any other rail company in the UK, according to official figures. The company has fallen out of favour with passengers with some criticising its 'Gestapo-like' ticket inspectors.

Bolton News

• Rail union calls on minority Government to rethink threat to guardsRail union the RMT has urged train operators to think again on plans to remove guards from their services in the light of the General Election result.

The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)

• Shocking figures reveal almost half of north-east trains are lateThe startling extent of delays to crucial rail services in the region are laid bare by official statistics for the year to the end of April.

Wales Online

• Welsh trains are actually the 'most punctual in Britain' according to statistics Latest figures show 85.4% of Arriva Trains Wales services reached final stations no more than 59 seconds late

Plymouth Herald

• Plymouth's newest MP makes plea for better rail link - on train to Westminster Plymouth's newest MP has left the city for Westminster – and has already started campaigning for a better rail connection from his seat.

Other Regional Press

• Union leaders consider next move in railway disputes Union leaders will this week consider their next move in three bitter disputes over staffing on the railways and driver-only trains.
• RAILWAY STATION REVAMP: Oxford's full 'masterplan' finally revealedA TRANSFORMATION plan for Oxford Station could be finalised as early as this autumn - with the council admitting the whole project could hinge on the widening of Botley Road bridge.

Other News Sources

• Direct trains from Beverley to South Yorkshire could be scrappedTrain passengers in Beverley could lose their direct rail link to South Yorkshire next year.