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Thursday, 03 August 2017

Mail Online

• Woman was 'pulled over and dragged along train platform' Great Western train driver Stephen Murdoch is accused of failing to carry out safety checks before leaving Hayes and Harlington station in west London after Neelan Malik was caught in a door.

Bolton News

• Sir David Crausby MP fears Northern Rail train guards cut would harm disabled passengersDISABLED rail passengers would be worst-hit by plans to cut train guard jobs. Sir David Crausby is calling for Northern Rail to drop plans for driver-only trains because of concerns over accessibility.

London Evening Standard

• Revealed: London rail commuters pay fares FOUR times higher than EuropeansLondon rail commuters pay up to four times as much for their ticket compared with those using transport networks in European cities such as Berlin, Rome and Brussels, new research reveals today.

Manchester Evening News

• Why will it take until 2021 for us to get a proper transport ticket system like they have in London?A TfGM insider told the M.E.N.: “We’re not where we want to be but we are where we are.”

Nottingham Evening Post

• Train speeds from Nottingham to other cities are some of the slowest in the countryTrain passengers using Nottingham railway station face slower journeys than almost every other major city in the UK, new analysis has revealed.

The York Press

• London to York in just eight minutes.. VIRGIN Trains is inviting passengers to experience travel between London and York in just eight minutes .. on their laptop or phone.

Crewe Chronicle

• HS2 Crewe hub station consultation ends in October Residents and businesses encouraged to make their views known

Other Regional Press

• Revealed: Tens of millions wasted on preparation work for scrapped Midland Mainline electrificationRail bridges and gantries have already been adapted at huge expense in Leicestershire

Rail Magazine

• Eurostar reports increase in sales revenue in 2017Eurostar says strong business travel and an increase in sales from overseas markets are key reasons for 6%sales revenue growth for the first six months of 2017.
• Virgin Trains accelerates journeys with eight-minute London-Scotland filmVirgin Trains is inviting customers to experience travel between Scotland and London in just eight minutes

Rail Technology Magazine

• NR erects first mast on Shotts electrification projectNetwork Rail has this week announced that the first mast for the electrification of the Shotts line between Holytown Junction and Midcalder Junction has been put in place. The first steel works going up on the project, which is being delivered with contractors Carillion, marks the start of the...
• Nexus starts work on £5.5m Tyne and Wear bridge replacementMajor work has begun this week to replace a rail bridge that serves the Tyne and Wear Metro service. Nexus, the operator who runs light rail in the region, said that the bridge over Killingworth Road in the Gosforth area had now been removed and that a new steel bridge was being installed as...