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Thursday, 24 August 2017

BBC News

• Labour MP faces backlash over women-only carriages ideaA Labour MP faces a backlash after saying the move could create
• Andy Burnham: North 'needs transport investment now'Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham made the comment as leaders gather at a summit in Leeds.

ITV News

• Rail journeys across the North West no faster now than 50 years agoTrain journey times in our region have barely changed in more than half a century.

Department for Transport

• Action plan to improve accessibility in transport unveiled by the governmentTransport draft accessibility action plan launched for consultation.

Financial Times

• Ministers accused of treating north with contemptIre at Grayling for suggesting improving transport not up to central government
• Britons grapple with late trains, holed roads and flight delaysExperts say politicians pay insufficient attention to improving transport networks

The Scotsman

• ScotRail best train operator in Britain ScotRail has become the best-performing large train operator in the 
UK, according to new figures.

Times Online

• North must take control of transport links, says Grayling [Subscription]The north of England should take responsibility for improving its poor rail links, the transport secretary has said as he rejected claims that plans for a high-speed line between Liverpool and Hull had been abandoned.
• Why I wouldn’t sit in a women-only train carriage [Subscription]Labour MP Chris Williamson, the shadow fire and emergency services minister, has caused something of a stir with his idea that women-only carriages should be reintroduced on trains. This is a terrible notion, which is why it was shot down in 2015 when Jeremy Corbyn first made the suggestion. It demonstrates a serious lack of imaginative thinking about how to tackle sexual harassment.

City AM

• Travel trouble across London expected for busy August bank holiday weekend as huge rail works are plannedThe August bank holiday is set to be a busy one, with millions planning getaways for home and away, but travellers have been warned of a flurry of rail work planned in the capital over the weekend.
• Transport for London's latest lost property figures show more than £200,000 was left on public transport over the past yearWelcome to the “wonder emporium”. That’s how Paul Cowan has described the room he manages - the Transport for London (TfL) lost property office.
• Automatic delay compensation for Southern rail passengers has finally arrivedLong-suffering Southern rail passengers will receive automatic compensation now if their train is delayed by more than 15 minutes, parent firm Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) announced today.

Birmingham Post

• High-tech architects battle for HS2 top billing Regular Birmingham Post columnist Joe Holyoak welcomes the return of an elder statesmen architect who vowed never to work with Birmingham again

Bolton News

• Northern leaders on 'high horses' with rail demands, says Bolton West MP Chris GreenTOO many Northern politicians are on their ‘high horses’ demanding new transport investment, according to Bolton’s Tory MP.

London Evening Standard

• Bank station fire alert: DLR halted after track fire breaks out in tunnelDocklands Light Railway trains into central London were halted after a fire broke out in a tunnel.
• TFL lost property revealed… including books, bank cards and £200k worth of cash left on TubeLondoners lost more than £200,000 in cash on the capital's transport network over the last year, TfL has revealed.
• Female-only carriages 'pin blame for sex attacks on victims and turn assaults into women's problem'As the debate around female-only train carriages is re-ignited, experts speak of the impact such a policy could have on passengers
• MP who proposed women-only train carriages mocked with sign on parliament office doorA senior Labour MP who proposed women-only train carriages has been mocked with a sign on his parliament office door.

Manchester Evening News

• 'The north’s potential is being held back by an outdated, expensive and slow transport system'Northern leaders have united to put pressure on the government over 'the disparity' between transport in the north and London

Yorkshire Evening Post

• Burnham: North's patience on clapped-out trains and congested roads has run outPeople in northern England are tired of "clapped-out trains" while billions are poured into rail projects in the South, Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has said ahead of a transport summit.

Crewe Chronicle

• Tech firm chosen to provide power supply for leading train operatorA CREWE firm has been chosen to provide power sockets on a leading train operator's fleet.

Other Regional Press

• Council plans to back formation of independent Northern transport bodyNorth East Lincolnshire Council wants to pledge its support to the establishment of Transport for the North as a sub-national transport body

Rail Magazine

• Waverley platforms to be lengthened Network Rail releases image of new-look Edinburgh Waverley
• Risky business: train fleets in a state of fluxA flood of new trains is creating unpredictability in the UK rolling stock market. PHILIP HAIGH examines implications for the leasing companies & manufacturers
• Osborne urges HS3 as Grayling backs Northern determinationOsborne calls for HS3 as Grayling says poor transport is holding the north of England back

Rail Technology Magazine

• Northern leaders meet in Leeds to demand fair transport cash settlementLeaders in the north are today joining together at a transport summit in Leeds to once again call for better transport investment. The summit, opened today by Leeds City Council leader Cllr Judith Blake, is being attended by Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham, Liverpool City Region mayor...
• RSSB launches framework to improve nation's stationsA new framework has this week been released that assesses and compares the performance of railway stations around the country. Led by the RSSB, the framework will give users quick and easy access to information about local stations across the network. In particular, it will support the...
• Chase Line electrification moves forward with steel structure installationAnother 52 steel structures have been put in place on the Rugelely Trent Valley to Walsall electrification programme, which Network Rail says is now well underway. Existing powerlines south of Walsall station have also been refurbished, whilst over 25 concrete foundations ready for steel...

Other News Sources

• Take a look inside London's new £15 billion 'Elizabeth Line' — Europe's biggest infrastructure projectThe massive new Crossrail infrastructure project, which will be known as the Elizabeth line once it opens, is now 85% ready according to City AM.
• The things you should STOP doing if you don't want to be hated by fellow commuters Whether it's on the train or roads, everyone has commuting pet peeves