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Monday, 30 October 2017

Times Online

• Rail companies adopt new public image to counter critics [Subscription]Months of criticism of the railways have prompted companies in the industry to come together for the first time since privatisation more than two decades ago to demand that they be seen as a public-private partnership, with pledges to install a passenger ombudsman and to put the public on company boards.

City AM

• Most affordable London commuter towns: How a one hour commute can save buyers £500,000 on London house pricesLiving an hour outside London could slash half a million pounds off house prices compared with buying a home in zones one and two of the capital, according to new research.

Bolton News

• Man ordered to pay more than £1,000 after not buying £2.90 train ticket and abusing rail staffA MAN has been ordered to pay more than £1,000 after he did not buy a train ticket costing £2.90 and abused railway staff.

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Metro misery: Power failure frustrates would-be passengers - bosses expect normal Monday serviceNewcastle Falcons supporters were among those hit as a power outage in South Gosforth caused system-wide delays

Northern Echo

• Oldest working railway bridge in the world is one of historian's top ten travel picksA HISTORIC bridge that witnessed the dawn of the railway age has been named as one of England’s top ten travel spots by a leading historian.

Rail Magazine

• Maynard defends London’s rail spending levelsNumber of visitors and workers in London is a principal reason for a bigger spend per head on rail in the capital than in the North says Minister.
• Branding unveiled for new West Midlands franchiseAbellio adopts London Northwestern brand for West Midlands
• Proposals for UK use of Alstom’s hydrogen trainsUK Government talking to Alstom regarding its hydrogen train

Other News Sources

• Leaf-busting trains join railway network to tackle autumn delaysRAIL passengers are expected to face endless delays on the railways – because of leaves.
• Passengers told to expect new trains and more jobsBRITAIN’S rail industry has made a series of commitments to improve services and provide billions of additional pounds to the economy.
• Level crossing management 'did not take full account of use by mobility scooters' before station death In October 2016 a mobility scooter user died after being struck by a train on the Alice Holt footpath crossing at Bentley station