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Friday, 13 July 2018

Mail Online

• Rail boss who ordered commuters OUT of 1st class used to run chippy Long before he came to public attention for moving passengers on a crowded train out of first class, rail boss Mark Boon, 48, owned the popular Mermaid Fish Bar in Finchley, north London.

London Evening Standard

• Rail boss who ordered passengers out of first class 'has contempt for passengers,' woman claimsA Govia Thameslink Railway manager has been accused of having

Northern Echo

• Cabinet urges Government ‘put the people before profits’‘PEOPLE before profit’ is the message from Durham County Council to the government over the future of the East Coast Mainline.
• Northern train travellers to get additional compensationNORTHERN rail has revealed an additional compensation scheme for season ticket holders who have recently experienced delays and cancellations.

Other Regional Press

• 'Major boost' for Mid Cheshire Rail Link, says campaign groupTHE campaign to bring back passenger trains running through Middlewich and reopening Middlewich Train Station has been given its biggest boost yet, according to the campaign group.
• New Aberdeen railway track takes shape as new sleepers installed for Network Rail projectNetwork Rail has been carrying out upgrades between Aberdeen and Dyce as part of its Aberdeen to Inverness Improvement Project.

New Civil Engineer

• Network Rail tree felling review chairman announcedLand management expert John Varley will lead a review into Network Rail tree felling.
• Crossrail chair moves to HS2Crossrail chairman Terry Morgan is to take over at HS2 Ltd, it has been announced.

Rail Technology Magazine

• Network Rail seeks four legal firms to support in-house team in CP6Law firms are being invited by Network Rail to bid to become the infrastructure owner’s legal advisers from 1 May 2019 until 2024. Its current team of 32 lawyers, led by group general counsel Stuart Kelly, is signalling a move away from the current traditional model towards “an...
• Major TOCs including Northern and GTR scrap plans for winter timetablesThe network timetable for the December 2018 will focus on reliability to prevent more disruption to the nation’s networks, the Rail Delivery Group has announced. Every year, the national timetable is routinely changed in order to adapt to seasonal changes and to enable new services. These...
• Northern passengers to receive special compensation after May timetable chaosGovia Thameslink Railway (GTR) and the Department for Transport (DfT) have agreed to a special compensation scheme for those most severely affected by the May timetable changes. Compensation will be given to season ticket holders according to...

Other News Sources

• East Coast Main Line needs 'immediate investment' before it's too lateBillions was spent on improving the West Coast Main Line but the East Coast track is in danger of being neglected, MPs say
• Rail boss orders commuters out of first class on a late and packed train while taking up two seats himselfA RAIL boss has been criticised after telling standard class ticket-holders to stay out of the first class compartment where he was sitting.