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Sunday, 22 July 2018

The Herald

• First new electric trains arrive for serviceTHE first of a new batch of electric trains will start running between Glasgow and Edinburgh this week.

Times Online

• Rail tea-mug ban takes the biscuit [Subscription]Staff on the newly nationalised London North Eastern Railway refused to pour tea into mugs for first-class passengers because they believed they were only insured for disposable cups.
• HS2 budget ‘will balloon to £80bn’, says secret report [Subscription]The HS2 high-speed rail project is “highly likely” to go as much as 60% over budget and cost “more than £80bn”, according to a secret Cabinet Office report leaked to The Sunday Times.

Mail Online

• EIGHT DAYS of summer rail misery with strikes on South Western trains Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union on South Western Railway will walk out on eight days between Thursday 26th July and Saturday 1st September.

London Evening Standard

• Disabled comedian Tanyalee Davis left stranded in Darlington after staff failed to bring her a rampA rail company has apologised after a disabled comedian was left stuck on a moving train for an hour after rail staff failed to bring her a ramp meaning she missed her stop.

Other Regional Press

• More strikes on South Western Railway in driver-only trains row Cummuters across Dorset are set to face up to eight days of travel misery after rail bosses have confirmed fresh strikes will go ahead.
• Travel help on trains with new railcardSouth Western Railway are launching a new way to ask for assistance when travelling on its network, for those who have difficulty in communicating.
• Govia is in last chance saloon, says MP Sir Oliver Heald at public meetingThe North East Herts MP said that Govia Thameslink is in the last chance saloon, while speaking at the rail users group public meeting on Thursday.