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Monday, 30 July 2018

BBC News

• Northern: Most cancelled services to resume after timetable disruptionNorthern rail is reinstating 75% of the services it cancelled after a new timetable led to severe disruption.

ITV News

• Chris Grayling’s rocky ride as Transport SecretaryThe Northern Rail timetable fiasco is one of several controversies to play out on Chris Grayling’s watch as Transport Secretary.
• Burnham calls for PM to step in over ‘rail chaos’ in the northThe Prime Minister needs to step in to end the railways “chaos” in the north of England, says the Mayor of Greater Manchester.
• Northern Rail reintroducing 75% of cancelled services after timetable chaosNorthern Rail is reintroducing three-quarters of services which were removed after a timetable change that caused hundreds of delays and cancellations.

The Guardian

• Rail chaos in north of England cost economy £38m, report saysGreater Manchester mayor urges PM to step in as another wave of cancellations hurt region’s businesses

Times Online

• The government should release the power of the North [subscription]The government is searching for good news this long hot summer. Endless debate and division about Brexit comes at a huge cost. Imagine if, as a country, we were spending even half that effort and time on preparing the UK for the future; with the infrastructure, technology and education we will need if Britain is to prosper? These are the issues that will matter to people.

Reuters News

• Italy's deputy PM says Franco-Italian rail link needs to be reviewedROME (Reuters) - Italy’s deputy prime minister said on Monday an ambitious Franco-Italian rail link, known as TAV, had to be reviewed because it was opposed by local population and was an obsolete plan.

Mail Online

• What a way to run a railway: Nine in ten firms have train drivers on four-day week (average salary £53k) and half rely on them to volunteer for SundaysRail firms are relying on drivers doing overtime to keep the network running, the Daily Mail reveals today.

Manchester Evening News

• Damning report slams Government for failing to stop rail crisis and says north MUST take controlThe report, released by the Northern Powerhouse Partnership, analyses the disruption that peaked in May and June

Northern Echo

• Hitachi missed out on "decade's worth of manufacturing" after missing out on contract - MPA NORTH-EAST train builder has missed out on "decade's worth of manufacturing" after it lost out on a £1.5bn contract to build a new generation of underground trains, an MP has claimed.
• New branch for railway revolutionAlmost 200 years ago, the railway revolution began in what was then, and is today, England’s Northern Powerhouse. The Stockton & Darlington Railway joined not just Stockton with Darlington but Yarm with Shildon, and continents suddenly became smaller. Industries ramped up production and the people of Britain’s towns and cities were the first to feel the benefits.

Yorkshire Evening Post

• Rail chaos cost the North £38m according to George Osborne’s Northern Powerhouse Partnership More than a million hours have been lost by railway users in the North as a result of the timetable chaos that engulfed the region this summer, a damning report reveals today.

Blackpool Gazette

• All eyes on trains as emergency timetable ends Trains experts on the Fylde Coast have said they will be watching carefully as more services are brought back today as a temporary reduced timetable ends.

Other Regional Press

• Tough few weeks for rail passengers set to continueA DIFFICULT few weeks for rail passengers in Oxford will continue over the next two days with buses once again replacing trains.

New Civil Engineer

• Network Rail ordered to take action after timetabling messThe Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has ordered Network Rail to “immediately” take action to sort out its timetabling mess.
• Next phase of East-West Rail in line for 2019 startNetwork Rail has submitted its final East-West Rail phase 2 proposals to the Department for Transport which could see work on the new line start next year.

The Business Desk

• Rail chaos ’caused £38m of damage to Northern economy’The transport chaos linked to rail timetable changes this summer cost railway users more than a million hours and resulted in a £38m hit to the economy, a new report revealed today.

Other News Sources

• Labour vows to put British firms first in rail manufacturingLabour has pledged to end the "disastrous" exporting of rail manufacturing jobs overseas by introducing "a default position" in favour of British firms.
• Andy Burnham asks Prime Minister to end rail chaos in the NorthThe Mayor of Greater Manchester has today called on the Prime Minister to intervene to solve the chaos on the railways in the North.