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Rail passengers should get automatic compensation for delays, says Which?
Rail companies are being urged to introduce automatic compensation across the whole network for passengers whose trains have been delayed or cancelled.
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Rail passengers warned to expect 3.5 per cent fare rise in 2019
Government told it 'cannot keep telling passengers increases are justified' amid timetable chaos
Monday, 13 August 2018
BBC News
- Northern cancels Sunday rail services againServices across north-west England have been affected due to train crew scheduling
Financial Times
- MTR’s woes highlight weakness of UK rail franchise systemLosing your chief executive and facing a criminal investigation might harm most companies’ chances of winning a public tender. But even after that happened this week to MTR, the Hong Kong-based transport operator, the company still has a strong chance of winning the UK’s West Coast rail franchise.
The Guardian
- Welsh rail tunnel could reopen as two-mile walk and cycle routeCampaigners hope to convert disused Rhondda tunnel for benefit of locals and tourists
- Rail passengers should get automatic compensation for delays, says Which?Rail companies are being urged to introduce automatic compensation across the whole network for passengers whose trains have been delayed or cancelled.
- HS2 and the continuing north-south divideMixed reactions to Simon Jenkins’ call to halt the planned high-speed rail link between London and the Midlands
- Passengers face fare rises despite waves of train cancellationsSeason ticket prices could increase by hundreds of pounds as consumer satisfaction slumps
The Independent
- Northern Rail cancellations: 80 trains axed as timetable curtailed for third Sunday running‘We are advising anyone thinking of travelling on Sunday on these routes to plan their journey carefully’
- Rail passengers warned to expect 3.5 per cent fare rise in 2019Government told it 'cannot keep telling passengers increases are justified' amid timetable chaos
Times Online
- Labour plans windfall tax to freeze train fares [Subscription]The Labour Party would use a windfall tax on rail company profits to freeze fare prices for passengers affected by disruption.
- Northern Rail cancels 80 more trains [subscription]Passengers in Liverpool, Greater Manchester and across Lancashire were hit by delays yesterday after Northern Rail cancelled 80 of its services for the second Sunday in a row.
- Wrong Track [subscription]The frequent cancellation of services by Northern Rail will only give a false plausibility to demands for renationalisation, to the detriment of passengers
Mail Online
- Only one in four passengers trust the nation's train companies after another year of chaos The damning verdict adds doubt to claims from UK rail industry bosses that rising passenger numbers in recent years mean they must be doing a good job.
Bolton News
- New Sunday train cancellations branded ‘outrageous’ TRAIN users across the region face further misery on Sunday with the cancellation of dozens of services.
London Evening Standard
- RMT calls for Northern Rail to be stripped of franchise after company cancels train service AGAINThe biggest rail workers union had repeated calls for Arriva Rail North to be stripped of its franchise and
Other Regional Press
- Helen Jones MP - I won’t hold my breath for changes to HS2 planIN recent weeks the HS2 Ltd bandwagon has, yet again, rolled into town with ‘information days’ held in the villages of Culcheth and Hollins Green.
- Greater Anglia launches reliable new train serviceGreater Anglia has launched a new hi-tech commuter rail service which promises to be its most reliable ever.
- This eye in the sky is checking the local railway line for faultsNetwork Rail is now using helicopters to check faults on the Weymouth-Waterloo line.
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- Long-distance rail commuters 'face £150 annual fare rise'Rail commuters are being warned to expect a 3.5% fare increase next year.
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