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Monday, 27 August 2018

BBC News

• Cumbria 'rail woes' benefit heritage transport trustA vintage vehicle trust in Cumbria said it has benefitted financially from "rail industry woes".
• Weekend and bank holiday train cancellations doubleGreat Western Railway cancels 90 trains on its Swansea to London service since the start of the year.

The Scotsman

• Chaos as passengers unable to board trains at Edinburgh stations Late-night revellers trying to get home from the Edinburgh Fringe over the bank holiday weekend were met with chaos at Waverley and Haymarket stations as packed trains failed to meet demand.

Times Online

• There is a visionary alternative for the new Euston station [Subscription]Rail travellers who have been gnashing their teeth at the closure of Euston station in London this weekend have a bitter consolation. The chaos is as nothing to that which will descend when the station is rebuilt. This is one of the consequences of the HS2 project, the impact of which on its London terminus has been ignored, with few people seeming to know the plans. Hear, then, my warning: many years of misery are coming down the track.
• Crossrail and HS2 will set tills ringing in the West End [Subscription]Two of the country’s biggest transport infrastructure projects, Crossrail and HS2, could pump more than £1.4 billion of extra retail spending into the West End of London, a study suggests.

Other Regional Press

• ‘Faster trains - better services’ on rail route through Falkirk High from tomorrow
• 'THIS IS ABSURD': Furious resident attacks Network Rail bridge closure in handwritten noticeA FURIOUS resident has placed a handwritten notice on a closed footbridge in Oxford - branding the closure "absurd" and attacking Network Rail bosses.
• Long-awaited King’s Dyke rail crossing in Whittlesey will be ‘completed on time’ despite rising costs The long-awaited King’s Dyke rail crossing will be completed on time, despite costs rising by more than £3m county councillors have been told.