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Top-flight venture or relic of the past. Thanet must decide on Manston airport
On a sunny lunchtime, diners pack the outdoor tables of the cafe at the Spitfire Museum in Manston, Kent, where memories of Britain’s finest hour are lovingly preserved. Settling down to a menu of Hurricane rolls and Merlin baps, one visitor asks her companion about the abandoned buildings in the distance, behind the wire fence. “I think that used to be an airport,” he replies.
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The transport secretary could seize control of Crossrail as costs on the delayed tube project balloon.
Sunday, 07 October 2018
BBC News
- Derby Midland Station: £200m upgrade work completedA £200m upgrade of Derby station that led to disruption on rail services to and from the East Midlands has been completed.
- Northern Railway workers strike in guard disputeNorthern said
The Scotsman
- ScotRail and Edinburgh Trams shamed for not accepting £1 RBS notesScotRail and Edinburgh Trams have apologised to a passenger after refusing to accept Royal Bank of Scotland £1 notes to pay for tickets.
Times Online
- Chris Grayling ready to step in as Crossrail costs soar [Subscription]The transport secretary could seize control of Crossrail as costs on the delayed tube project balloon.
Belfast Telegraph
- ‘Solid and determined’ support for rail strikesMembers of the RMT union on South Western Railway and Arriva Rail North walked out in a long-running dispute over guards on trains.
Bolton News
- First look inside Northern Rail's new £500m train fleet - and when they'll be in serviceNorthern’s new stock, which will eventually include electrically-powered trains on lines through Bolton, were revealed in a special event in Liverpool on Thursday.
Yorkshire Evening Post
- Leeds nostalgia: Middleton Railway gets civic send-off Dateline: October 1977: No, it’s not a scene from Thomas the Tank Engine, it’s actually a picture of the Middleton Railway taken by our photographers back in October 1977.
Plymouth Herald
- The 34 rail fare dodgers fined more than £22,000 in one morningSneaky passengers who tried to avoid paying a few pounds have been landed with big court bills
Other Regional Press
- Transport hub could be built at Leamington Railway StationA TRANSPORT hub could be developed at Leamington Railway Station after a bid by Warwick District Council.
- Cause of train fire at Grantham revealed by officialsOfficials have revealed what caused a train fire in Grantham after the blaze left passengers across the country stranded for hours.
Other News Sources
- Former British Transport Police Officer on rising crime on railways: ‘What financial price do you put on the safety of Britain?’ A former British Transport Police Officer Norman Brennan has said that the government needed to ask itself a question: “What financial price do you put on the safety of Britain?
- HS2 boosts Bucks business projectA project in Buckinghamshire has been boosted by an HS2 fund.
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