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Exclusive: Aberdeen Standard backs controversial £1bn bid for Crossrail fleet
Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) is backing a controversial £971m bid to acquire a fleet of 70 Elizabeth Line trains from Transport for London (TfL), City A.M. can reveal.
HS2 could cut costs by reducing trains' speed, Tory peer admits
Lord Young made remarks in House of Lords debate about price of £56bn project
Monday, 17 December 2018
BBC News
- HS2: MPs had 'enormously wrong' cost estimate, says whistleblowerA former HS2 boss says an early cost estimate MPs had was wrong by hundreds of millions of pounds.
Times Online
- London Tube drivers earning £100,000 a year [Subscription]Pay packets of some Tube drivers have risen above £100,000 despite claims that their jobs have become easier.
- HS2 chiefs accused of ‘robbing’ property owners to slash costs [Subscription]Bosses at HS2 have been accused of deliberately undervaluing homes and land needed for the £56 billion line in an attempt to cut costs.
City AM
- Early cost estimates for HS2 were wildly inaccurate says former insiderA former insider at rail project HS2 has said that the early land and property cost estimate considered by MPs was “enormously wrong”.
- Exclusive: Aberdeen Standard backs controversial £1bn bid for Crossrail fleetAberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) is backing a controversial £971m bid to acquire a fleet of 70 Elizabeth Line trains from Transport for London (TfL), City A.M. can reveal.
The Mirror
- Fury over Boxing Day rail shutdown as only FIVE train operators to run servicesMore than 330 rail projects are planned between December 22 and January 3
This is Money
- Owner of online rail ticketing firm Trainline comes under fire over three-year tax dodgeThe owner of online ticketing firm Trainline has failed to pay corporation tax since it was bought by a US private equity house three years ago.
Liverpool Echo
- Revealed: When Mersey commuters will get contactless and ticketless travelRail passengers will be able to use their bank cards to pay for journeys like in other parts of the country
London Evening Standard
- National Rail Facebook alerts: how to sign up for personal travel updates on delayed and cancelled trainsRail passengers in the UK are now able to receive alerts on Facebook Messenger when their train is delayed or cancelled.
- London Tube drivers 'earn £100,000 a year', new figures revealThe salaries of some London Tube drivers are now higher than £100,000, more than most airline pilots, new data has revealed.
Yorkshire Post
- Shorter train delays now trigger rail pay outs by NorthernRail passengers can now claim compensation from train operator Northern when their journeys are delayed by as little as 15 minutes, Rail Minister Andrew Jones has announced.
Cambridge News
- 'Children crying' after passengers stranded in cold amid Great Northern Cambridge train chaosThe rail operator has responded after hundreds were left stranded in the cold
Rail Magazine
- Improved compensation for Northern passengersNorthern passengers can now claim compensation for 15 minute delays. This is an extension of the scheme that was available previously for delays of 30 minutes or more. Passengers can now claim compensation worth 25% of the single fare if delayed between 15 and 29 minutes.
- Testing of new Greater Anglia trains underwayThe first Stadler bi-mode unit for Greater Anglia made its main line debut in the early hours of December 15, when it ran between Diss and Trowse Junction (near Norwich).
Other News Sources
- HS2 could cut costs by reducing trains' speed, Tory peer admitsLord Young made remarks in House of Lords debate about price of £56bn project
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