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ScotRail boss handed bumper pay rise since starting job
ScotRail boss Alex Hynes has pocketed a bumper pay rise since taking charge of the beleaguered service last year.
Scots challenged to 'take a risk' and leave car at home
Scots are to be challenged to "take a risk" by leaving their cars at home by Scotland's new active nation commissioner.
Sadiq Khan tells assembly 'no smoking gun' over Crossrail delays accusing former chairman of 'misremembering' events
Sadiq Khan has accused the former Crossrail chairman of “misremembering” events and further denied being told of the project’s delays earlier than August.
Saturday, 22 December 2018
BBC News
- Moira Station parking fines put off train-usersCommuters have been "put off" using public transport after dozens of drivers were given parking tickets outside Moira train station.
- Northern Rail: The most cancelled rail line in the UK?More than 2,000 services between Ormskirk and Preston have vanished and people have had enough.
The Herald
- ScotRail boss handed bumper pay rise since starting jobScotRail boss Alex Hynes has pocketed a bumper pay rise since taking charge of the beleaguered service last year.
The Scotsman
- LNER runs extra London-Scotland trains after Gatwick drone disruptionExtra Edinburgh-London trains are being laid on by LNER today to help air passengers caught up in the Gatwick Airport drones closure.
Times Online
- The Times view on privatising ScotRailThere is no evidence to suggest nationalising ScotRail would improve performance
- ScotRail sends 11 trains home [Subscription]Staff shortages and industrial disputes that wreaked havoc on the railways were compounded by 11 ScotRail trains being taken out of service.
- Pay rise for rail bosses despite timetable chaos [Subscription]Two thirds of Network Rail’s highest-paid executives had pay rises last year despite the timetabling chaos that inflicted misery on thousands of commuters.
City AM
- Sadiq Khan tells assembly 'no smoking gun' over Crossrail delays accusing former chairman of 'misremembering' eventsSadiq Khan has accused the former Crossrail chairman of “misremembering” events and further denied being told of the project’s delays earlier than August.
The National
- Anger at ScotRail 'planning failure' as trains are sent away despite demandSCOTRAIL have come under fire for sending 11 of their trains down to Yorkshire permanently – despite planned replacements not being operational.
Bradford Telegraph & Argus
Daily Post (North Wales)
- The 'beautiful' railway line running through parts of Snowdonia that's being shunned by passengersThe Conwy Valley railway line has four of Wales' least busiest train stations on the route - and one AM thinks it's being failed by the Welsh Government
Wolverhampton Express and Star
- Work forges ahead on £150m Wolverhampton Railway StationWork to transform Wolverhampton train station into a £150 million transport hub is gathering pace.
Other Regional Press
- Councillors call for action over 'atrocious' Transport for Wales train servicesCouncillors call for action over 'atrocious' Transport for Wales train services
- Cowdenbeath MSP wants better services on CircleCOWDENBEATH MSP Annabelle Ewing wants a meeting with ScotRail early in 2019 to express her dissatisfaction of the quality of services on the Fife Circle.
- Plans on track for new rail link between Bury and ManchesterA NEW rail link between Bury and Manchester could be on track after a study found it was ‘feasible and cost effective’. Politicians, business leaders and officers, including Bury North MP James Frith, met with Northern Powerhouse Minister Jake Berry in London at the end of last month to update him on the findings of the early strategic case for rail investment.
Railway Gazette
- Non-PVC wrap for Welsh DMUsLIVERY: Two Class 175 and two Class 143 diesel multiple-units operated by KeolisAmey on the Wales & Borders franchise have become the first trainsets to be wrapped with non-PVC Envision Print Wrap LX480mC wrap supplied by 3M and Aura Graphics. 3M Scotchgard 8993 glossy overlaminate and anti-graffiti wrap 8588G provide extra protection for the printed film.
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