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Thursday, 28 February 2019

ITV News

• North West has the highest rate of late and cancelled trains. The North West may have been the birthplace of British passenger rail but a new report says parts now have the highest rate of late and cancelled trains. The consumer group Which says stations in Manchester and Wigan saw the most disruption to services and those delays are continuing. One man has taken extreme measures to avoid the chaos.

The Guardian

• Citymapper to undercut TfL with London travel cardApp’s ‘Citymapper Pass’ will offer unlimited travel in zones one and two for £31 a week
• How to talk to your fellow commuters (if the BBC has its way)The BBC is launching a, erm, risky social experiment to try and unite our divided nation. Here are my tips, potential friend

The Independent

• UK car production collapses 18% as industry warns of 'clear and present danger' from no-deal BrexitCar companies paying additional and potentially pointless costs every day that leaving the EU with no deal remains on the table, says trade body

Times Online

• Glasgow airport examines rail link to Paisley Gilmour Street [Subscription]A plan to link Glasgow airport with Paisley Gilmour Street will be explored after proposals for a direct route between the airport and Glasgow city centre were judged to have raised “significant challenges”.

Edinburgh Evening News

• Edinburgh scientists develop robots to clean trains and inspect railway bridges Robots that can clean train carriages and drones to inspect railway bridge arches are being developed by scientists in two new research projects.

London Evening Standard

• Rail firms face £100m legal claim over 'making passengers pay double'EXCLUSIVE: Rail companies that run the Southeastern and South Western networks are alleged to have overcharged millions of customers with 'boundary fares'

Other Regional Press

• Mayor James Palmer says Soham rail station public information events are ‘another big step forward’Around 550 people attended two information public information events on plans to build a £20 million rail station in Soham - which is on track for completion by spring 2021.

Train Operators

• 'Blue Monday' flashmob by rail employees across London stationsDoing their bit to brighten up ‘Blue Monday’ (21st January), a group of singing rail employees are to stage a series of flashmobs across three London stations, highlighting the release of their song “Lean On Me” in aid of the charity Railway Children.

Other News Sources

• New c2c trains will connect Southend to London in just 44 minutesWEEKEND train passengers will be able to get from Southend to London in just 44 minutes when new fast trains are rolled out.
• After a year of rail chaos in Lancashire, 2019 is set to be 'another difficult year' warn MPsRail passengers are set for “another difficult year” amid more timetable changes and increased levels of engineering work, a House of Commons report has warned.