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Friday, 29 March 2019

BBC News

• Scottish rail changes you can expect in your regionNetwork Rail has set out its plans to spend more than £4bn on Scotland's rail network - here are the details.

The Guardian

• Riding the tube – a photo essay by Stefan RousseauFor over 20 years as a photographer I have commuted into central London by car, experiencing a rush hour of anonymous, expressionless drivers hidden in their mobile steel boxes with no interaction other than through beeps of horns and the flashing of headlights. More recently I’ve been leaving my car at home and have joined the bankers and the builders, the day trippers and the tourists on the London Underground for a quicker, less stressful journey into work.

The Scotsman

• Is Scottish Government out to get ScotRail? – Alastair DaltonIt was a tale of two cities – and two entirely different perspectives on the enduring saga of ScotRail’s fortunes.

City AM

• Network Rail to spend £42bn on railway improvements after year of chaosNetwork Rail is to spend £42bn on the railways over the next five years after passengers endured a torrid year of delays and cancellations.

London Evening Standard

• Not a single new Crossrail station complete and train testing on holdNone of the nine new Crossrail stations are complete and testing of the £1 billion fleet of trains in tunnels has been

Wolverhampton Express and Star

• Tom Watson calls for Network Rail to abandon plans for sleeper factory on Walsall-Sandwell borderTom Watson has urged residents to block plans for a controversial new sleeper factory that he says will be "terrible" for the local area.

Yorkshire Post

• Leeds Station ticket barriers will be moved to new position as part of major upgrade The arrangement of the ticket barriers will be improved as part of a huge investment in the Leeds Station concourse. Network Rail confirmed that the ticket gates would be re-aligned to improve passenger flows and reduce crowding and funneling.
• Will HS2 ever make it to Leeds? I doubt it - Yorkshire Post LettersI REFER to the article entitled “HS2 will be railway of the next generation” (The Yorkshire Post, February 19). This is yet another attempt to perpetrate the myth that HS2 is coming to Leeds when I believe it is not.

Rail Technology Magazine

• London mayor calls for government to devolve rail infrastructure powers and funding to TfLLondon mayor Sadiq Khan has called for the government to transfer control of rail infrastructure management to TfL and manage its devolved suburban services. Khan said the move would pave the way for a metro-style service in south and southeast London. The plan would see responsibility and...
• Network Rail to spend £42bn on railway improvements to 'restore public trust'Network Rail is to spend £42bn on the railway over the next five years in a bid to improve poor punctuality in “the biggest modernisation of our rail network in over a century.” The arm’s length body has published detailed plans outlining investment into better trains...
• ORR could cut Network Rail managers' bonuses as new regulatory policies introducedThe ORR is to introduce new regulations to hold Network Rail to account by targeting the areas that have the most serious impact on passengers and funders. The new regulatory policy will be introduced for the start of CP6, and could see senior managers lose their bonuses for missed performance...