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Friday, 24 May 2019

BBC News

• Stagecoach takes legal action over West Coast franchiseUK rail operator Stagecoach is to take the government to court over its disqualification from running the West Coast Partnership franchise from 2020.
• Metrolink staff to strike over Parklife festival weekendMetrolink workers say they will walk out in a pay dispute while Manchester's Parklife festival is on.

The Scotsman

• The unexpected age of ScotRail’s toughest customers – Alastair DaltonThey are ScotRail’s hardest-to-please passengers. Young people are not just the most vociferous complainers on social media when things go wrong on their commute, they are also the train operator’s greatest critics, according to new research.

City AM

• Stagecoach sues Department for Transport over West Coast rail franchiseStagecoach said today it had launched a legal claim against the Department for Transport (DFT) in connection with the competition for the West Coast rail franchise.

Nottingham Evening Post

• Nottinghamshire is already benefiting from HS2, minister saysThe HS2 minister has emphasised there is no need for concern over the multi-billion pound rail project and said it is already boosting businesses within Nottinghamshire.

Blackpool Gazette

• Rail minister says Blackpool and Preston will benefit from new timetable and trains after lessons were learned from last year's chaosThe rail minister Andrew Jones has said lessons have been learned from last year’s May timetable chaos and that he had been closely monitoring performance after this year’s changes.

Other Regional Press

• City's commuters squashed into smaller, older carriages after West Midlands Trains timetables changes intended to increase capacityCITY commuters have been squashed into smaller, older trains since a recent train timetable overhaul which was meant to improve train travel.
• Commuters back station chargesCOMMUTERS using Melksham railway station are backing plans to extend its car parking facility and provide a new café with toilets.

Rail Technology Magazine

• Meeting clients, suppliers and stepping forwardThe Midlands 30-year plan will deliver many economic benefits and will need a wide and diverse supply chain to deliver some of the key projects. We caught up with long running sponsors of TransCityRail, Bridgeway Consulting Limited, specialists in Site & Ground investigations, Geomatics and...
• WMCA on HS2 and supply chain opportunitiesIn the latest Q&A series ahead of TransCityRail Midlands, we caught up with Laura Shoaf, Managing Director for TfWM (the transport arm of the WMCA), for her insight on delivering the combined authority’s transport strategy.  We find out what HS2 means for the region and future...