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Thursday, 30 May 2019

BBC News

• Northern rail: Mayors call for government takeoverAndy Burnham and Steve Rotheram urge a government takeover amid continuing passenger woe.

ITV News

• ScotRail launches BSL app to help deaf customersTrain operator ScotRail is introducing a new British Sign Language (BSL) app to help deaf customers communicate with staff.

The Guardian

• Turning Pacer trains into village halls? Send them down south insteadPlans to repurpose these rusty old trains isn’t even a bad joke. Where’s the focus on decent rail services in northern England?
• Northern Fail app reveals full scale of passengers’ miseryWhen most passengers are faced with a delayed or cancelled train, they might roll their eyes or fire off an angry tweet. Not Nick Mitchell. When his complaints to Northern rail fell on deaf ears, the long-suffering commuter decided to take matters into his own hands.

Times Online

• Trainline chief is on track for £43m with London listing the next destination [Subscription]Trainline could be valued at more than £1 billion when the online rail and bus ticket platform floats next month in one of the biggest initial public offerings in Britain this year .

City AM

• Exterion Media rolls out new digital screens across London UndergroundOut-of-home advertising firm Exterion Media has boosted its partnership with Transport for London, unveiling plans to launch new digital screens across the Tube network.
• First Group to sell off Greyhound armFirst Group has announced plans to sell parts of its operations including its Greyhound buses.

Daily Express

• Hyundai unveils all-electric double decker bus with huge battery and fast chargingHYUNDAI has unveiled an all-new electric double-decker bus which produces 300km of range and can be recharged in 72 minutes.

London Evening Standard

• South Western Railway delays: London Waterloo passengers hit by second day of disruption in rowCommuters have been hit by a second successive day of disruption on South Western Railway services.

Northern Echo

• North-East MP joins calls for rail franchise to be scrappedA NORTH-EAST MP has joined North of England leaders in a renewed call for the government to strip a rail company of its franchise.
• What would you do with an old Pacer train?OLD Pacer trains that are being taken out of service by Northern Rail could find a new use - as cafes, community spaces or even village halls.

Yorkshire Post

• Kick out Northern Rail immediately, demand two mayorsThe pressure on Yorkshire’s biggest rail operator to be forced off the network intensified yesterday after two of the North’s elected mayors demanded it be stripped of its franchise.

Other Regional Press

• Restored rail service is a win for perseveranceIf there’s one thing that more than 30 years in politics has taught me it’s that persistence pays off, writes Sir Edward Leigh MP.

Other News Sources

• Could the London Borough of Havering really create a "Romford Tramlink"?There’s a thread of CityMetric content called “fantasy metro maps“, in which people, basically, draw mini-tube maps for their cities and send them to me. Why this is the sort of thing anyone would enjoy spending their spare time doing remains a mystery to me…