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Friday, 04 October 2019

BBC News

• Trains: Extra 6,500 passenger spaces a week on Valley linesTransport for Wales said the extra spaces on Valley lines would start from December.

Times Online

• Rail firms take franchise row to High Court [subscription]Some of the top railway companies are taking cases to the High Court in an attempt to prove that the Department for Transport broke procurement law in a row over pension liabilities in the industry.
• Rail season tickets fail flexitime test [subscription]Flexible working is causing a decline in use of rail season tickets, adding to concerns that the “outdated” fares system no longer meets passengers’ needs.

Bolton News

• Rail bosses spend more than £500,000 on 'leaf-buster' trains RAIL authorities have spent more than £500,000 on specialist equipment to combat leaves this Autumn.

Sheffield Star

• Fury over delay to Sheffield-Manchester rail link upgradeResidents have vented their fury over delays to a long-awaited upgrade to the railway route linking Sheffield and Manchester.

Wales Online

• Transport for Wales network to increase capacity for up to 6,500 passengers a weekCommuters will see increased capacity on the rail network in Wales by December, Transport for Wales says. Transport for Wales (TfW) will be introducing new trains across the Wales and Borders network in December.

Yorkshire Post

• When is a delay not a delay? When it is to do with improvements to Hope Valley rail line between Sheffield and ManchesterPOLITICAL pressure is growing on the Government to prioritise improvements to a key rail route after Department for Transport rejected claims that a major Northern Powerhouse scheme had been hit by delays.

Other Regional Press

• HS2 ‘faces axe’Leader of Conservatives in Camden wants Regent's Park and Somers Town to be 'put back on its feet'. THE leader of Camden’s Conservatives is expecting his party to finally axe the High Speed 2 railway. Councillor Oliver Cooper has been a long term opponent of the £80billion rail scheme, which is smashing a path through Camden. At this conference, he was talking more in terms of “when” rather than ‘if’ in relation to the possibility of it being cancelled.

Rail Magazine

• Caledonian Sleeper considers seven-day runningMore routes and seven-day-a-week running could feature for Caledonian Sleeper in the future.

Other News Sources

• ‘New Rail’ must listen to passengers  It is vital that the post-Williams railway is responsive to the ultimate customer – the people who travel by trains for work or leisure ‘New Rail’ must listen and respond to passengers   “Maybe there should not be so many fingers in the pie and maybe a specific person, body, group, that if there are issues they can be held accountable for it.” Commuter, Cardiff “If you’re putting out for tender for other companies to come in, then they’re always looking to improve and outbid each other, in quality, price, whatever it may be.” Leisure traveller, Glasgow...
• Tube drivers' go-slow policy in protest against Northern line noise could be music to passengers' earsIf you're one of the people who cover their ears when travelling on certain parts of the Northern line, then next week's industrial action by the RMT union may be music to them.