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The bill for the controversial taxpayer-funded Crossrail 2 scheme is set to soar by billions of pounds, according to figures revealed by chance – in a planning dispute between a landscape gardener and his local council.
Christmas rail passengers to pay double for services taking up to THREE TIMES longer
Operators are ditching cheap advance tickets while bringing more misery because of engineering work
Rail strikes: Christmas shoppers face double trouble of South Western walk out and engineering work
A perfect storm of a railway strike coupled with engineering work will cause travel misery for passengers this weekend.
Sunday, 08 December 2019
BBC News
- South Western Railway strike: Engineering adds to weekend woeRMT union members are taking 27 days of strike action on South Western Railway.
- Virgin Trains: Final service departs as UK's longest-running rail franchise endsThe last service left Euston on Saturday evening, ending Britain's longest-running rail franchise.
The Guardian
- South Western Railway strike: delays as action begins during worksCancellations take place during busy Christmas shopping weekendPassengers are facing travel problems this weekend as engineering works take place during a strike over rail workers’ long-running dispute regarding guards on trains.Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union on South Western Railway (SWR) walked out on Saturday for the sixth time since last Monday as part of 27 days of industrial action. Continue reading...
The Independent
- Paris protests: Tensions rise as yellow vests join wave of demonstrations against retirement reformsCitizens take to the streets in biggest strike in many years
- Paris protests: Tensions rise as yellow vests join wave of demonstrations against retirement reformsCitizens take to the streets in biggest strike in many years
Times Online
- French strikes: Macron forced to soften on pensions [Subscription]The French government is to spell out this week its plans to shake up the costly and complicated pension system in the face of strikes that have brought the country to a halt since Thursday.
Mail Online
- One man's plan to demolish the garage at his £2m home reveals Crossrail threat to hundreds more properties... and adds further billions to the scheme's £45bn costThe bill for the controversial taxpayer-funded Crossrail 2 scheme is set to soar by billions of pounds, according to figures revealed by chance – in a planning dispute between a landscape gardener and his local council.
The Mirror
- Christmas rail passengers to pay double for services taking up to THREE TIMES longerOperators are ditching cheap advance tickets while bringing more misery because of engineering work
Bolton News
- Northern will run first Bolton trains on Boxing DayTRAINS will run between on Boxing Day this year for the first time under the current operator.
- Andy Burnham: 'Take Bolton Metrolink promise with a pinch of salt'GREATER Greater Manchester's Mayor Andy Burnham has warned people to take a Tory promise to bring Metrolink to Bolton 'with a large pinch of salt',
London Evening Standard
- Rail strikes: Christmas shoppers face double trouble of South Western walk out and engineering workA perfect storm of a railway strike coupled with engineering work will cause travel misery for passengers this weekend.
The York Press
- Furious passengers hit out over train cancellations FURIOUS passengers have hit out over the repeated cancellations of York trains while TransPennine Express teaches drivers and conductors how to operate a new fleet.
Other Regional Press
- Oxford is the 2nd most expensive rail commuteOxford is one of the most expensive rail commutes with many commuters paying over £500 a month for their travel costs.
- What is going to happen to the City of Coventry and Lady Godiva Virgin Trains nameplatesThe franchise changes hands tomorrow
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