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Saturday, 21 December 2019

BBC News

• Northern rail: Threats against staff probed by policeNorthern staff walked out after one of their female colleagues was allegedly threatened with assault.

Times Online

• Christmas rail chaos in France may turn tide against President Macron’s adversaries [Subscription]Every year Philippe Roche leaves his home in Paris to spend Christmas with his father, who lives alone in the central French town of Vichy.

Daily Record

• Passengers stranded on trains amid signalling fault chaos in Glasgow and AyrshireOne passenger told the Daily Record that they were stuck on their Glasgow train for more than two hours on one of the busiest nights of the year.

Birmingham Post

• Direct services between Glasgow and Liverpool Lime Street launched by TransPennine ExpressRunning three times a day, the new services mean there is no longer need to change at Preston or Wigan
• Transport for the North calls on TransPennine and Northern to ‘step up’ after week of delaysTimetable changes came into effect on December 15, with customers experiencing cancellations - both pre-planned and last-minute - as well as shortened trains and overcrowding

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• £17.3m Forster Square Station redevelopment takes a step forward DELAYED plans to redevelop Forster Square Railway Station have taken a step forward today with the announcement by Bradford Council that a design and build contractor has been appointed.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• North Wales rail passengers 'sacrificed to save Cardiff commuters 16 minutes'New services came in last week, and they've not gone down too well

London Evening Standard

• Tfl Tube delays: Londoners face travel woe as severe disruption hits Circle, Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan lines and London OvergroundThree underground lines and the London Overground were blighted with severe delays this evening.

The York Press

• Inter-City 125 pays one last visit to YorkTHE train now standing at Platform 9 at York Railway Station...will probably never be seen there again.

Wales Online

• Transport for Wales cancels 36 trains on Black Friday nightMost of the services between Cardiff Bay and Queens Street are cancelled
• The huge unfairness in rail fares that cost twice as much for the same distance as othersThere is a big difference between journeys of the same length

Other Regional Press

• New Eurostar trains can finally stop in townAfter almost two years of delay, full international services at a station will be restored and possibly extended.

Railnews

• ˜Deeply frustrated™ minister issues slap on wrist to rail operators Rail minister Chris Heaton-Harris has told Rail Delivery Group chief executive Paul Plummer that it is ˜extremely disappointing that the rail industry and train operators will fail to meet the deadline to provide accessible trains by the end of the year™. A number of non-compliant Pacer units are among the trains which will be staying in service from 1 January, in spite of new accessibility regulations, because new trains to replace them have been late arriving. Mr Heaton-Harris continues: ˜Owners and operators have had 10 years to prepare for the 31 December 2019 deadline. It is deeply frust...

Other News Sources

• Multi-million pound works fail to prevent rail chaos on Brighton Mainline FLOODING has paralysed the Brighton Mainline despite a multi-million pound engineering project which pledged to improve drainage.