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Saturday, 06 November 2021

BBC News

• Calls to extend Glasgow underground hours after COP26Campaigners worried about women's safety want the underground to stay open beyond 18:00 on Sundays.

Times Online

• Charles trains eye on locomotives of future [Subscription]The Duke of Rothesay reminisced about journeys on the royal train when he was shown cutting-edge technology that could power locomotives of the future.

Mail Online

• Grant Shapps calls on killjoy rail bosses to back down and end the ban on George the dogGeorge the dog's owner Richard Bunce, 54. is the station master at Horsley Railway station in Surrey. South Western Railway has banned his pooch from the station.

Other Regional Press

• HS2 tunnelling machines clock up two miles of diggingGiant machines digging the first tunnels for HS2 have covered more than two miles, according to the firm building the high-speed railway.
• South Western Railway train service disruption in SouthamptonDISRUPTIONS and delays are expected across Hampshire railways today and over the weekend.

Railnews

• Confidence grows in rail supply chain FRIDAY BRIEFING: Confidence grows in rail supply chain ++

Railway Gazette

• Rail’s growth agenda evaporates as Treasury takes controlUK: As the COP26 climate summit opens in Glasgow, following the UK government’s Comprehensive Spending Review, fears are growing across the rail industry that Treasury pressure on cost and revenue will lead to a smaller railway emerging in the post-pandemic era. Having spoken to a range of senior figures across the industry over recent weeks, almost all on condition of anonymity, Rail Business UK can confirm widespread concern that significant investment spending is coming to an end after three decades of growth in rail use, with potentially significant implications.