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Thursday, 09 June 2022

BBC News

• Benfleet wheelchair user and family 'trapped' on trainJosh Hamilton ended up travelling on the service until it terminated when he could not get off at his stop at Benfleet in Essex.
• HS2: Joy and frustration as £3bn rail link is scrappedThe Golborne Link, joining the HS2 line with the West Coast mainline near Wigan, has been abandoned.
• Tube journeys down 75% during Monday's strike - TfLThe 24-hour walk-out by 4,000 London Underground staff left 102 Tube stations closed.
• Hospitality firms warn June rail strikes will be devastatingBars, restaurants, theatre, live music, and museums groups say planned strikes will damage Covid recovery.

Times Online

• Overhaul piles on the pain for train operators Save Strike action on the railways could lead to months of misery for passengers, while ministers plan the biggest overhaul of the network in 30 years. At the heart of the planned reforms is a new public body, Great British Railways (GBR), which will be set up to manage all parts of the rail industry for the first time since the abolition of British Rail in the mid-1990s.

Birmingham Post

• Expanding Hull call centre to serve Transport for London contractsJourneycall arrived in the city in April and new extensions will be served between Hull and Scottish HQ

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Rail operator Northern responds to announcement of strike actionRAIL operator Northern has said it will keep customers informed over the upcoming strike action by the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union (RMT) later this month.

Northern Echo

• Return of Leamside line and Ferryhill Station take step forwardBORIS Johnson has given a boost to the chance of resurrecting a mothballed County Durham train line and bringing a derelict station back into use after confirming that transport bosses are looking into the merits of both.

Bucks Free Press

• Protesters who dig makeshift tunnels could face jail time under a new law announced by the Home SecretaryProtesters who dig makeshift tunnels could face jail time under a new law announced by the Home Secretary - after anti-HS2 campaigners reportedly added £4 million to the cost of the controversial railway line when they tunnelled near Wendover.

Chester Standard

• Cheshire West: Plans to rebuild train station submitted to councilTHE project to rebuild Northwich train station has taken a step forward after plans were submitted to the council. A little more than 12 months ago, on May 18, 2021, part of the roof collapsed at the town's station building, which dates back to the 1800s.

New Civil Engineer

• HS2 | What are the options for getting high speed trains to Scotland?With the decision to scrap the Golborne link from the HS2 Crewe – Manchester bill, the Department for Transport (DfT) has removed the method through which high-speed services were to reach Scotland.