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Monday, 05 February 2024

BBC News

• Northern yet to fix Aspatria mispronunciationA train operator has been criticised for continuing to mispronounce a station name six months after re-recording its announcements.
• Female apprentices: Rail operator sees 50% rise in numbersA rail operator said it has seen a 50% increase in female apprentices in the past year.

The Independent

• Further disruption for rail services amid ongoing train drivers’ strikeRail services will continue to be disrupted on Monday because of ongoing industrial action by train drivers in their long-running dispute over pay and conditions.

City AM

• Second week of train strikes begins: Here’s everything you need to know Brits are facing yet another week of disruption next week as train drivers from the Aslef union walk-out in an ongoing feud over pay and working conditions.

Other Regional Press

• HS2 shortlists two bidders to run 'automated people mover' between stations near CoventryThe mass transit system will transport up to 3,900 people an hour between four different train stations

Rail Business Daily

• Transpennine Route Upgrade places apprentices at heart of Northern rail ambitionThe Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) is close to reaching the halfway mark of its ambitious aim to take on 590 apprentices across the rail upgrade between Manchester and York, via Leeds and Huddersfield.

Other News Sources

• 50,000 passenger journeys and rising for Inverness Airport railway station on track for success on first anniversaryScotRail’s newest railway station in the Highlands is celebrating its first anniversary – after clocking up more than 50,000 passenger journeys.