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Tuesday, 27 August 2024

BBC News

• New station art aims to show town's good sideAn artist hoped her new paintings at Luton railway station would show visitors "the best scenes people don't usually see".
• ScotRail driver strikes on hold but reduced timetable continuesTrain drivers' union Aslef withdraws its ballot for industrial action with members to vote on the offer.
• Work to start on 22m rail bridge over M62Passengers and motorists face travel disruption in September as works begin on a new railway bridge.
• 'Thoughtless' Tube station renaming nets ?500,000TfL twice temporarily changed station names in what campaigners say were

The Guardian

• Teenagers at more risk online than Interrailing in Europe, say expertsDebate follows TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp's decision to let 15-year-old make independent trip Safeguarding experts and child psychologists have said the risks to teenagers are increasingly far greater online at home than when travelling independently following the row about the television presenter Kirstie Allsopp allowing her teenage son to go Interrailing.

Bolton News

• Days numbered for British Rail trains running through BoltonBritish Rail-era trains travelling through Bolton could soon be a thing of the past as rail bosses look to replace them.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• New railway bridge planned over North Wales mainline as good news on extra servicesNetwork Rail and Transport for Wales exploring options due to concerns over 'high-risk' crossings

Edinburgh Evening News

• Rail fare hikes are bad news for people and planet - Lorna SlaterThe announcement that peak rail fares are set to return in September will have caused despair for commuters all over our country.

Plymouth Herald

• Great Western Railway says scammers are pretending to be train staffA national train operator has warned customers of scammers attempting to obtain personal details. Great Western Railway (GWR) has warned users of X, formerly known as Twitter, that a ?number of X accounts? have been set up to steal personal data from unsuspecting customers.

Other Regional Press

• Cambridge Connect calls for £5m to fund light rail studyIndependent campaign group Cambridge Connect is calling for the government to fund a ?5m feasibility study into a light rail network for the city.

Rail Advent

• New South Wales footbridge replaces level crossingA new footbridge near the railway station at Llandaf in South Wales has been opened for public use to replace a nearby level crossing.

Rail Magazine

• Opinion: Better WiFi would send out the right signals to passengersOne of the worst ideas of the previous Transport Secretary Mark Harper was to scrap WiFi provision for rail passengers.

Railnews

• Paralympian describes ‘crawling off’ a train at King’s Cross A Paralympian who missed her booked assistance on LNER and had to ‘crawl off’ a train at London King’s Cross has described how there was no one at the station who could help her. When she arrived in London she waited for 20 minutes, but no one arrived. Cleaners on the train said they could not give her any assistance because they were not insured to do so. LNER has launched an investigation.

Railway Gazette

• Network Rail looks at TOPS replacement optionsUK: Network Rail is undertaking market engagement on the possible replacement of its TOPS mainframe computer system originally procured by British Rail from the Southern Pacific Railroad in the USA in the early 1970s.

Other News Sources

• London Overground further expands drinking fountain networkNew fountains installed at Bethnal Green, Bush Hill Park, Chingford, Gospel Oak, Highams Park and Homerton stations
• Contract win boosts Petards subsidiary - firm will supply UK train builderA subsidiary of advanced security, communication and surveillance systems Petards has received orders worth in excess of 500,000 to supply a UK train builder with Petards eyeTrain systems.

News from Europe

• Most of Paris metro inaccessible to disabled users, transport chief admits ahead of ParalympicsThere is one day to go before the 2024 Paralympics get underway in Paris, but its public transport network is almost impossible for disabled people to use, regional transport chief Val?rie P?cresse said on Monday. Only a quarter of all rail services were found to be wheelchair-friendly, though the city's metro system is particularly "weak".