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Monday, 23 September 2024

BBC News

• Rail staff trained to help vulnerable passengersStaff at a major rail operator have been given extra training in order to protect vulnerable passengers.
• Station refurb makes 'real difference' - campaignersCampaigners have welcomed the completion of work to install new passenger lifts at a North Yorkshire town's railway station.
• TfL income from fines on major routes rises to £89mThe AA says TfL is reliant on drivers breaking the rules for its own income - the body denies this.

Financial Times

• UK ministers plan recruiting drive to plug train driver shortage, says union One in five are due to retire this decade, warns Aslef, as staff-shortages continue to be felt

The Guardian

• Fallout from TfL cyber-attack is slow burning and potentially costlyPhysical services have been unaffected but limited access to online services continues to cause headaches. As cyber-attacks go, it could have been worse. In Nightsleeper, the new BBC thriller airing just after Transport for London revealed its systems had been breached, passengers are locked aboard as a train seized by hackers hurtles dangerously towards the capital.In real life, the troubles for TfL customers are far less dramatic. The actual physical transport services, the buses, trains and tubes – many of which are effectively remote-controlled – have been unaffected

Times Online

• I'm not allowed to fall in love on a train now? [subscription]One of the UK's largest train operators has issued a stark reminder to passengers that its onboard wi-fi does not allow people to use dating apps

Daily Record

• ScotRail passengers face 'disaster' as peak time fares to return this weekScotRail has slashed services in recent months and is now set to hammer passengers with the return of peak time fares.

i News

• HS2 to pay £300m in compensation to train firms and it won't go to customersWork on the High Speed rail project will cause a number of closures this Christmas lasting for another six years

The Mirror

• Magical UK village frozen in time where steam trains still used by localsThe village of Goathland featured in the background of hit movie Harry Poter and it is just as magical in person. The village is home to a world-famous railway which King Charles once visited

Bolton News

• Children returned home in Bolton as police carry out transport crime crackdownPolice have been out in force in Bury and across Greater Manchester as officers crack down on crime on the transport network

Wales Online

• Commuters being 'priced off railways' as unions call for renationalisation Mick Lynch, general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union, and Mick Whelan, of Aslef, says bringing the railways back into public ownership is the answer to lower fares

Bucks Free Press

• Chiltern Railways 'delighted' to have scooped a prize at the National Rail AwardsChiltern Railways has been recognised at the recent National Rail Awards.

Wrexham.com

• Rail service between North Wales and London branded a complete messA North Wales MS has criticised the deteriorating rail service connecting the region to London, labelling it the worst-performing route in the country.

Other Regional Press

• Golborne Station is a step closer with plan to buy landA NEW station looks a step closer with bosses poised to compulsorily buy land for its £32m development at Golborne.
• Northern Rail rolls out special training in how to spot vulnerable people on the railwayEmployees working for Northern are being given special training to help protect the rising number of vulnerable people using the railway.
• Replacement buses launched as landslide prevention work gets underway on railwayCommuters will have to use a bus replacement service for four days while Network Rail carries out landslide prevention work.

Rail Advent

• Six Hertfordshire and North London stations open homes for natureGovia Thameslink Railway (GTR) and the Bee Friendly Trust have completed more than twenty homes for nature at six Great Northern stations in and around north London and Hertfordshire: Bayford, Cuffley, Grange Park, Hadley Wood, New Barnet and New Southgate.

Rail Magazine

• Opinion: GBR starts to take formOur anonymous industry insider asks whether the new organisation will be a regional or business-led structure.

Railnews

• Railway 200 is launched in Darlington Next year’s Railway 200 festival has been launched with a day of events in Darlington, the town which was one terminus of the pioneering Stockton & Darlington Railway and which saw a steam-hauled train carry members of the public as passengers for the first time on 27 September 1825. Railway 200 will be a national event throughout the United Kingdom, and is being supported by the rail industry, the government, Transport Scotland, Transport for Wales, the Northern Ireland Executive, rail and business bodies, educational institutions, civic and community groups, and many other partner...

Other News Sources

• DB presents 2027 restructuring programme Comprehensive plan to improve infrastructure and profitability.
• Signage plans at St Helens Junction railway station approvedAN application to install new signage at a railway station has been granted consent.
• Bid for new Devon railway station ramps up as promise madeLocal leaders have rallied together to step up the fight to bring millions to the South West for rail improvements.
• Educational rail safety programme launched in WalesA rail safety educational programme was today (Friday 20 Sept) launched in Wales by Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales, Ken Skates.