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Tuesday, 14 January 2025

Sky News

• Rail strikes: Avanti West Coast facing major disruption on weekends - which lines are affected?Strikes by Avanti train managers are set to be repeated every Sunday until late May, with many walkouts scheduled to clash with planned engineering works.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Eye-catching old sign removed and colourful artwork installed at Bradford InterchangeChanges to open up Bradford Interchange to millions of visitors for 2025’s UK City of Culture celebrations are well underway.

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• MP hits out at travel chaos after Gateshead Flyover debacle and Tyne and Wear Metro delaysEmma Lewell-Buck has called for a meeting with transport secretary Heidi Alexander after her constituents were hit with a string of transport problems over recent weeks

Railtech

• Deutsche Bahn needs €150 billion to modernise trackGerman state rail company Deutsche Bahn says it needs 150 billion euros to modernise Germany's outdated rail network in the long term, the chairman of DB's supervisory board said in an interview with German magazine Focus.