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Sunday, 12 February 2017

BBC News

• Saltash community group launches dedicated hospital busA local community has launched its own dedicated bus service to help people get to and from hospital.

The Guardian

• Blue Train reveries: the Paris-to-Nice sleeperThe Gare de Lyon is the most beautiful Parisian station: the faded green paint of its ironwork and the palm trees on the concourse suggest an aristocratic conservatory
• Sadiq Khan: government must pay drivers £3,500 to scrap their polluting diesel carsLondon mayor says £500m plan could help tackle growing crisis over poor air quality in the capital

Times Online

• Pollution charge hits dead end [Subscription]Ministers have rejected calls to introduce congestion charging to reduce pollution levels in Scottish cities.
• Next arrival on the HS2 line: a brand new city [Subscription]With its bleak industrial landscape of crisscrossing rail tracks and long lines of parked freight trains, Toton Sidings is unlikely to win a “Beautiful Britain” contest.

This is Money

• I was told I'd get a refund for my first class ticket when there was no food available, but all Virgin sent was £5 Over Christmas I travelled to London from Manchester with Virgin trains to visit my family and decided to pay for a first class ticket as I was travelling with my baby son.

Derby Telegraph

• Is it now ‘full steam ahead’ for HS2 in Derbyshire?If all goes to plan, the biggest infrastructure project in Western Europe will be coming to Derbyshire within six years.

London Evening Standard

• Photos show new interiors of old Eurostar fleet - complete with W-Fi and on-board entertainmentPhotos have been released showing the modern interiors that will be fitted in Eurostar trains as part of a fleet transformation.
• Piccadilly line delays: Holiday-goers' journeys to Heathrow thrown into chaos due to signalling failureHoliday-goers trying to get to Heathrow have had their journeys thrown into chaos due to severe delays on the Piccadilly line.
• London air pollution levels soar as Mayor Sadiq Khan issues exercise warningHigh pollution levels have been reported in London today, amid warnings that people should avoid doing strenuous exercise.

Manchester Evening News

• Hundreds of passengers - including fans heading to Drake concert - suffer delays after rail chaos Travellers took to Twitter to vent their frustration after a number of services were cancelled or held up

Other Regional Press

• Westgate road layout 'recipe for disaster' THE road layout for the new �440m Westgate Shopping Centre is a 'recipe for disaster', civic and cycling groups have warned.
• Queen Street row may lead to legal battle with bus firms A TOP government minister could be forced to settle a row about banning buses from one of Oxford’s main shopping streets.

Other News Sources

• Greater South East bodies join forces to push transport bidsCouncils across the ‘Greater South East’ are working together to lobby for strategic transport schemes and considering a joint infrastructure funding bid for this year’s Autumn Budget.
• Greater South East bodies join forces to push transport bidsCouncils across the ‘Greater South East’ are working together to lobby for strategic transport schemes and considering a joint infrastructure funding bid for this year’s Autumn Budget.

EIN News Subscription

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