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Friday, 06 May 2016

BBC News

• London rail fire disruption continuesPassengers are being warned that major travel disruption will continue until at least the end of the day following a fire on the tracks at Vauxhall station.

Financial Times

• Station fire brings rail chaos to LondonCommuters warned services unlikely to return to normal before Friday

London Evening Standard

• South West Trains delays: Major disruption at Waterloo after earlier track fire at VauxhallCommuters travelling home from Waterloo face major delays to their journeys this evening following an earlier track fire at Vauxhall.

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Arriva owners confirm plan to sell off part of the business to fund rail investment in GermanyDeutsche Bahn will finalise plans in the autumn to sell off minority stakes in Sunderland-based transport group

Northern Echo

• Traffic jams and residents' frustration lead MP to call rail crossings summit AN MP has called on three councils and railway bosses to take action after becoming exasperated by traffic problems caused by three level crossings surrounding a town.

Rail Magazine

• Welsh franchise and Metro plans takes major step forwardContract for engineering consultancy services for procurement of next Wales & Borders franchise and development and delivery of the South Wales Metro awarded.

Rail Technology Magazine

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• Increased open access could limit franchise service expansions, Lords warnIncreased open access services will mean existing promises to expand franchises such as reinstating Virgin services to Lincoln will no longer be honoured, peers have warned. Liberal Democrat peer Baroness Randerson told Lord Ahmad, the Parliamentary under-secretary to the Department for...
• Transport Committee inquiry seeks evidence on rail franchisingThe latest ‘Future of Rail’ inquiry from the Transport Committee, on rail franchising, is now seeking evidence. The inquiry is looking into the extent to which the DfT’s approach to rail franchising is achieving its key policy intentions of transferring financial risk to the...

Other News Sources

• MP claims conductor sickness is industrial action as relations hit new low TRAIN conductors who say they are off work sick are actually taking part in organised industrial action, an MP has claimed.