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Saturday, 25 June 2016

BBC News

• ScotRail staff on strike for third dayTrain passengers in Scotland are facing further disruption as ScotRail staff walk out for the third time in a week.

The Telegraph

• Paper train tickets to disappear in next 8 years under plans to use contactless and smartphones instead

Mail Online

• Passengers will 'tap in and out' with their bank cards or smartphones to save money The train industry wants paper tickets, which have an orange border, phased out by 2022. They are considered out-dated and costly and, it is claimed, the ink runs and the print is too small.

The York Press

• Loco on light railway named after York Normandy veteran A LOCO on a York light railway has been named Ken Cooke in honour of one of the city's Normandy veterans.

Other Regional Press

• Lost teddy at Oxford Station reunited with its owner after being left behind on 415 mile trip A TEDDY that was left at Oxford Station whilst its owner travelled hundreds of miles away has found its way home.

Bus and Coach.com

• Green light for Wolverhampton city centre tram extension

Railway Gazette

• Bombardier Transportation responds to ‘Brexit’BOMBARDIER: Bombardier Transportation told Railway Gazette it was ‘too early to speculate on...
• Rail industry responds to 'Brexit'The rail industry responds to the British vote in favour of leaving the European Union in the...

Other News Sources

• Commuters suffer rail chaos after storms THOUSANDS of commuters faced chaos on the trains after torrential rain and storms hit the already troubled network.