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Here's what London mayor Sadiq Khan would do to improve Southern Rail if he took over the franchise
The mayor of London has continued to blast Southern Rail for an 'unacceptable' and 'disgraceful' service, outlining what he would do if he was given the franchise to operate instead.
Monday, 25 July 2016
The Guardian
- HS2 and the garden bridge are vanity projects – it's not too late to scrap both | Catherine BennettTheresa May should call time on the wasteful follies that have become nothing but politicians’ playthingsIt said much about Boris Johnson’s eight-year performance as mayor of London that when the reviews came in, the highlight was often a fleet of buses. Designed by Thomas Heatherwick to satisfy some nostalgic, icon-hungry mayoral whim, they were widely taken at their instigator’s word to be an awe-inspiring success story, as well as one in the eye for “doubters”.“They said I was mad,” Johnson crowed in 2013, in one of the Telegraph columns in which he would occasionally conduct an auto work a...
The Herald
- Details of Glasgow Airport tram-train talks kept secret 'in the public interest'DETAILS of ongoing discussions over a possible tram-train link at Glasgow Airport cannot be made public because it would deter those involved from putting forward
The Scotsman
- Labour urges action ahead of rail strikeLabour has urged the Transport Minister to intervene and broker a deal between unions and ScotRail to head off planned industrial action over driver-only trains.
- Passengers hit by fresh disruption as rail strikes continueRail passengers were hit by more travel disruption across Scotland yesterday after the RMT union held another one-day strike in its ongoing dispute with ScotRail.
The Telegraph
- Inquiry launched into 'rip-off' rail ticket machinesThe rail watchdog is launching an investigation into “rip off” rail machines after a Telegraph investigation revealed
Times Online
- Worst rail firm leaves disabled ex-rugby star trapped on train [Subscription]Alastair Hignell, the former England rugby union player who is disabled and uses a wheelchair, has told how he was left trapped on a train run by Britain’s worst-performing rail firm after it failed to provide anyone to help him get off at his destination.
Daily Post (North Wales)
- North Wales £1bn rail vision backed by Liverpool and ManchesterLiverpool mayor Joe Anderson and Manchester City council leader Sir Richard Leese back electrification campaign
- Campaign against Anglesey nuclear train transporting radioactive waste The People against Wylfa B (PAWB) group leafleted railway stations across North Wales
Manchester Evening News
- Shocking picture shows pensioner allegedly putting young boy into armlock British Transport Police and Northern Rail have confirmed they are looking into the alleged incident on Friday
Newcastle Evening Chronicle
- If HS2 comes to Newcastle you may have to sell your homeNo formal plan has yet been adopted but city leaders are calling for the line to run through the North East up to Scotland
Sheffield Star
- New ticket system better for customersThousands of South Yorkshire commuters are benefitting from better ways to buy public transport tickets, following a shift to smart technology at Travel Interchanges.
Wales Online
- State-of-the-art training facility to prepare engineers for the electrification of the Severn TunnelThe facility at Coleg Y Cymoedd in Nantgarw comprises of a life size mock-up of the overhead line equipment that will be used to power the new fleet of electric trains through the tunnel
- This is what it's like dealing with anti social behaviour on a train, according to British Transport Police Officers are cracking down this weekend and next weekend, too
Blackpool Gazette
- �22m tramway dream moves a step closerTransport chiefs have now formally asked the Government to approve a £22m extension to the Blackpool tramway.
Other Regional Press
- Here's what London mayor Sadiq Khan would do to improve Southern Rail if he took over the franchise The mayor of London has continued to blast Southern Rail for an 'unacceptable' and 'disgraceful' service, outlining what he would do if he was given the franchise to operate instead.
Construction Enquirer
- Firms on alert for £700m South Wales Metro prequalTransport for Wales is preparing to open prequalification for the construction of the £700m South Wales Metro transport project
Railway Gazette
- Seamless station-to-train wi-fi roaming goes liveUK: ‘Seamless’ wi-fi which enables passengers to move from station to on-train networks without needing to reconnect their devices was launched by Chiltern Railways on July 25.
Railway Gazette
- Three Chinese metro plans approvedCHINA: The National Development & Reform Commission has approved metro plans in three...
The Business Desk
- Big push for £1bn of rail improvementsSENIOR figures from Manchester and Liverpool have joined forces to back a campaign to secure £1bn of rail improvements across North Wales and Cheshire.
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