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Thursday, 18 August 2016

BBC News

• Homage to the dash to get the last weekend TubeWith the introduction of overnight Tube services, making a dash to get the last train will soon be a thing of the past on Fridays and Saturdays.
• London Night Tube: Passengers 'will be safe', say policePassengers will be as safe on London's Night Tube as they are on the daytime service, police say ahead of the service's launch.

The Guardian

• All change on the trains for better and worse [Letters]Your editorial (9 August) talks about train guards. But British Rail abolished guards on passenger trains many years ago, and changed the job to conductors. This difference in terminology is not pedantic, it is important.

The Telegraph

• Police appeal for bystander who jumped onto London underground tracks to save man who fell off platform
• Long-awaited Night Tube service launches this weekend as London Underground boss says it is 'not just for revellers'

London Evening Standard

• Paddington station developer: I'll open up beauty of listed terminusThe developer behind plans to transform the area around Paddington Station has said he wants to “do a King’s Cross” to Brunel’s masterpiece by opening up long-hidden views of the “beautiful” Grade I listed terminus.
• London commuters being ripped off by 'stealth tax' on fares, watchdogs sayRail passengers are being fleeced out of hundreds of pounds a year by a Government “stealth tax” on fares, watchdogs revealed today.
• Night Tube launch: 24-hour Tube service 'isn't just for revellers', London Underground boss warnsThe 24-hour Tube will transform the capital's night-time economy when it launches this weeked, London Underground's boss said today.
• Night Tube: Staff fling vegetable soup in carriages during dress rehearsal for launchTube staff threw open cans of vegetable soup around London Underground carriages in a dress rehearsal for the launch of all-night services this weekend.

East Anglian Daily Times

• New rail depot for Suffolk/Essex borderA multi-million pound new rail maintenance workshop is set to be built near Manningtree as part of the new Abellio franchise to run trains in the region for the next nine years.

Other Regional Press

• Coventry would be relegated to an "intermediate" station if plans are approvedProposals to cut the number of inter-city trains through Coventry are “wholly unacceptable”, West Midlands transport chiefs have told the Government.

Rail Magazine

• DfT change of heart over “sustainable” Island LineCampaigners on the Isle of Wight say they have convinced DfT to drop plans for the island’s rail service to become a self-sustaining business.

Rail Technology Magazine

• ScotRail unveils first two fully revamped Class 320sScotRail has this week rolled out the first two refurbished examples of the seven Class 320 trains set to run on cross-Glasgow services via Glasgow Central Low Level. It first announced late last year that the seven trains, owned by Eversholt Rail and previously operated by London Midland, would...

Other News Sources

• Major English alliance calls for east-west improvementsA major alliance of councils has called for a range of measures to be included in infrastructure plans for the Cambridge–Milton Keynes–Oxford growth corridor, including developing ‘first mile and last mile travel options’ and better east-west connections.