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London Mayor rides first Night Tube
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, was aboard the first Night Tube as the service launched in the city.
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It was mocked as the latest martyrdom of St Jeremy of Corbyn: the Labour leader sitting on the filthy floor of a rammed London to Newcastle train for three hours. Why hadn’t his staff booked him a seat, since the hustings he was attending were long-planned? Look, the man who wants to run a country can’t run his own diary
Southern Rail trains are literally falling apart, right on top of us!
London commuters were given a shock this morning when the ceiling of a�Southern Rail train carriage collapsed between Purley Oaks and South Croydon, south London yesterday morning.
'Callous' theft of disabled drivers' blue badges trebles
Thousands of people are stealing disabled drivers’ blue badges, with the number of cases trebling in the past three years.
Gatwick Airport passengers experience longest delays in the UK, BBC reveals
… analysed aviation data and the routes and airports where customers … The investigation found that Gatwick Airport passengers experienced the longest delay … including numerous air traffic control strikes across European airspace, impacting the airport’s …
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- London Mayor rides first Night TubeThe Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, was aboard the first Night Tube as the service launched in the city.
- All aboardRiding the trains on the first evening of London Underground's Night Tube service.
- How do Night Tube services compare around the world?Although London has the oldest underground system in the world, many other global cities already run a 24-hour service.
- Paddington derailment driver 'had fasted 16 hours'An investigation into a major derailment at Paddington is
- Night Tube begins in London after year-long delayThe first Night Tubes roll on to London Underground platforms - almost three years since the plan was first announced.
The Guardian
- London's night tube set for weekend debutSupporters say long-awaited 24-hour service, limited initially to Central and Victoria lines, will perk up city’s night-time economyThe first services on London’s new 24-hour tube are running this weekend, likely laden with revellers and bleary-eyed shift workers, as businesses hope for a boost after London’s post-Brexit economic gloom Related: Night tube: top 10 London clubs – chosen by the experts Continue reading...
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Reuters News
- After years of delay, London's 'night tube' trains start runningLONDON (Reuters) - The world's oldest underground rail network takes a big step forward this weekend when the
Mail Online
- Sadiq Khan is greeted by mowhawked TFL worker as London Underground launches night tube Trains will operate through the night on London Underground's Victoria line and parts of the Central line, with the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines following in the autumn.
- Southern Rail trains are literally falling apart, right on top of us! London commuters were given a shock this morning when the ceiling of a�Southern Rail train carriage collapsed between Purley Oaks and South Croydon, south London yesterday morning.
- Map shows soaring property prices of Central and Victoria lines as they open Night Tube The average house price across both the Central and Victoria night tube lines is �883,690, around �300,000 more than the London average, but Marble Arch is the most expensive at �2.5million.
The Mirror
- First ever Night Tube train launched from Brixton as London Mayor Sadiq Khan rides Victoria Line London Mayor Sadiq Khan, who posted the below photo of himself on Twitter, captioned his image 'And we are off!'
London Evening Standard
- Sadiq Khan: Night Tube is good news for tourists and shift workers alikeFor the first time in London’s history, we’ll now have 24-hour weekend Tube travel, helping to cut night-time journeys by an average of 20 minutes, with many cut by more than an hour.
Yorkshire Post
- YP Letters: Blame poor railway management for disruption, not the right to strikeFrom: Brian Darvell, Thurlow Avenue, Beverley.
- Tom Richmond: A fare deal on trains means ticket prices linked to reliabilityGIVEN that Britain now has a Government which is committed to working in the interests of all – and not just a privileged few – how about Ministers living up to this mantra and getting the railways back on track?
Other Regional Press
- Southern Railway staff vote on strike action in ticket office closures row More than 250 staff at the parent company of Southern Railway are voting on whether to take strike action in a dispute over ticket office closures and job losses, rail union TSSA said.
Rail Technology Magazine
- DfT updates HS2 safeguarding directions after Commons scrutinyThe DfT has updated the safeguarding directions to local planning authorities situated along the phase 1 route of HS2 after a number of changes agreed during the House of Commons Select Committee scrutiny. The improvements to the route made during the committee process will mean fewer properties...
- Safety probe opens into Midlands bridge collapseFollowing the partial bridge collapse over the Midland Main Line at Barrow on Soar earlier this month, which severely disrupted services on 3 August, the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has launched an investigation. Network Rail had been monitoring a number of pre-existing defects in...
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- Night Tube launch: Everything you need to know as London's Tube service goes 24-hour 24-hour service will start on the Central and Victoria lines on Friday, and the Jubilee, Piccadilly and Northern lines later this year
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- Talks break down in Southern Rail dispute … suspended a strike by train guards on Southern Railway last Wednesday for … want to make trains driver-only operated (DOO), but trains without guards are … DOO trains. But the Department for Transport (DfT) and other rail bosses … and TSSA union members on Eurostar suspended seven days of strikes …
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