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Sunday, 21 August 2016

BBC News

• All aboardRiding the trains on the first evening of London Underground's Night Tube service.
• Night Tube begins in London, bringing 'huge boost' to capitalThe first Night Tubes roll on to London Underground platforms - almost three years since the plan was first announced.

The Guardian

• London night tube: meet the people who travelled on the first nightA few hours on the Victoria line’s new night service yield music, laughter, selfies, mice and an encounter with London mayor Sadiq KhanIt was the night that London’s Underground finally became a 24-hour service, or, as one driver put it in an announcement: “It’s 4am and you lot are still on the tube.”The Victoria and Central lines are the first two underground lines launching a night service. The Northern, Jubilee and Piccadilly lines are expected to follow suit before the year is out. Continue reading...

The Herald

• How railways are run around the worldSpain - State-owned Renfe Operadora owns the trains and operates the bulk of passenger and freight services, while state-owned ADIF manages the infrastructure. There has been huge investment in expanding and modernising the railway in recent years, especially in high-speed lines, but it has struggled to attract enough passengers to make any of the lines profitable.
• Our railways: to nationalise or not to nationalise, that is the question...CHEAPER fares, more reliable services and a fairer deal for taxpayers was once the rallying cry behind privatisation of the railways.

The Huffington Post

• Night Tube Launches As Sadiq Khan Accuses Boris Johnson Of 'Giving Up' On The ServiceLondon’s Night Tube begins this weekend, with mayor Sadiq Khan saying it will be used by a variety of people including “a middle-aged clubber” like himself. Trains will operate overnight on Fridays and Saturdays on the Victoria line and parts of the Central line, with the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines following in the autumn. There will be six trains per hour through central London between 12.30am and 5.30am, the Press Association reported. Transport for London (TfL) predicts the service will cut late-night journey times by an average of 20 minutes, benefiting p...

The Scotsman

• Glasgow Subway could follow Tube with extended night servicesSubway trains in Scotland’s largest city could run into the small hours to boost Glasgow’s burgeoning night-time economy.

The Telegraph

• Night Tube: 10 amazing works of art you need to see on the London Underground�
• #NightTube first night: selfies, students and, oh dear, soaking-wet seats

Times Online

• As clubbers stumble out, night Tube pulls in [Subscription]At Oxford Circus Underground station, girls in miniskirts stumble downstairs, gripping one another for support. Couples stand on platforms snogging. Groups ride the escalators in sunglasses, drinking from cans of beer.

Mail Online

• 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.

This is Money

• Commuters could buy new car for less than the price of their first class rail season tickets, says report And that’s without factoring in the controversial new 1.9 per cent RPI inflation rise set for the New Year based on the rate on July.

London Evening Standard

• Night Tube launches: Zero arrests made as 24-hour services get off to 'superb start'Transport police made zero arrests as tens of thousands of passengers boarded the Night Tube for the first time.

Yorkshire Post

• 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

• TRAVEL: Bus replacement services between Watford and St Albans BUS services will replace trains from Watford Junction to St Albans Abbey.

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