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Saturday, 18 February 2017

BBC News

• ScotRail payouts to passengers hit �2,000 a dayScotRail had to pay out more than �2,000 a day to passengers during a period of disruption to services, it emerges.
• Further Southern rail strikes possible says AslefDrivers' union says it hopes to reopen negotiations with Southern managers.

The Scotsman

• ScotRail paying �2,000 a day in compensation to passengers

Times Online

• Train chaos spreads north as rail staff vote on strike [Subscription]A dispute over the modernisation of the railways is set to spread to northern England after months of strikes in the south.

Daily Record

• ScotRail pay out �2000 a day to passengers over shoddy serviceNew figures show nearly £600k was paid out over a period of nine months for complaints involving cancellations and delays.

Derby Telegraph

• Bombardier vows to battle on despite £460m Merseyrail dealA contract worth hundreds of millions of pounds to build new trains which was won by one of Bombardier's rivals has been signed - despite an ongoing legal challenge from the Derby train-maker.

London Evening Standard

• Southern Rail strike: Date, time and everything you need to know about the walkoutThousands of rail commuters face major travel misery next week as strike action cripples Southern services.

Other Regional Press

• GWR records almost 5% decline in punctuality after national figures reach 10-year low PUNCTUALITY on the nation’s rail network has reached its lowest point in over a decade, figures from the Office of Rail and Road have revealed, leading to rail campaigners to demand action in light of fare rises.

Rail Technology Magazine

• Wi-Fi On-Board Trains: Key Considerations for Rail and Metro Operators Our world is becoming 100% connected, with continuous connectivity a basic commodity. Connectivity 'dark spots' are becoming fewer and smaller, and as such they stand out to customers as poor user experience. One of the major remaining dark spot envi…
• Settle to Carlisle line on track for March reopening Considerable progress has been made on plans to reinstate the iconic Settle to Carlisle railway ahead of its scheduled reopening next month. The railway was closed in February last year after flooding to the River Eden in Cumbria caused 500,000 tonnes of earth under the railway to slip on 31...
• HS2 can 'only be as good as local rail connections make it'It is of vital importance that investment in the conventional rail network continues over the next 20 years during the development of HS2 to ensure that West Yorkshire becomes “truly HS2-ready” and the project’s benefits can be realised from the get-go, regional leaders have...
• GTR failures account for 86% of national decline in rail performanceGovia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has, unsurprisingly, once again come bottom of the two separate public performance measure (PPM) charts released this week. The first dataset, collected by Network Rail and accounting for period 11, reported a decline in the national PPM, which was logged at 87.9%...
• Aslef members reject Southern deal as further strike loomsAslef drivers have voted to reject a proposed resolution with Southern, therefore failing to put an end to the bitter 10-month dispute between the operator and rail trade unions.  The union’s referendum result comes a day after RMT’s own negotiations with Southern broke down...