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Tuesday, 21 March 2017

Birmingham Post

• New HS2 college appoints first principal Jackie Grubb takes the hot seat at new college in Birmingham which will educate the next generation of rail engineers

London Evening Standard

• Three Overground stations to be run without staff in 'breach of passenger safety pledge'Rail bosses are considering operating three London Overground stations without staff in a breach of earlier pledges, it was claimed today.

Manchester Evening News

• Why your local train station could become a GP surgery, post office and gymTransport bosses are bidding to ‘take over’ Greater Manchester’s 97 rail stations - to give them back to the community.

North Wales Live

• New train depot for Kirkdale- and builder pledges to use local workersDepot will look after new Merseyrail fleet that has sparked industrial dispute

Other Regional Press

• Freight train derailment update: Services remain cancelled but cause wont be known for a 'few weeks' Distruptions are expected to continue today (March 21) after a freight train derailed late yesterday evening.
• Free Wi-Fi rolled out to train routes across county Free Wi-Fi now available to all Chiltern Railways passengers

Buying Business Travel

• UK rail industry promises 6,400 extra trains a week by 2021Rail unions reject figures as ‘PR spin’

Rail Technology Magazine

• Pioneering scheme equips Edinburgh Airport to sell London rail ticketsPassengers travelling from Edinburgh to London’s airports will for the first time be able to purchase their express rail tickets into the capital from ticket agents in Scotland. The idea has been brought in to encourage passengers to use the train travelling out of the airport, as research...
• Southern make RMT offer to end latest strike actionSouthern has offered to re-enter negotiations with the RMT to end the year-long dispute over driver-only-operated (DOO) trains on the condition that the union drop plans for further industrial action next month, it has been revealed. In a letter from Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR)...
• TfGM submits innovative plans to take control of 94 GM stations Plans to devolve powers for station ownership to Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) from Network Rail (NR) and train operators were today submitted to the DfT. The proposals submitted by TfGM, called ‘Case for Change’, will look to bring regional accountability to Manchester by...

The Business Desk

• New Smartcard for West Midlands rail usersThe West Midlands’ answer to London’s Oyster card has been extended to thousands of additional commuters.

Other News Sources

• Rail 820: Franchising is the problem, not the solutionIn this post-truth age, there are not just the alternative facts put out by the White House. There are also the bits of conventional wisdom that are seen as so obvious and axiomatic that no one would wish to challenge them.