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Saturday, 27 May 2017

BBC News

• Heathrow loses Crossrail access charge caseThe airport was planning on charging Crossrail �42m per year to use its track.
• Damon Smith jailed for planting failed Tube bombDamon Smith claimed he left the device on the Jubilee line train as a prank.

The Telegraph

• Ex-altar boy locked up for 15 years for planting home-made bomb on Tube train

Mail Online

• Damon Smith jailed after planting bomb on London tube Former altar boy Damon Smith built the device at home with a �2 clock from Tesco after finding an online al Qaida article entitled Make A Bomb In The Kitchen Of Your Mom.

The Mirror

• Portland train attack: Man 'shouted racist slurs at young Muslim women' before fatally stabbing two passengers who intervenedPeople tried to intervene to protect the two women before the man began knifing them at random, police believe

Bolton News

• 'Show patience' on crowded trains after terrorist attackPEOPLE are being urged to show patience on the rail network as services face an ‘unprecedented time’ while Victoria Station remains closed following Monday’s terrorist attack.

The York Press

• Major revamp plan for city train station YORK Railway Station is set for a major redevelopment, including a new customer zone, first class lounge and shops, The Press can reveal.

Wales Online

• Later trains will be running as part of revised timetable for Champions League final Thousands of people are expected to descent on Cardiff for the match with train services expected to be extremely busy

Bucks Free Press

• PICTURES: Train enthusiasts bid farewell to iconic Bubble CarsResidents and train enthusiasts flocked to a railway station last week to bid farewell to the iconic Bubble Cars as they went into retirement.

East Anglian Daily Times

• Greater Anglia launches shocking new video to stop trespassing on tracks in Suffolk and EssexShocking new images of people dicing with death on the region’s rail lines has been released by train operator Greater Anglia in a bid to reduce the number of trespass incidents on the track.

C.N.N.

• Man shouting 'anti-everything slurs' kills 2 in Portland, police sayTwo men were fatally stabbed Friday on a crowded commuter train in Portland, Oregon, when they confronted a passenger who was

Rail Magazine

• Record number of passenger journeys, but the growth slowsGrowth rail passenger journeys being made slowed in 2016/2017, but still record numbers travelled

Rail Technology Magazine

• Firearms officers patrol trains for the first time For the first time in rail history, specialist firearms officers will patrol trains across the UK network to ensure that the travelling public are kept safe after Monday’s terrorist attack. Following the events of the suicide bombing in Manchester a few days ago, security has been stepped...
• Carillion plans job losses as NR renewal cutbacks start to biteThe RMT has this week vowed to fight “vigorously” against planned cuts to renewals work for Network Rail (NR) being carried out by contractor Carillion. The news was broken as the company handed the union a consultation document that warned that job redundancies and cuts could be...
• New Merseyrail fleet a platform for future innovationsDavid Powell, programme director of rolling stock at Merseytravel, talks about the procurement of the new fleet of metro trains for the Merseyrail network and plans for the future. Back in December 2016, Liverpool city-region leaders made the announcement for their preferred bidder, Stadler, to...

Railnews

• Heathrow loses Crossrail track access charges claim A three day judicial review has rejected a claim from Heathrow Airport which had been set to cost Transport for London �42 million a year in access charges for running Crossrail services to Heathrow. A claim for access charges had been lodged by Heathrow Airport Limited, which had argued that its predecessor BAA had invested some �1 billion in building the Heathrow link from the Great Western Main Line in the 1990s. Heathrow Airport Holdings said it was �disappointed� about today�s ruling.

Other News Sources

• Bank holiday: Rail services set for disruption as engineering works take place Major engineering work is taking place over the bank holiday weekend which is affecting some services across Surrey