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Fares on Crossrail's Elizabeth Line will match Tube prices across most of London, but Heathrow passengers will be charged a premium, it was announced today.
Saturday, 17 March 2018
BBC News
- Parsons Green attack: The Iraqi fantasist who wanted attentionAhmed Hassan came to the UK for
- Manchester Piccadilly HS2 upgrade plan revealedTwo terminals, a tram stop and a tree-lined boulevard would be built beside Manchester Piccadilly.
- Elizabeth Line fares same as those across TfL networkCity Hall has also confirmed Transport for London will take control of Heathrow Connect services from May.
- Parsons Green attack: Iraqi teenager convicted over Tube bombAhmed Hassan is found guilty of attempted murder after injuring 30 commuters at Parsons Green.
The Guardian
- Former Carillion finance directors expected to face investigationFRC understood to have agreed there are sufficient grounds for probe conduct of Richard Adam and Zafar KhanThe accounting watchdog is expected to announce an investigation into potential misconduct by two former finance directors at Carillion, the failed government contractor.The Financial Reporting Council’s conduct committee is understood to have agreed that there are sufficient grounds for a probe into the conduct of Richard Adam and Zafar Khan. An announcement is expected early next week. A spokesman for the FRC declined to comment. Continue reading...
- Parsons Green tube bomber was referred to Prevent programmeConcerns raised after disclosure that Ahmed Hassan had taken part in deradicalisation schemeA teenage Iraqi asylum seeker who planted a bomb on a crowded London underground train had been involved in the government’s Prevent deradicalisation programme for more than a year, it emerged at the end of his Old Bailey trial. Ahmed Hassan was found guilty on Friday of attempted murder after his homemade device partially detonated at Parsons Green in west London during the morning rush hour in September. Continue reading...
Times Online
- Rail union calls walkout for Easter bank holiday [Subscription]Rail passengers face huge travel disruption over Easter after union leaders called strike action in protest over who closes train doors.
London Evening Standard
- London will say 'bring on next one' when we open Crossrail, transport chief claimsTransport chief Mike Brown tells The Evening Standard why he's bullish over the Tube's future despite falling numbers of passengers
- London Elizabeth line fares to match TfL Tube prices... but Heathrow passengers set to pay £7 premiumFares on Crossrail's Elizabeth Line will match Tube prices across most of London, but Heathrow passengers will be charged a premium, it was announced today.
Manchester Evening News
- The new Manchester Piccadilly station: This video shows what it could look like... if the government listens to Manchester Andy Burnham calls for Government to scrap 'sub-optimal' choice for HS2 station - and build a new Piccadilly to boost northern routes too
- Metrolink passengers pulled emergency cord and jumped off tram - after being stuck in Piccadilly Gardens for 20 minutes 'TfGM would strongly advise against it'
East Anglian Daily Times
- Businesses and councils in bid to get crossing at ManningtreeLocal councils and businesses are to try to see if they can launch a bid to get a new rail crossing built near Manningtree station.
Other Regional Press
- Trains diverted while police deal with incident at East Malling railway stationTrains have been diverted while emergency services deal with an incident at a railway station.
- Boost for Dorset rail travellers as two multi-million-pound rail projects unveiledHSR unveils plans to bring direct rail access between Heathrow Airport and the South Coast:
Rail Technology Magazine
- NR slapped with £730,000 fine for Gloucester freight derailmentNetwork Rail has been ordered to pay £733,000 fines after a court found that its failure to adequately maintain track had caused a freight train to derail near Gloucester station. The incident, which occurred in October 2013, saw the train partially derail and caused an empty container...
- Union to continue with controversial four-day Easter Weekend strikeUnion members working for South Western Railway (SWR) are to go through with a four-day strike running across both bank holidays over the Easter Weekend. RMT general secretary Mick Cash confirmed that the action would still go ahead between Friday 30 March and Monday 2 April as disputes continue...
- Multimillion-pound Alloa line electrification works beginMajor upgrade work on the Sterling-Alloa route is set to begin this weekend. Hundreds of engineers will work over 16,000 hours during the four-week works to deliver a multimillion pound upgrade to prepare the Alloa line for electrification. The work forms part of the Scottish government-funded...
Railnews
- RMT to stage Easter industrial action on South Western Services on South Western Railway are set to be disrupted over the Easter weekend, because the RMT has declared more industrial action in the continuing dispute over on-train staffing. The union has accused SWR of ˜refusing to engage in meaningful talks™. SWR has said that while it intends to roster a guard on every train, it wants to discuss what happens if a guard is not available to work a particular service.
Other News Sources
- Parsons Green Tube explosion trial: Timeline from arrival in UK, student of the year award to guilty conviction Ahmed Hassan Mohammed Ali was found guilty of planting a bomb that partially exploded on a Tube train at Parsons Green
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