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Sunday, 27 January 2013

BBC News

• Thousands sign St Albans rail freight terminal petitionThousands of Hertfordshire residents have asked the county council not to sell a former aerodrome near St Albans to build a rail freight terminal.
• Bids open for new station fundA new fund, which could see a Warwickshire station closed during the Beeching rail cuts of the 1960s reopened, is inviting bids.
• VIDEO: Crossrail: Rare look under LondonBBC London's Tom Edwards gets a rare look deep under west London with Crossrail engineers.
• Road names from hospital historyNew streets being built on an old hospital site in Surrey are to be named after patients and staff from its long history.
• Underground orchestra holds gigA concert performed by an orchestra made up entirely of strangers recruited on the London Underground takes place.
• HS2 'upset' inevitable - ministerIt is inevitable a new London to Birmingham rail line will cause
• Easyjet chairman to stand downLow-frills airline Easyjet announces that its chairman, Sir Mike Rake, will stand down this summer.
• Price of petrol 'may go up 4p'Fuel campaigners are warning that petrol prices might jump 4p per litre

Financial Times

• Rake to step down as easyJet chairmanSir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, whose family has a 37 per cent stake, tried and failed to oust the chairman at an extraordinary shareholder meeting last year

The Independent

• Network Rail: Paranoia, bonus bungles and debt The latest board minutes from the UK's major infrastacture organisation reveal a business troubled by its public perception and on the brink of a £14.5bn bond catastrophe, reports Mark Leftly

The Telegraph

• Ministers braced for backlash over HS2 norther route The Government is already awaiting the results of five separate judicial reviews launched by campaigners who challenged the legality of the southern stage of the plans on grounds including cost and environmental impact. The reviews follow the announcement of the route from London to Birmingham - to open in 2026 - which will cut through the Chiltern Hills, an area of outstanding natural beauty.

The Mirror

• Well chuffed! High-speed rail link to create 250,000 jobs in NorthThe new rail lines will take pressure off existing routes and make way for more commuter services

London Evening Standard

• Transport Secretary ready for HS2 backlashTransport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin admitted he was braced for a backlash when the proposed route of a controversial new high-speed rail line is revealed next week.
• 'Worrying signs' of delays to HS2There are "worrying signs" the Government's controversial HS2 high-speed rail project will suffer delays, Labour has said.

Nottingham Evening Post

• Nottingham Post commented Staff and passengers left in lurch as Premiere Travel foldsA TOTAL of 200 jobs are under threat after one of Notts' major bus companies ceased to operate, following financial trouble.

Sheffield Star

• VIDEO: South Yorks™ four-lane M1 motorway previewTALKS will take place between the Highways Agency and residents living near the M1 about plans to convert the hard shoulder into a fourth lane.

Blackpool Gazette

• Ferry service is ˜not at risk™WYRE Council chiefs have moved to quash rumours Fleetwood’s ferry to Knott End is under threat.

Carlisle News & Star

• Fences to stay around disused Carlisle railway viaduct Steel security fences that keep people off Carlisle™s disused Waverley railway viaduct can stay for another two years, city councillors say.

Crewe Chronicle

• UK & World News: 'Worrying signs' of delays to HS2There are

Sleaford Standard

• LETTER: Cycle ride and run around LincolnshireI am in the process of organising a further cycle ride/run around Lincolnshire in June of this year.

Other Regional Press

• Zac Goldsmith checks rail crossings for residentsMP Zac Goldsmith visited Network Rail’s signalling centre after complaints from constituents about the amount of time they spent waiting at level crossings.
• Passengers complain as bus fares go up PASSENGERS have criticised a series of bus price hikes due to start hitting their wallets from tomorrow.
• MP Andrea Leadsom renews HS2 rail attackCounty MP Andrea Leadsom has launched another stinging attack on HS2 after revealing some constituents face being left massively out of pocket by the plans.
• UK & World News: 'Worrying signs' of delays to HS2There are
• Readers dig in for road repairsMORE and more potholes are appearing on the roads as the winter progresses, so we are urging you to join our Plot the Pots campaign.

Global Rail News

• Inquiry into new Metrolink lineA public inquiry has been launched into plans to construct a new tram line through Manchester city centre. Transport chiefs in the city want to build a line from Victoria station up Cross Street and Princes Street before turning into St Peter’s Square, which is being redeveloped. According to Transport for Greater Manchester more than [...]