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Saturday, 09 November 2019

BBC News

• England flooding: River warnings and rail delays continueSeven severe flood warnings are in place amid travel problems after flooding that claimed a woman's life.
• Crossrail Delay: Line will not open until 2021 as costs increaseThe route, which could cost £650m more than the current total of £17.6bn, was due to open in 2018.

Financial Times

• Crossrail costs expected to hit £18.3bnSignalling and station completion problems push opening to March 2021

The Guardian

• On the tube in the 70s – in picturesThe tube photographs of Mike Goldwater, shot between 1970 and 1980, capture intimate private moments of tenderness and humour behind the hustle and bustle of the human traffic. Be transported back to a time when it was fine to talk (and smoke) on London’s undergroundLondon Underground 1970-1980 by Mike Goldwater is published by Hoxton Mini Press Continue reading...

The Independent

• Crossrail delayed until 2021 with costs set to hit £20bnFinal cost could be one-third more than original £14.8bn estimate

Times Online

• Crossrail opening delayed again as bill rises to £18bn [Subscription]The opening of Crossrail has been put back again until at least 2021, with cost overruns amounting to £3 billion taking the total bill to £18 billion.
• Speed limits to be beamed into cars on sign‑free roads [Subscription]Signs could be removed from the side of major roads within eight years under government-backed plans to beam speed limits and traffic information directly into cars, experts said.

Bolton News

• Vandals trash Kearsley railway station with rocks causing misery for commutersDESTRUCTIVE yobs trashed a railway station in a callous overnight attack.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• ‘Huge’ number of services cancelledNORTHERN was forced to cancel a “huge” number of services last month amid staffing problems created by the need to send drivers for training on its new fleet of trains.

London Evening Standard

• Bosses angered after another Crossrail delayFurious bosses on Friday lashed out after a fresh warning that the already-delayed Crossrail will not open until 2021.
• Crossrail delayed until 2021 and could be £650 million over budgetHopes of opening Crossrail next year were officially abandoned today as bosses revealed it could cost the public purse an extra £650 million to get the crisis-hit line running.

Manchester Evening News

• 'Pandemonium' at Oxford Road station as platforms closed after broken-down train causes major delaysServices heading towards Oxford Road from Liverpool Lime Street and Salford Crescent have been affected

The York Press

• Council slated over loss of 72 rail parts jobs RACHAEL Maskell has accused City of York Council of

East Anglian Daily Times

• First look at plans for new rail station ravaged by fireThis is what the new railway station at Saxmundham will look like once it is rebuilt following last year's devastating fire.

Leeds Live

• 'Defining moment' for £9m rail upgrade works between Harrogate and YorkNetwork Rail has commissioned an in-depth review of railway timetables

Other Regional Press

• Isle of Wight train service suspended againISLAND Line services have reportedly been suspended again today (Friday) — after several problems earlier in the week.
• Crossrail has been delayed again and Elizabeth Line now won't open until 2021The overall cost of the line has gone up again too - to a mind-boggling £18.25 billion
• A new £22m train station could be built at the White Rose Shopping CentreYou could soon be able to take a train straight to the shops

Business Live

• Crossrail delayed until 2021 - and costs go up by £650m"We are doing everything we can to complete the Elizabeth Line as quickly as we can but there are no shortcuts"

Railnews

• Railways in north of England blocked by floods Heavy rain has blocked and damaged railways, particularly in the North of England. South Yorkshire was the area worst affected, and there were no trains running on Friday morning between Sheffield and Leeds via Moorthorpe, or between Sheffield, Lincoln, Scunthorpe, Hull or Huddersfield. Trams in Sheffield were also affected by flooded streets. There was more disruption in Manchester, Chester and Derbyshire, while a Cornish line is blocked by subsidence. Network Rail said its engineers will carry out safety inspections once the water levels have dropped. Meanwhile, a senior railway manager say...

Transportxtra

• Modern PRM-compliant trains may go for scrap or exportInterCity railway carriages refurbished as recently as three years ago are now being scrapped amid concerns over the rail industry’s “incredibly long-winded” process for re-using rolling stock.