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Monday, 18 November 2019

Edinburgh Evening News

• Oyster-style card 'not a sustainable fit' for Edinburgh claim Lothian busesAn integrated ticketing system is due to be in place by 2025/26 according to council plans.

London Evening Standard

• TfL fares to stay frozen for fourth year running, Sadiq Khan confirmsTransport for London (TfL) fares will remain the same for another year, the Mayor of London has confirmed.

Nottingham Evening Post

• Live: Failed Nottingham tram means number of stops are not being servedA failed tram means a number of stops are out of action. The incident means there are no services between University Boulevard and NG2 on the Hucknall and Toton Lane lines.

Wales Online

• The strain on the train that drives us all insane | Carolyn HittOur columnist lets off some steam about the worst kinds of people you find yourself sat next to on the train

Yorkshire Post

• Cross Country staff could strike causing 'massive disruption' on Yorkshire trains over ChristmasManagers on Cross Country trains could strike over the Christmas period in a dispute over pay.

Other Regional Press

• Complaint over ScotRail ticket machine in Nairn passed to Transport SecretaryLabour MSP David Stewart is angry that a problem with the self-service kiosk at Nairn Station flagged up in the summer took three months to fix.
• Reversing Beeching cuts would 'cost far more' than £500m pledged by Conservatives, rail expert warnsA £500 million fund pledged by the Tories to restore rail lines and stations axed in the 1960s “is not going to buy you very much”, a rail expert has warned.

Other News Sources

• Scotland's RailwayASLEF, the train drivers’ trade union, is calling on voters in Scotland to help return a Labour government at Westminster and bring the railway in Scotland back into public ownership. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has pledged to end the disastrous privatisation of Britain’s railways, which began under John Major 25 years ago, and restore what is, and always has been, a natural monopoly to the public sector.