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• Ben Jennings on rail season-ticket price hikes – cartoon

  02-01-2018 22:23
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• Chris Grayling criticised over Qatar trip as rail fare rise prompts protests – as it happened

  02-01-2018 17:47
  Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happenNo 10 lobby briefing - SummaryLunchtime summaryAfternoon summary 4.46pm GMT4.38pm GMT These are from Channel 4 News’s Michael Crick.Jeremy Corbyn has formally dropped his policy of not nominating new Labour peers. His office has, I'm told, "engaged" with the latest process of peerage nominations. Expect 2-3 Labour nominees in the imminent list of new peers.When he stood for leader Corbyn said he wouldn't nominate any
  
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• Chris Grayling criticised over Qatar trip as rail fare rise prompts protests - Politics live

  02-01-2018 14:25
  Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happenNo 10 lobby briefing - SummaryLunchtime summary 1.25pm GMT1.21pm GMT Mick Cash, general secretary of the RMT rail union, has put out this statement about Chris Grayling, the transport secretary.Chris Grayling knew that the fares story would be top of the news agenda today but instead of being available to defend his government’s great rail rip-off he booked himself a trip to the Qatari sunshine. While millions of pass
  
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• 'You know the cost will only increase': Guardian readers on train fare rises

  02-01-2018 14:21
  Rail fare bosses claim increases will help improve services. We hear from people affected by the price increasesRail bosses defend rises amid protests
  Commuters are protesting at about 40 train stations as season tickets for many passengers go up by more than £100, with campaigners warning that many people are being “priced off” UK railways.Commuter routes with £100-plus increases include Liverpool to Manchester (up £108 to £3,152), Maidenhead to London (up &p
  
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• 'It's more than half my mortgage repayments': Guardian readers on train fare rises

  02-01-2018 14:21
  Rail fare bosses claim increases will help improve services. We hear from people affected by the price increasesRail bosses defend rises amid protests
  Commuters are protesting at about 40 train stations as season tickets for many passengers go up by more than £100, with campaigners warning that many people were being “priced off” UK railways.Commuter routes with £100-plus increases include Liverpool to Manchester (up £108 to £3,152), Maidenhead to London (up &
  
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• Virgin Trains apologises for sexist response to passenger's complaint

  02-01-2018 14:16
  Company tweets asking woman if she would prefer to be called pet or love when she said manager had called her ‘honey’Virgin Trains has apologised after its official Twitter account compounded a customer’s complaint about sexist language by asking whether she would prefer to be called “pet” or “love”.On a day when rail passengers around the country expressed dismay after the biggest rise in fares since 2013, its social media staff inflamed more anger afte
  
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• Shadow minister's tour of rail fare protests derailed by broken train

  02-01-2018 14:16
  Andy McDonald stuck on Virgin Trains East Coast service after it broke down soon after leaving StevenageOne of the most prominent figures in rail protests across the country was unable to reach rallies in the north of England on Tuesday morning – because he was stuck on a broken train.The shadow transport secretary, Andy McDonald, started the day by denouncing the privatised rail system outside King’s Cross station in London, before taking a train to Stevenage to meet other protester
  
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• Transport secretary ‘running scared’ as he flies out of UK on day of rail fare hike

  02-01-2018 14:07
  Labour and Lib Dems criticise Chris Grayling for attending meetings in Qatar amid biggest annual fare rise for five yearsThe transport secretary has been accused of dodging his responsibilities by Labour and the Liberal Democrats after he left the UK for Qatar on the day much-criticised rail fare increases come into force.A Downing Street spokesman said the under fire Chris Grayling, who has been tipped to lose his post in a possible new year reshuffle, was in Qatar to meet various ministers and
  
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• Britain’s rail misery sums up the Tories’ failed pro-market dogma | Owen Jones

  02-01-2018 12:52
  Try being a passenger if you think the privatisation experiment is working – they’re paying for shareholder dividends with fare rises and overcrowdingBehold, the miraculous wonder of the private sector, delivering efficiency, competition, quality and a good deal for the consumer! Britain’s increasingly discredited pro-market dogma is on a collision course with reality, and nowhere more vividly than our shambolic rail system. On the eve of privatisation in 1993, John Major claim
  
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• Rail bosses defend UK train fare rises amid protests at stations

  02-01-2018 11:46
  Rail Delivery Group chief claims increases will help improve services as commuter groups hold demos at busiest stationsRail bosses have defended the biggest annual increase in train fares in five years in the face of dozens of demonstrations against the rise by commuter groups and unions at the UK’s busiest stations.Senior Labour politicians, including the shadow work and pensions secretary, Debbie Abrahams, joined protests over average fare increases of 3.4% and season ticket increases of
  
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• Rail bosses seek to defend UK train fare rises amid protests at stations

  02-01-2018 10:44
  Rail Delivery Group chief claims increases will help improve services as commuter groups hold demos at busiest stationsRail bosses have defended the biggest annual increase in train fares in five years in the face of dozens of demonstrations against the rise by commuter groups and unions at the UK’s busiest stations.Senior Labour politicians, including the shadow work and pensions secretary, Debbie Abrahams, joined protests over average fare increases of 3.4% and season ticket increases of
  
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• Rail fares: unions and Labour condemn 'staggering' increase

  02-01-2018 08:03
  Prices will rise by 3.4% on average, sparking protests at dozens of train stations as ‘passengers pay more for less’Labour and trade unions have condemned “staggering” annual increases to rail fares, which come into force on Tuesday, triggering protests at dozens of stations in England. Related: Train fares: UK rail passengers face biggest rise for five yearsRelated: 'The worst aspect of privatisation': readers on rail fare increasesContinue reading...
  
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• Rail unions and Labour condemn 'staggering' annual fare increase

  02-01-2018 01:01
  Prices will rise by 3.4% on average, sparking protests at dozens of train stations as ‘passengers pay more for less’Labour and trade unions have condemned “staggering” annual increases to rail fares, which come into force on Tuesday, triggering protests at dozens of stations in England. Related: Train fares: UK rail passengers face biggest rise for five yearsRelated: 'The worst aspect of privatisation': readers on rail fare increasesContinue reading...
  
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• Yorkshire transport 2018: Contactless payments and better-trained bus drivers on our roads

  02-01-2018 01:00 via yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
  Yorkshire Evening Post - Better-trained bus drivers, contactless payments and improvements to some of the regions worst congestion hotspots are among the developments expected on Yorkshires roads in 2018.
  
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• Work begins on new trains for Transpennine Express in Japan

  02-01-2018 01:00 via railadvent.co.uk
  Other News Sources - TransPennine Express passengers are one step closer to traveling in brand new trains, as Hitachi begins to build the Intercity Fleet in Japan.
  
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• Volunteers could guard some UK borders, Home Office says

  02-01-2018 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Ministers are
  
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• VolkerFitzpatrick-Kier JV wins £119m Luton airport rail link

  02-01-2018 01:00 via constructionenquirer.com
  Construction Enquirer - London Luton Airport has picked a VolkerFitzpatrick-Kier team to deliver the main civils package for its planned new light railway system.
  
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• UK ministers warned of trouble on railways and NHS

  02-01-2018 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Spending cuts left Tories exposed after crashes and health service crises
  
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• UK commuters spend a way bigger chunk of their salaries on rail fares than other Europeans as ticket prices are hiked across UK

  02-01-2018 01:00 via cityam.com
  City AM - Commuters are being welcomed back to work after the festive period with an average rail fare rise of 3.4 per cent, which comes into effect today.
  
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• Ubers rise triggers financial crisis at taxi lenders

  02-01-2018 01:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Credit unions at risk of failure as loan losses mount
  
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• Uber boosted by major new investment

  02-01-2018 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Buying Business Travel - Taxi app set for cash injection from new consortium of investors
  
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• Truthall Station taking shape at the Helston Railway

  02-01-2018 01:00 via railadvent.co.uk
  Other News Sources - The Helston Railway, who are based down in Cornwall, has reached a milestone on their building of Truthall Halt station.
  
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• Tesla's Elon Musk promises pick-up truck and new features

  02-01-2018 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Elon Musk promises a pick-up truck and a range of new features for existing Tesla vehicles.
  
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• Talks continue on Cumbrian Coast Line traction

  02-01-2018 01:00 via railmagazine.com
  Rail Magazine - Discussions regarding the reliability of locomotive-hauled trains on the Cumbrian Coast are ongoing, with no decision made as to their replacements.
  
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• Sadiq confirms unlimited Hopper bus fare is coming this month

  02-01-2018 01:00 via mayorwatch.co.uk
  London Mayor Watch - Londoners will soon be able to make unlimited bus and tram journeys within an hour for the price of a single fare, after Mayor Sadiq Khan confirmed a long awaited update to his Hopper ticket will roll-out this month.
  
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• River buses end quiet life for houseboaters Subscription

  02-01-2018 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - Life on a riverboat conjures up an image of a tranquil existence, with owners being rocked to sleep by the lapping of the water. Yet that does not ring true for some river dwellers.
  
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• REVEALED: Rise in drivers wrongly parking in disabled parking spaces

  02-01-2018 01:00 via thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
  Bradford Telegraph & Argus -THE number of drivers fined for wrongly parking in disabled parking spaces in the Bradford district has increased in each of the last three years, the Telegraph mp; Argus can reveal.
  
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• Ready for take off

  02-01-2018 01:00 via bqlive.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Leeds Bradford Airport is undergoing somewhat of a renaissance under its new chief executive and industry veteran, David Laws. Bryce Wilcock reports.
  
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• Rail users in York face steep fare hike misery

  02-01-2018 01:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  The York Press -RAIL passengers in York were returning to work today after the festive break to find themselves facing some of the countrys steepest fare rises.
  
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• Rail fares five times higher than in Europe Subscription

  02-01-2018 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - Rail commuters face paying up to five times as much for journeys as passengers in the rest of Europe after the biggest fare rises since 2013.
  
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• Rail fares: Commuters 'priced out' by increases, campaigners say

  02-01-2018 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Average rail ticket prices go up by 3.4 across the UK - the biggest increase in five years.
  
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• Rail fares: Arriva Train Wales ticket price rises by 3.3

  02-01-2018 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC News - Rail passengers across the UK are being hit with the largest fare rise in five years.
  
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• Rail fare rises: Season ticket prices have soared by up to 50 since Tories took power in 2010, Labour reveals

  02-01-2018 01:00 via independent.co.uk
  The Independent - Train travel branded unaffordable for the manywith commuters paying up to £2,539 more than at the start of the decade
  
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• Rail commuters held to ransom as season ticket prices rise faster than wages

  02-01-2018 01:00 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  Belfast Telegraph - Fares will go up by an average of 3.4 on Tuesday, the biggest increase since 2013.
  
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• Rail commuters face their biggest increase in fares in five years from today

  02-01-2018 01:00 via southwalesargus.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - RAIL commuters will today face their biggest increase in fares in five years.
  
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• Rail commuters are paying £2,500 more for season tickets

  02-01-2018 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  Mail Online - As passengers are hit today with the biggest fare increases in five years, a report reveals the cost of some season tickets has soared by as much as 50 per cent since 2010.
  
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• Rail bosses slammed for fat cat pay deals

  02-01-2018 01:00 via inews.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Rail bosses have been criticised as news emerged of the bumper pay deals they will pocket with some executives receiving £5.4 million despite a year of train delays and fair hikes.
  
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• Rail bosses get multimillion pay despite strike misery

  02-01-2018 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  Mail Online - A Daily Mail investigation reveals some UK executives could earn as much as £5.4million despite a year plagued by engineering works, poor service and terrible strike disruption.
  
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• Petition to extend Fleetwood tram service along disused rail line launched

  02-01-2018 01:00 via fleetwoodtoday.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - A petition has been launched calling for a new study to be commissioned looking into a tramway extension from Fleetwood to Poulton along the currently disused railway line.
  
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• Parents pay thousands in daft charges for empty seats on council school bus services

  02-01-2018 01:00 via edp24.co.uk
  Other News Sources - Parents in Norfolk have paid more than £200,000 for empty seats on council school bus services.
  
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• Only the private sector can ensure a smooth road ahead for drivers Subscription

  02-01-2018 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - Todays the day when millions of us commit to fresh starts and bold new resolutions, whether to eat more healthily or to make another determined effort to give up smoking. It would be wonderful if the first day of the year were also marked by our politicians undertaking to do something radical and challenging.
  
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• Network Rail successfully completes £8 million upgrade in Southampton

  02-01-2018 01:00 via networkrailmediacentre.co.uk
  Network Rail - South Western Railway passengers are able to travel through Southampton again after Network Rail successfully completed £8 million of track renewal work on schedule over the Christmas period.
  
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• More than 400 signatures on petition to save number 12 bus service

  02-01-2018 01:00 via basingstokegazette.co.uk
  Other Regional Press - MORE than 400 people have signed a petition to save a bus service which could be cut due to a threat to its funding from a cash-strapped council.
  
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• Long queues at US airports as immigration computers go down

  02-01-2018 01:00 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian - Two-hour outage for passport processing on Monday evening not thought to be malicious, authorities sayImmigration desk computers at various US airports went down for about two hours on Monday, causing long lines for travellers entering the United States, according to Customs and Border Protection and posts on social media. Related: Record number of Irish passports issued as Brexit vote spurs demandContinue reading...
  
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• London Bridge is open! Final section of massive new concourse and five new platforms open to the public as historic redevelopment begins countdown to completion

  02-01-2018 01:00 via networkrailmediacentre.co.uk
  Network Rail - London Bridge station reopened today after ten days of major engineering work, marking the countdown to completion of the £1bn redevelopment after more than five years of work. The final section of the huge, modern new concourse and the final five platforms opened for the first time, allowing Cannon Street trains to resume calling at the landmark new station.
  
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• London Bridge is back in business

  02-01-2018 01:00 via railnews.co.uk
  RailNews.co.uk -The last part of the modernised London Bridge station opened at 05.00 today, completing a five-year £1 billion project to improve the station on an unprecedented scale. The station is Londons oldest terminus, but it has changed many times since it opened in 1836, It was rebuilt more than once in the nineteenth century but also needed repairs after it was damaged by bombs in World War 2. The resulting complex remained inefficient and unattractive until major reconstruction w
  
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• Let electric cars use bus lanes, says TD - Ireland Subscription

  02-01-2018 01:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Times Online - The government should offer more incentives to convince motorists to switch to electric cars, a TD has said.
  
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• Islanders can have their say on Jersey's new bus timetable

  02-01-2018 01:00 via itv.com
  ITV News - Islanders in Jersey can have their say on the proposed timetable for Liberty Bus to help improve the service.
  
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• IAG closing in on Niki purchase

  02-01-2018 01:00 via buyingbusinesstravel.com
  Buying Business Travel - BA owner in pole position to buy Air Berlins Austrian brand
  
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• How your rail fare will go up as rail passengers face biggest rise in five years

  02-01-2018 01:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  Wales Online - Rail passengers travelling will today be hit with the biggest fare rise in half a decade.
  
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