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Sam Fender and P!nk gigs Metro travel advice as fans urged to plan ahead for busy weekend

The Metro network is set to be very busy with sell out concerts by Sam Fender at St James' Park and P!nk at the Stadium of Light

Chronicle Live

How will Scotland be affected by the latest round of train strikes?

RAIL passengers are being warned that services will be “severely reduced” because of fresh strikes by train drivers and other workers in…

The National (Scotland)

The new, cut-price plan to deal with Manchester's rail chaos

Platforms could now be removed as part of the 'new approach'

Manchester Evening News

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Urgent fix blitz to get Sydney's trains back on track

Recommendations by an independent review to fix Sydney's struggling rail infrastructure and unreliable timetable will be adopted by the state government.

AAP

Passengers left gobsmacked as 'dreadful' train operator Avanti has contract extended despite months of rail chaos

'It's a complete lottery is the train runs or not...'

Manchester Evening News

HS2 delay 'will increase costs, trigger job cuts and could see firms go bust' leak shows

A leaked document produced by Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh in the Commons laid bare the potential impact of the controversial two-year delay to a key section of the high speed railway

Daily Mirror

New Trek Rail Electric Mountain Bikes Leverage Bosch Smart System Tech

Trek has unveiled the 2023 Rail electric mountain bikes that leverage Bosch Smart System technology and the eBike Flow app.

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‘The railways aren’t fit for purpose’ – so what do ministers propose?

Train Talk: What the passenger wants is clear – now the government has to deliver

The Independent UK

Mark Harper pledges to enhance role of private firms in railways

Mr Harper delivered the annual George Bradshaw address in central London.

The Independent UK

National Apprenticeship Week 2023: HS2 launches recruitment drive

High-speed rail project is again hiring apprentices across Birmingham and the West Midlands as it homes in on 2,000 target with fresh round of hires

Birmingham Post

Jeremy Hunt: No ‘conceivable circumstances’ in which HS2 stops short of Euston

The Chancellor made the comment amid reports plans for the high-speed railway could be downgraded again to save costs.

The Independent UK

Cancelling HS2 to Euston would be 'height of folly', rail group says amid fears for Birmingham-Manchester leg

Chancellor insist scheme will happen; one analyst says 'If you’re flying into Heathrow, you don’t want to go to Southend'

Birmingham Post

Welsh railway station described as the 'third ugliest building in the world'

Newport station was only beaten on the ugly list by the Scottish Parliament Building in Edinburgh and the J Edgar Hoover Building in Washington DC

Wales Online

Tory Transport Minister admits cost of rail strikes more than settling dispute

The RMT union General Secretary Mick Lynch said the comments from Huw Merriman were evidence of the Government treating businesses in the pre-Christmas period as 'collateral damage'

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'Rishi Sunak is a fool if he does not reach a deal with workers taking strike action'

Nurses, ambulance crews, railway workers and public sector staff have taken - and still intend to take - industrial action in recent months

Daily Mirror

Mick Lynch warns rail staff could be on strike this time next year if Tories won't budge

The boss of the Rail, Maritime and Transport workers union is working night and day on a settlement but ministers will not budge. And he says his members will not give in.

The Guardian - UK

Train stations deserted as Network Rail says strikes have cost £400m

Aslef action halts services across England before second 48-hour strike of the week by RMT begins on Friday

Evening Standard

How do we solve this train chaos that’s pushing so many passengers into cars?

As the new year kicks off with yet more strike chaos, Iain Griffin argues job loss is not the way to look at introducing long-overdue automation in the rail sector

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Birmingham Post

HS2 launches latest jobs drive for next cohort to work on high-speed rail project

Forty roles are up for grabs in fields such as engineering and procurement on the huge infrastructure project

The Independent UK

Union accuses government of blocking talks as another week of rail strikes begins

‘The government’s going to continue to work really hard to try and help bring the two sides together to get this resolved,’ says transport secretary Mark Harper

Insider UK

ScotRail tells passengers to plan ahead for Christmas strikes with 'significant disruption' expected

'We’re urging customers to check their entire journey in advance'

The Independent UK

ScotRail tells passengers to be aware of Christmas strikes and plan ahead

Thousands of members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union employed by Network Rail will walk out in a dispute over pay and conditions.

Daily Record

East Ayrshire towns and villages to set transport priorities after Tory rail station push fails

Conservatives had wanted to lead campaign for Cumnock and Mauchline rail links but SNP successfully propose looking at road, rail and public transport across East Ayrshire

Daily Record

ScotRail passengers warned of possible delays following train strikes

ScotRail said that passengers will still face disruption as RMT members return to work on Sunday, with some services starting later than usual.

Evening Standard

Sunak claims workers are ‘tired of being foot soldiers in Mick Lynch’s class war’

Rishi Sunak said rail workers wanted a deal but the RMT was making ‘unaffordable’ demands

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