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Title: Greater Britain Rail News Round-Up (10/01/2009) Post by: Lee on January 11, 2009, 00:25:09 Row over a BBC Scotland reporter filming a warning about the dangers of level crossings while standing on the tracks (link below.)
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2009/01/10/exclusive-bbc-spark-new-row-after-warning-of-level-crossing-dangers-from-the-middle-of-level-crossing-86908-21029673/ Passengers will be able to use their Oyster cards on all of London's rail network except SWT services by the end of the summer (link below.) http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23615804-details/Oysters+for+all+trains+unless+you+take+SWT/article.do Economic downturn hits supplies of new Thameslink trains, and problems with the complicated track redesign in the London Bridge area could delay the overall Thameslink upgrade programme (link below.) http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23607211-details/Passengers+feel+the+squeeze+as+new+trains+are+stuck+in+sidings/article.do Various disruption in the London commuter area (links below.) http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/transport/4035402.London_Midland_trains_hit_by_more_delays/ http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/latest-east-anglia-news/More-rail-misery-for-passengers.4860942.jp This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |