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Spain's new high-speed trains have stolen hundreds of thousands of passengers from airlines over the last year, slashing carbon emissions and marking a radical change in the way Spaniards travel (link below.)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/13/spain-trains

Fare evaders using public transport in London face tough new sanctions with penalty fares on bus and rail services in the capital more than doubling (link below.)
http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/story.php?id=5450

West Coast rail services out of Euston suffered more disruption - this time because of flooding (link below.)
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23617168-details/New+delays+on+West+Coast+line+as+floods+hit+services/article.do

Cheaper train fares between North and West Yorkshire are on their way, with an extension of the Metrocard discount travel system (link below.)
http://www.thepress.co.uk/news/4040440.Crunch_talks_on_cheap_rail_fares/

East Midlands Parkway station will open on 26 January (link below.)
http://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=4097&NewsAreaID=2

The scheme to bring the disused Gwuan-Cae-Gurwen (GCG) railway line back into use as a working freight line has entered a vital stage with the line coming into operation, starting with test trains (link below.)
http://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=4093&NewsAreaID=2

Further responses to the East Coast Main Line Capacity Assessment (link below.)
http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.9242

Dozens of pet rats dumped at Chester Railway Station (link below.)
http://railwayeye.blogspot.com/2009/01/chester-upon-hamlyn.html

Annoying that Network Rail can't spell Gwaun-cae-gurwen correctly.

Translation here (http://tinyurl.com/7je2ff).