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InTheNews: The latest rail news on Wednesday, 25th October 2023
Train companies, represented by Rail Delivery Group (RDG) and Transport for London (TfL) have reached an agreement which means Day Travelcards can continue to be bought by customers as part of their train tickets to London.
This ends months of speculation about the future of this ticket, which offer rail customers freedom to use all bus, Tube and train services within the London zones.
This agreement follows a long period of negotiation by RDG representing train operators, TfL and the Department for Transport (DfT) to find a solution which secures the future of the tickets while at the same time enabling TfL to meet its budget commitments.
A man who set fire to a vintage train carriage, causing £45,000 worth of damage, has been given a suspended jail sentence.
An article on the BBC website says Paul Irving, 26, of Steel Avenue, Lydney, pleaded guilty to arson at Gloucester Crown Court.
The court heard that emergency services were called to a fire at the Dean Forest Railway’s station in Lydney on 24 March 2020.
Irving was sentenced to 12 months in prison, suspended for two years.
People with disabilities say they still cannot catch a train from their local Essex station to London because a lift has not been installed.
An article on the BBC website says the Brentwood Access Group (BAG) first started campaigning for better access at the town railway station in 2010.
Lifts were installed on platforms 1-3 as part of the Elizabeth line Tube network, but not on the London-bound platform four.
Transport for London (TfL) said there were “technical challenges”.
GB Railfreight (GBRf) opened new sidings on the north side of its Peterborough yard which will connect its newly opened £5.75 million Maintenance Hub to the national railway network.
The opening has been a culmination of three years of work between GBRf, Network Rail and railway contractors KGJ Price.
Several new points have been installed, slewing the existing track to create five intermodal length sidings accessible from both north and south, as well as additional capacity for spare wagons.
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