Transport Focus
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Introduce ‘yellow card’ first warning for rail passengers caught without a ticket, watchdog suggests
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Train passengers caught without a ticket should be let off with a warning for a first offence, a watchdog has suggested.
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More than 460,000 respond to consultation on rail ticket office closures
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More than 460,000 people have responded to a consultation on controversial plans to close most railway ticket offices in England, it has been revealed.
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Poor train services in northern England due to ‘toxic combination’ of problems
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Problems with rail services in northern England are being caused by a “toxic combination” of issues, MPs have been told.
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Northern withdraws first batch of ‘Pacers’
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NORTHERN has withdrawn the first its Class 142 ‘Pacer’ units – 11 months later than planned. The first was scheduled for retirement in September 2018, but late delivery and acceptance of replacement units gave the ‘Pacers’ a stay of execution. Unit No. 142005 was ‘retired’ on August 12, with Northern holding a ceremony at Manchester Victoria…
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