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Further West Coast Main Line article links.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jan/09/network-rail

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/transport/4177665/Rail-passengers-on-West-Coast-Main-Line-hit-by-seventh-day-of-disruption.html

http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.2480312.0.rail_rage_after_seventh_day_of_delays.php

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23614501-details/Rail+bosses+face+grilling+over+Euston+failures/article.do

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1089255_more_west_coast_line_misery?rss=yes

http://nds.coi.gov.uk/environment/fullDetail.asp?ReleaseID=389263&NewsAreaID=2&NavigatedFromDepartment=False

Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon has officially opened the newly constructed third platform at Manchester Airport railway station (links below.)
http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/story.php?id=5443

http://nds.coi.gov.uk/environment/fullDetail.asp?ReleaseID=389162&NewsAreaID=2&NavigatedFromDepartment=False

Logistics services provider DHL Exel Supply Chain has been commissioned by Crossrail to conduct a study into the most efficient way for materials and equipment to be delivered to key central London construction sites (link below.)
http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/story.php?id=5430

The largest railway gating project in Europe has been completed at London Waterloo station (links below.)
http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/story.php?id=5441

http://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=4080&NewsAreaID=2

A ^620,000 extension of the station car park at Musselburgh has been completed with the addition of 93 new spaces (link below.)
http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Station-gets-620k-parking-spaces.4850338.jp

Thousands of commuters may get cheaper tickets from a new review of London's fare zones (link below.)
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23612144-details/Commuters+hope+for+cheaper+tickets+from+fare+zone+review/article.do

Peterborough station car parking charges go up by 20 per cent (link below.)
http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/Station-car-park-fees-to.4843834.jp?CommentPage=3&CommentPageLength=10

A Government blueprint for working with, and supporting, the rail freight industry has been welcomed by the Freightliner Group (link below.)
http://www.railnews.co.uk/news/freight/2009/01/08-freightliner-lindsay-durham.html

Deutsche Bahn has appointed digital marketing agency, 3Sixty, as its first agency of record in the UK▸ (United Kingdom) (link below.)
http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/872042/Deutsche-Bahn-appoints-3Sixty-UK-brief/

Extra carriages on peak Holyhead-Birmingham service seem to have alleviated overcrowding (link below.)
http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/01/08/is-the-train-no-longer-a-strain/

Meldreth station is to have its ticket office hours cut (link below.)
http://www.royston-crow.co.uk/content/crow/news/story.aspx?brand=ROYWestOnline&category=News&tBrand=HertsCambsOnline&tCategory=newslatestROY&itemid=WEED08%20Jan%202009%2010%3A00%3A43%3A723

A campaign to save Crewe's historic railway station has received the backing of transport groups, union bosses and local politicians (link below.)
http://www.creweguardian.co.uk/news/4033934.Crewe_station_protests_gather_steam/

A proposed new 92-space car park at Morpeth Railway Station has been welcomed - but councillors and a local rail user group are not so pleased that new parking charges will come in if the plans are given the go-ahead (link below.)
http://www.morpethherald.co.uk/news/Extra-Morpeth-rail-station-parking.4854365.jp

Commuters say they are being priced out of working in London because of 66 per cent hikes in parking costs at some railway stations (link below.)
http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/4033476.___Disgusting____rail_parking_price_rise/

Automatic ticket barriers will be installed at Norwich railway station following the approval of new security measures by Norwich City Council (link below.)
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=edponline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED08%20Jan%202009%2019%3A48%3A25%3A013

Track access Section 22 decisions 2008 - August to December (link below.)
http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.9191

Responses to PR08: consultation on draft Schedules 7 and 8 of track access contracts (link below.)
http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.9400
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